ASU School of Life Sciences

ASU School of Life Sciences Inspiring and transforming life science students by providing an innovative learning experience that prepares them to thrive in a dynamic and demanding world.

We inspire and transform life science students by providing an innovative learning experience that prepares them to thrive in a dynamic and demanding world. We improve life by stimulating scientific discovery and solving critical problems at the intersection of the life sciences and society.

🧛 Hear ye, creatures of the night! 🧟Creep, crawl or fly over to the ASU Biocollections for Spook-tober 2026—a frightfull...
10/08/2026

🧛 Hear ye, creatures of the night! 🧟

Creep, crawl or fly over to the ASU Biocollections for Spook-tober 2026—a frightfully delightful, behind-the-scenes tour of the eerie world of parasites.👻

Discover how real-life bloodsuckers feast on their victims, parasites manipulate and zombify their hosts, and seemingly innocent plants survive through deception. Your evening includes spooky stops inside:

🧊 The Cryogenic Collection
🌿 The Plant Herbarium
🪲 The Insect Collection

📅 Wednesday, Oct. 28 and Thursday, Oct. 29
🕕 6–8 p.m. | Doors open at 5:30 p.m.
📍 ASU Biocollections, 734 W. Alameda Drive, Tempe
🎟️ Adults: $30 | Students: $18 | Kids: $12 with an adult

Please arrive by 5:45 p.m. for check-in. Proceeds support collection care, student engagement, research and future community outreach activities.

Ready to be spooked? Register now: https://specialevents.asu.edu/website/98992 🎃

Join us for the 5th annual STEM Inclusion Summit on Thursday, Nov. 5, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Senita Ballroom at...
10/06/2026

Join us for the 5th annual STEM Inclusion Summit on Thursday, Nov. 5, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Senita Ballroom at ASU’s Student Pavilion.🔬🥼

Researchers, educators, students, staff and advocates from across ASU will come together to share ideas, explore inclusive practices and build meaningful connections. The day will feature lightning talks, poster presentations, table talks, networking and collaborative working groups.

Interested in presenting? Keep these deadlines in mind:
⚡ Lightning talk proposals: Friday, Oct. 16
📊 Poster presentation and table talk proposals: Friday, Oct. 23

Whether you want to share your work, learn from others or connect with people committed to advancing inclusion, there’s a place for you at the summit.

🔗 Register to attend or submit a presentation here: https://risecenter.asu.edu/stem-inclusion-summit -registration

10/03/2026

Reducing the impact of greenhouse gases on the environment is a priority for researchers around the world. 🌱

ASU School of Life Sciences faculty are exploring how carbon dioxide (CO₂) captured directly from the air could be used to grow cyanobacteria and algae. These organisms naturally absorb CO₂ as they grow, so researchers are testing technology that could help them take up more of it.

The approach could provide a more efficient way to use captured CO₂ while supporting the growth of algae and cyanobacteria.

Learn more: https://news.asu.edu/20260921-science-and-technology-green-use-aircaptured-co2-growing-beneficial-algae

10/03/2026

Congratulations to Shelley Haydel, who has been named a 2026 ASU President’s Professor.

A professor in the ASU School of Life Sciences of Life Sciences, Haydel is helping shape the future of infectious disease research and the scientists who will lead it. Her research examines how drug-resistant bacteria cause infections and explores new approaches to detecting and treating them.

Through hands-on teaching, research opportunities and mentorship, she inspires students to pursue scientific discovery and prepares them to address complex public health challenges.

Congratulations to Professor Haydel on this well-deserved recognition!

We are excited to celebrate our professor Shelley Haydel on recently being named a President’s Professor!🎉This prestigio...
09/29/2026

We are excited to celebrate our professor Shelley Haydel on recently being named a President’s Professor!🎉

This prestigious designation celebrates her outstanding contributions to the ASU and SOLS community as a dedicated teacher and researcher.

Congratulations, Professor Haydel!🔱

What if carbon captured from the air could be used to grow something useful? 🌱School of Life Sciences professor and ASU ...
09/29/2026

What if carbon captured from the air could be used to grow something useful? 🌱

School of Life Sciences professor and ASU Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory scientist, Wim Vermaas is exploring how air-captured CO2 can support the cultivation of algae and cyanobacteria, tiny photosynthetic organisms that can be used to make fuels, chemicals, proteins, pigments and other valuable products.

The team’s rotating-belt system uses polymers that capture CO2 when dry and release it when wet, delivering carbon directly into the liquid where algae and cyanobacteria grow. Early tests, including a pilot-scale outdoor system at the Arizona Center for Algae Technology and Innovation (AzCATI) in Mesa, show the approach can work beyond the lab. 🔬

The research is still in the proof-of-concept stage, but it reflects the kind of interdisciplinary, solutions-focused science happening across the School of Life Sciences and ASU: asking how discovery can help shape more sustainable systems for the future. 🌎

Read more in ASU News: https://news.asu.edu/20260921-science-and-technology-green-use-aircaptured-co2-growing-beneficial-algae

09/29/2026

Barrow Neurological Institute has received a $5 million grant from the Arizona Department of Health Services to study ibogaine treatment in people with

What did the Jurassic actually sound like? 🌿A new research study co-authored by SOLS Hojun Song and PhD student Jackson ...
09/28/2026

What did the Jurassic actually sound like? 🌿

A new research study co-authored by SOLS Hojun Song and PhD student Jackson Linde helps reconstruct the calls of ancient insects from fossilized wings.

Published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the study reveals that Jurassic forests were filled with diverse acoustic signals, including ultrasound, about 165 million years ago. The findings suggest that some insects were producing ultrasonic sounds long before bats evolved, raising new questions about how and why these communication systems emerged. 🔊

ASU’s contribution helped place those ancient sounds into evolutionary context by reconstructing the family tree of crickets and katydids using large-scale genomic data from about 150 living species.

By combining paleontology, genomics, biomechanics, computer modeling and evolutionary biology, researchers are bringing scientists closer to understanding a lost soundscape, one fossil wing at a time. 🦗

Read more in ASU News: https://news.asu.edu/b/20260917-ancient-insect-wings-offer-clues-jurassic-soundscape

This week, we welcomed incoming first-year students participating in BioBridge, a program that supports first-generation...
08/14/2026

This week, we welcomed incoming first-year students participating in BioBridge, a program that supports first-generation and other students as they transition to college. 📚

This year, a record number of students engaged in cockroach races🪳, luring mosquitoes with socks🦟🧦, lectures, and a poster session. We hope that all students who participated had fun getting to know SOLS as they get settled into life at ASU!🔱💛

07/29/2026

Many people don’t know that rice naturally absorbs arsenic, a known carcinogen, because of the way it’s grown. 🍚

Scientists from the ASU School of Life Sciences are researching ways to reduce arsenic levels in rice, finding that periodically draining and re-flooding rice fields lowered arsenic concentrations in commercially grown rice.

Learn more about water management and its importance to public health: https://news.asu.edu/20260713-science-and-technology-how-smarter-water-management-can-reduce-arsenic-rice

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