​The UW has numerous resources that support integrative and impactful research, including a large, active paleobiology program and the Burke Museum.

Paleobiology at UW

The UW has a large paleo community from across the departments of Biology, Earth and Space Sciences and Anthropology, as well as the Burke Museum, that interact on a regular basis. Check it out:

• Paleobiology program at UW (lists of paleo faculty at UW, paleo courses).
• Paleo lunch seminar: paleontologists from across campus meet weekly to listen to visiting scholars or student presentations, or discuss primary literature.
• Paleobiology minor for undergraduates in Biology, ESS, and Anthropology.

Burke Museum

The Burke Museum houses collections of fossils (plant, invertebrate and vertebrate), as well as of modern biological specimens, that form the basis for much of what we do—research, education, and outreach. Check out these resources:

• Burke Museum’s paleobotanical collections: the second largest in the western U.S. In addition to fossil macro- and microfossils, it includes substantial modern reference collections to help in interpretation of the fossils, as well as a prep lab, state-of-the-art microscopes, and imaging equipment to study them. Our fieldwork actively contributes to growing these collections. Search the online collections database for yourself!
• Burke Museum Herbarium: an amazing, world-renowned collection of plants and many useful online resources.
• Outreach opportunities at the Burke abound and includes family days such as Dino Day, programs such as Girls in Science and the DIG Fieldschool.

UW Research Facilities

​The UW has several facilities and centers providing resources relevant to 21st century paleobotanical research:

• UW Greenhouse: has an amazing teaching collection and research space for experimental botany.
• Isolab: lab facility specializing on sable isotope analysis.
• Imaging facility in Biology: houses confocal and environmental microscopes.
• Quaternary Research Center (QRC): fosters interdisciplinary (paleo)environmental research relevant to the Quaternary through grants, workshops and more.

UW Burke paleo staff and undergraduate students collecting Devonian fossils at Chilliwack, WA.

Former graduate student Regan Dunn showing how to do microscopy in Girls in Science after school program for middle schoolers.

Experimental setup (by former graduate student Regan Dunn and undergraduate student Thien-Y Le) to test the relationship between epidermal cell shape in grasses.

Wai Pang Chan showing undergraduate student Claire Grant how to use confocal scope in Biology's Imaging Facility.