Biology PhD
Gain the experience to make significant contributions to biological research with the Biology PhD 在科学技术学院的项目. 生物学博士学位提供了一个严谨的,以研究为重点的学习课程. You’ll be prepared to pursue multiple career pathways related to the biological sciences, 包括博士后和学术职位, 以及相关行业, 比如生物技术, 生物工程, 医疗保健和制药. The Biology PhD program provides opportunities for you to receive funding for your degree with either a teaching or research assistantship, 还有学费减免.
Biology PhD students are afforded the chance to choose which lab they want to join. 在第一年, you can choose a specific research group immediately or you can rotate up to three research groups before deciding on a lab. 一旦你被允许参选, 你将在完成学位的过程中进行专业研究.
Faculty members perform cutting-edge research in different areas of specialization that include
- 细胞、发育和分子生物学;
- 细胞与分子神经科学, 研究中枢神经系统及其控制机制;
- 计算生物学,专注于计算进化基因组学;
- ecology, an interdisciplinary field that investigates the complex relationships between living organisms and their environments;
- 进化医学, an interdisciplinary field that examines contemporary human disease within the larger context of evolutionary history;
- 遗传流行病学, an interdisciplinary field that examines the impact of genetic and environmental factors on modern human disease; and
- 群体遗传学, a subfield of genetics and evolutionary biology that examines genetic change over time within and between populations.
Coursework is interdisciplinary and students are encouraged to participate in research across other fields, 包括生物化学, chemistry, 计算机科学, ecology, 环境科学, engineering, 数学和物理. Doctoral candidates perform innovative research in many of the College of Science and Technology’s state-of-the-art centers and facilities, including the
- 生物多样性研究中心, 注重保护, 教育和研究物种及其对环境的影响;
- 计算遗传学和基因组学中心, whose mission is to bring together scientists who work on genetic and evolutionary theory and who employ computational approaches;
- 基因组学和进化医学研究所, focused on molecular evolutionary knowledge and tools to advance research and for product development in biomedicine and biodiversity
- Sbarro健康研究组织, where genetic research investigates treatments and cures to chronic illnesses such as cancer, 心血管疾病和糖尿病.