UW Biology Department Open House!
Dr. Halmo had a great time welcoming folks to the UW Biology Open House on Saturday! Greeting folks and sharing the passport program with learners of all ages was great fun - who doesn't love stamps and stickers?! It was a fantastic event put on by the...
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Poster Presentation at UW Undergraduate Research Symposium
Swasti & Abeeha shared the research they have been working on over the past year at the UW Undergraduate Research Symposium - they did a great job explaining and fielding questions!
Abeeha & Swasti share their research at UW BioFest
Abeeha and Swasti shared our work on "Life Science Students' Perceptions of Risk Associated with Social Metacognition" during the poster presentation section of UW BioFest! It was a great opportunity to see all the fantastic research UW Biology undergr...
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Sharing research at Chapman University's Schmid Science Forum
PDF file In May Dr. Halmo had the opportunity to visit sunny California to share the team's research on social metacognition with Chapman University's Schmid College of Science and Technology and the Chapman Biology Education Research group that Dr. J...
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We're hiring undergraduate researchers!
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Welcoming Dr. Emily Bremers to the team!
This month, Dr. Emily Bremers joined the lab as a postdoctoral scholar! We are very grateful to have Emily's expertise and leadership on the team. Check out Emily's most recent publication on social metacognition below: Alone and Together: Exploring...
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Sharing research with UCSB's MCDB community
At the end of February, Dr. Halmo had the opportunity to visit sunny California to share the team's research on social metacognition with the University of California, Santa Barbara's Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology department. It was a fant...
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Graduate Recruitment Weekend
This weekend, the UW Biology department welcomed prospective graduate students to interview. As a part of recruitment, there was a social hour after graduate student seminar where members of the department were invited to dress up as the model organism...
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MicroTeach Presentations in BIOL 492
In Winter 2026, Dr. Halmo taught BIOL 492 where one of the assignments was to present a short, 5-7 minute lesson on a science topic to an audience of your choosing using some of the inclusive teaching principles learned in class. From the preparation o...
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Happy first day of classes!
Wishing all of the UW Biology students a happy autumn 2025 quarter! Dr. Halmo is excited to be co-teaching BIOL 355: Foundations in Molecular Cell Biology with Dr. Brian Buchwitz this quarter.
SABER 2025
In July Asu, Joyce, and Mara, all undergraduate researchers on the Enhancing Science Learning and Collaboration through Social Metacognition project, co-presented our research on student perceptions of social metacognition at the annual Society for the...
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We're hiring a postdoc!
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SIARM II Fellowship - Year 1
SIARM II Fellows & Faculty
Sharing research with NDSU's DBER community
This month Dr. Halmo had the opportunity to share the team's research on social metacognition with North Dakota State University's thriving DBER community! It was so wonderful to see discipline-based education research scholars across many departments ...
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Dr. Halmo is honored with UGA's 2025 Postdoctoral Research Award
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We're hiring undergraduate researchers!
We're hiring undergraduate researchers!
New Beginnings
Today marked the first day & inception of the Halmo Lab! Stephanie officially started her new position as an Assistant Professor in the Biology Department at the University of Washington. GO DAWGS! Huskies, that is :)