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Biology Facilities

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The Atrium in the Center for Natural Sciences is a gathering place for STEM students

Biology majors at Illinois Wesleyan have access to state-of-the-art facilities in the Center for Natural Science, Learning and Research.

These facilities include eight biology teaching laboratories and eight faculty/student research labs.

All of our laboratory equipment and facilities are available for student use, including molecular-techniques instrumentation, a scanning electron microscope, a Nikon interference phase contrast and fluorescence microscope, and a video data collection system.

Schwend gene expression study with students

Left: Sam Gupta '19, Tyler Schwend, Alyssa Pissano ™19, and Elise Ziegenhorn ™19 working on understanding how Gene Expression Changes During Cornea Innervation in Response to Thyroid Hormone. Right: Mansi Patel (™18) and Tyler Schwend are excited about their results.

First Year Gen Bio students
First year General Biology students Grant Werner ˜21, Lucas Wheat ˜21, and Junaid Ali ˜21, getting advice on their in-class research project from their undergraduate teaching assistant, Paul Alvarez ™20.
Brian Walter headshot

Brian Walter - Associate Professor of Biology

Department - Biology