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RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES |
The Biology Department offers an array of research experiences for both undergraduate and graduate students. We have a newly constructed, live-animal facility (the Biology Resource Center), a molecular biology center including an automated DNA sequencer, a new computer laboratory, and many other research spaces for work at the molecular, cellular, and whole-animal levels. The Department has 19 full-time faculty that have research interests that include the molecular biology, genetics, and physiology of hypertension, the evolution of fat metabolism in vertebrates, fish physiology, the ecology and evolution of plant mating systems, natural suppresser cell inhibition of Th1 cells, inbreeding depression in a self-compatible shrimp, the evolution of sexual reproduction in fish, gas exchange and acid-base regulation in vertebrate ectotherms, developmental endocrinology, the role of the cytoskeleton in organelle translocation in Vaucheria, ecology and population biology of reptiles, physiological ecology and life histories of amphibians and reptiles, exercise physiology, medical bacteriology, structure and evolution of plant mitochondrial genomes.
Scholarship and Research Grant Opportunities for Students in Biology
Below you will find a few pictures of graduate and undergraduate students working on a variety of research projects.
Molecular Biology
Vertebrate Physiology
Ecology and Evolution
Undergraduate Research Opportunities:
The Department of Biology has many faculty that maintain active research programs. Many of these research projects will not realize their full potential without the assistance of interested undergraduates. Research participation may take the form of general lab maintenance to active participation in experiments and even experimental design. Students with a real desire to experience science in action and to gain valuable work experience are encouraged to seek out professors in the department to inquire about opportunities. Even if one faculty member may not need assistance at a particular time, they will be able to direct you to others that may be able to help.
Undergraduate research positions in behavior and population studies of clam shrimp - Weeks/Duff
Graduate Research Opportunities:
NSF Graduate Fellowships GK-12 Project - Niewiarowski
Research Facilities:
Biology Resource Center
Biology Computer Center
