School of Life Sciences

Illustration of a sponge in the shape of a radiation symbol underwater.

Science and technology

Ancient sea creatures offer fresh insights into cancer

Water tower at the ASU Polytechnic campus.

University news

ASU names 3 faculty as 2022 President's Professors

February 03, 2022

ASU Professor Rosa Krajmalnik-Brown and Assistant Professor Daewook Kang wearing white lab coats in a lab setting.

Science and technology

Treatment for autism symptoms earns ASU researchers patent

February 01, 2022

Portrait of Qiyun Zhu, a researcher in ASU's Biodesign Center for Fundamental and Applied Microbiomics and School of Life Sciences.

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Digitized stool samples reveal enzyme driving bowel disease

January 28, 2022

Graphic illustration of a double helix.

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Biodesign researcher Michael Lynch wins coveted lifetime achievement award in genetics

January 27, 2022

A picture of large structure featuring the words "Arizona State University" on ASU's Tempe campus.

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AAAS honors 7 ASU faculty as lifetime fellows

January 26, 2022

Exterior of Armstrong Hall, home to The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, on ASU's Tempe campus..

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5 students awarded first Online Undergraduate Research Scholars program scholarships

January 12, 2022

3 ASU students on a bridge look over University Drive as the sun sets

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Have yourself a hopeful new year

January 11, 2022

ASU professor Matt Chew

Science and technology

Do species really 'invade'?

December 30, 2021

Close-up image of Trichoplax adhaerens, one of the three species belonging to the the phylum Placozoa.

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Microorganism sheds new light on cancer resistance

December 23, 2021

elephants grazing

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Biological paradox offers new insights into the mystery of cancer

December 22, 2021