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The Department of Biology has organized for a mentorship talk titled "Advancement opportunities in Biological and Biomedical Sciences" on Thursday 28th April, 2022 at 2:30pm at the Zoology Lab 1 (First year's Laboratory).

The speaker will be Ms. Elishiba Muturi, an alumna of University of Nairobi, Department of Biology.

All are welcome.

Professor Richard Kiprono Mibey (born 12 December 1951) is a Kenyan academic, research scientist and university administrator. Mibey served as the Vice-Chancellor of Moi University, the second university to be established in Kenya between 2006 and 2016. He is a Professor of Mycology with over 35 years teaching and scholarly experience.

This is to inform you of the appointment of Prof. Richard K. Mibey as Professor Emeritus in the Department of Biology.

On behalf of the Department of Biology we wish to congratulate him on his appointment and wish him every success.

Prof. Gopalan, his wife Geetha Murthy and son Raghukul Gopalan today paid a visit to the Department of Biology after more than two decades.

The Department of Biology wishes to take this early opportunity to congratulate and welcome all the students who have been selected for the various degree programmes in the Department of Biology.

In order to give each one of you time to settle down and adjust to the (new) life with ease, the Department of Biology has dedicated Tuesday 5th October 2021 from 10Am to 11Am a day of orientation into the various aspects that would form part of your lifestyle for the period of stay at the university physically in Second year laboratory.  Kindly purpose to join.

1. Ensure that your Fees is paid before making the Inter/Intra -Faculty Transfer request.

2.      Deposit Inter / Intra -Faculty Transfer Fee of Kshs. 1,000/- at any Absa PLC kenya to the following Account Details.
Branch : Absa Towers
Account Name : UON Module I Collection Account
Ref : put your Student Registration Number
Account Number : 2032770838

3.    Present your deposit slip to the Cashier in Room G4 in Main    Campus for Receipting.

Among the animals housed at the University of Nairobi, department  of Biological Sciences is the white rats. the white rats are mostly used for scientific research

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The University of Nairobi’s Department of Biology, Chiromo campus, has for ages been breeding white mice and rats for research. The commonest strain are the Wistar rats, which are kept and fed in well-lit and aerated rooms with a cage holding about 10 mice.  

Jacques Kabaru, an associate professor at the Department of Biology, has been the animal house in charge at Chiromo for the last 30 years.

The University of Nairobi wishes to inform all students from the Colleges Of Agriculture & Veterinary Sciences, Architecture & Engineering, Biological & Physical Sciences, Education & External Studies and ODeL Campus who qualified for the award of various degrees and diplomas at the end of the last academic year (2019/2020) and members of the public, that the 63rd Graduation Ceremony will be held VIRTUALLY on Friday, September 25, 2020, commencing at 8.00 a.m. at the Great Court.

This is to inform all students that the semester dates have been extended by three weeks.

This is due to the disruption of face-to-face teaching and learning brought on the third wave of COVID 19 which led to the abrupt closure of the university. The school has continued with online teaching and learning in the meantime to mitigate the ongoing COVID 19 pandemic situation.

This is to you that the second-semester examination will therefore commence on 7th June 2021 up to and including 18th June 2021.