University of San Francisco Department of Biology

A warm welcome back to our students, and congrats on your first week of returning to campus! We're so glad to see you in the halls and in class, back in labs and out and about on campus, and exploring the new updated spaces in Harney... all with a renewed sense of the importance of understanding biology! Cheers!

I like the Monterey Bay Aquarium so much I keep posting from there, but what about sharks off the coast of North Carolina? Sure, why not!

Shark Cam - Live underwater we**am of sharks | Explore.org Watch sharks and other oceanic wildlife 24/7 with the click of a button! Follow Explore.org’s live SharkCam at Frying Pan Tower, NC.

Check this out! If you like Hamilton AND vaccines, this is the video for you!

My Shot: A COVID Vaccine Adaptation Vax’n 8, a group of physicians from Northern California working in a variety of specialties in medicine, are proud to present “My Shot!”, a song adapted from...

Please stop by the Biology Department Halloween Social this Thursday at 11:30AM-12:30PM at the Biology Department office! Boo!

Check out this article on an outbreak of Salmonella from raw cake batter. Aside from the usual interesting bits, note that the CDC used Whole Genome Sequencing to determine that separate incidents of Salmonella infections from across the country came from the same bacterial strain.

Notes from the Field: Multistate Outbreak of Salmonella Agbeni... In August 2018, two Oregon patients with diagnosed Salmonella infection reported having eaten raw cake mix.

Great photo and story from the Monterey Bay Aquarium

Hula-la! 😍 This crystalline creature is a hula skirt siphonophore (Physophora hydrostatica), and is actually made up of many individual animals called zooids, each with a different part to play. The finger-like zooids, colored with beautiful tinges of orange and violet, attach at the base of the swimming bell-shaped zooids, and house relatively potent stinging cells that can impart a strong sting to a potential predator or unsuspecting prey 😈🍴Thanks to our colleagues at Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) for the stunning image!

The 2019-2020 academic year is almost here! We're all excited to see our students return, and to meet those who are joining us for the first time!

Summer internship opportunity at Atara Biotherapeutics:

Atara Biotherapeutics is looking for a great Research Science Intern (undergrad). Atara Biotherapeutics is looking for a great Research Science Intern (undergrad). Learn more or Jobvite a friend.

Summer internship opportunity--also posted to Biology Department Canvas site:

Sevilleta Research Experience for Undergraduates Program This is the home page's excerpt

Summer internship opportunity at California Academy of Sciences:

Summer Systematics Institute 2019 Gain hands-on experience alongside renowned scientists with a paid, museum-based summer internship.