Highlights

Students in the IWU Division of Natural Sciences have the opportunity to not only take classes from expert faculty but also participate in faculty-led undergraduate research. We believe that exposure to real-world problems is an essential part of learning. IWU faculty guide students in exploring God’s world using the tools of science.

Our faculty have ongoing projects in the following areas:

• Immune function during life-threatening disease.
• Programmed cell death in bone cells as it relates to osteoporosis.
• Visual processing in the retina.
• Genomic analysis of bacteria living in extreme environments.
• Development of molecular tools for studying Tetrahymena thermophila.
• Community interactions of vertebrate and invertebrate populations.
• Development of new antimalarial agents.
• Production of biofuels from algae.
• Atmospheric gas composition at various altitudes.
• Drug degradation rates as a function of moisture.
• Design and synthesis of polymerizable surfactants.
• Simplification of environmental and forensic analysis methods for academic settings.
• Neuromuscular synapse formation and regulation of cnidocyte firing.
• Development of sustainable agriculture methods.