Graduate Programs

  • Ecosystem Model Development and Improvement - Lu

    Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

    The Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (BCB) Program gives students the opportunity to conduct research in all major research areas of computational molecular biology, including genomics, metagenomics, structural genomics, functional genomics, phylogenetics, and computational systems biology, with access to some of the most modern experimental platforms.

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    Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

    The Ecology and Evolutionary Biology graduate program is for students interested in the study of mechanisms that control composition, structure, and functional processes of ecological systems, and the mechanisms that regulate patterns and rates of evolutionary change within and among species.

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    Environmental Science

    The Environmental Science graduate program is an interdisciplinary program involving biological, physical, and chemical sciences. The program provides unique opportunities for interdisciplinary training and research. Cooperating departments offer courses covering surface and groundwater hydrology, climatology, water quality, aquatic and wetland ecology, landscape processes, atmospheric sciences, and more.

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    Genetics and Genomics

    Genetics and Genomics (IGG) research projects span all major areas of theoretical and experimental genetics, including molecular studies of gene regulation, systems biology, developmental genetics, functional genomics, transposable element studies, quantitative and mathematical genetics, evolutionary genetics and genomics, and population genetics.

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  • Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies

    Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies (IGS) are available to graduate students who wish to have a more diversified program of advanced study than generally permitted for students who specialize in a single subject; area of specialization: Biological and Physical Sciences. The program is open to any qualified graduate student but is most useful to those who wish to improve their subject matter competence in more than one discipline. 

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    Plant Biology

    Research conducted in the Plant Biology program spans basic and applied approaches in plant biology studies, including, but not limiting to, plant molecular biology, plant cell biology, plant physiology, plant organismal biology, and provides training in the most state-of-the-art methods and technologies.

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