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Recent News

Joints in Motion: Armita Manafzadeh Receives Carl Gans Young Investigator Award

Manafzadeh will join Georgia Tech as an assistant professor in the School of Biological Sciences in August 2026. The new Manafzadeh Lab at Georgia Tech will investigate how joints work and where they come from — both evolutionarily and developmentally.

Deb DeWitt serves as Georgia Tech’s 2025 Beekeeper in Residence with the Urban Honey Bee Project.

Outside the Box: The Adaptation of Georgia Tech’s Beekeeper in Residence From Advertising to Apiaries

Marketer-turned-beekeeper Deb DeWitt serves as Georgia Tech's Beekeeper in Residence and receives the Georgia Beekeepers Association’s Beekeeper of the Year Award.

Georgia Tech Researchers Make Waves at the World’s Largest Neuroscience Conference

With more than 60 presentations and recognition for neuroscience outreach and AI research, Georgia Tech demonstrated its growing impact at the 2025 Society for Neuroscience’s annual meeting.

1st row, from L to R: Ria Vittal, Malavika Niverth; 2nd row: Meghan Hamrick, Britney Huynh, Andrea Ninh; 3rd row: Larissa Martin, Anja Govednik; 4th row: Alison Bolaños, J’Avani Stinson, Deandra Smith.

College of Sciences Launches Ambassador Program

Congratulations to the inaugural class of College of Sciences undergraduate student ambassadors!

Upcoming Events

Jan

2026

Science Communication and Public Engagement Seminar Series: Elizabeth Barnes

"Communicating about Culturally Controversial Science Topics"

Jan

2026

Biological Sciences Seminar Series: "The Dynamic Structure of Cognition"

Andre Fenton, NYU

Jan

2026

The School of Biological Sciences Spring 2026 Seminar Series presents Dr. Andre Fenton

The dynamic structure of cognition

Jan

2026

Fossil Friday

Join the Spatial Ecology and Paleontology Lab for Fossil Fridays! Become a fossil hunter and help discover how vertebrate communities have changed through time.

Jan

2026

Observatory Public Night

On the grounds between the Howey and Mason Buildings, several telescopes are typically set up for viewing, and visitors are also invited to bring their own telescope.

Experts in the News

New study finds Pacific Northwest birds are becoming more common in the mountains as the climate warms

In an article published by The Conversation, Benjamin Freeman, assistant professor in the School of Biological Sciences, discusses his research, including a recent study on how mountain birds in the Pacific Northwest are responding to climate change.

The Conversation | 2025-11-27T00:00:00-05:00

Interlimb training improves motor function in partial-hand but not necessarily transradial simulated prosthesis use

A team of researchers from the School of Biological Sciences published a paper on interlimb training and how it may provide tangible benefits during early-stage rehabilitation following upper limb amputation, especially in cases of partial-hand loss.

Nature Scientific Reports | 2025-11-05T00:00:00-05:00

Spark: College of Sciences at Georgia Tech

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Spotlight on Research Centers

CMDI Center for Microbial Dynamics and Infection The Center for Microbial Dynamics and Infection (CMDI) is an interdisciplinary collaboration at Georgia Tech seeking to understand the ecology, interactions and evolution of microbes. We are focused on the understanding microbe-microbe and microbe-host interactions that are relevant to human health, ecosystem dynamics and sustainability.
CSSB Center for the Study of Systems Biology Recognized by most experts in the field as the future of biology, Systems Biology seeks to understand how complex living systems interact with each other so that we can diagnose and treat disorders such as cancer.
ACE Aquatic Chemical Ecology Center At Georgia Tech we have organized a diverse group of ecologists, chemists, sensory biologists, engineers, and quantitative modelers, to focus on chemical cues that many organisms use for to make basic survival decisions.
CBID Center for Biologically Inspired Design CBID is an interdisciplinary center for research and development of design solutions that occur in biological processes.
CIG Center for Integrative Genomics The Center for Integrative Genomics at Georgia Tech is a virtual affiliation of researchers interested in the application of genome-wide research strategies to diverse biological themes.
ICRC Integrated Cancer Research Center The mission of the ICRC is to facilitate integration of the diversity of technological, computational, scientific and medical expertise at Georgia Tech and partner institutions in a coordinated effort to develop improved cancer diagnostics and therapeutics.
NanoMAD Center for NanoMAD Our mission is to develop new technologies for detecting, monitoring and controlling self-assembled macromolecular complexes at various levels, including their pathogenic consequences, biological roles and evolutionary origins.