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Graduate Student Spotlight Kyoungsun Rha
This month’s Graduate Student Spotlight highlights Kyoungsun Rha. A student in the Garcia Lab, Kyoungsun works on identifying the mechanism of how cells regulate their metabolisms to maintain their functionality. Learn more about Kyoungsun and her graduate experience in this month’s Spotlight.
Dr. Lawrence Griffing: The Lost Portrait of Robert Hooke
Despite being described as perhaps the single greatest experimentalist of his time, Robert Hooke remains one of scientific history’s biggest enigmas, as no official illustration of him exists. Dr. Lawrence Griffing in the TAMU Biology, believes that an unidentified gentleman in a circa-1680s painting by artist, Mary Beale, could actually be a long-sought portrait of Hooke…
Graduate Student Spotlight Yufeng Wan
October’s Graduate Student Spotlight highlights Yufeng Wan. A Graduate Student in the Garcia lab, Yufeng studies neurobiology and mating behaviors of males in C. elegans. Learn more about Yufeng and his work in this month’s Spotlight
RESEARCH
Basic biological research has evolved into a broad, fast-paced and dynamic profession that drives newly emerging industries and actively shapes many human endeavors. Both globally and locally, cutting-edge research at Texas A&M University strives to understand the fundamental processes driving life around us and to improve the ways people everywhere manage their health and the health of our planet. The Department of Biology is responsible for research and teaching within the vast disciplines of the biological sciences, from molecular cell biology to ecology and evolutionary biology. Our faculty perform cutting-edge research in a wide array of biological sciences in the laboratory and in the field.
GRADUATE DEGREES
Our Graduate Program in Biology offers a diverse range of integrative training opportunities for students seeking a Ph.D. degree in the biological sciences. We offer training in multiple disciplines within Biology, including Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Genetics, Genomics and Bioinformatics, Neurobiology and Behavior, Microbiology, Plant Biology, Biological Clocks, and Physiology and Systems Biology.
All students in our program receive rigorous academic training in biology and carry out their research in competitive, state-of-the-art research labs. Many faculty research programs span multiple research areas and levels of biological organization, creating a dynamic training environment for graduate students. Our graduate students conduct creative, independent research and scholarship. Graduates of our programs prepare themselves for a wide range of career opportunities and gain positions in academic institutions, government agencies, and industry.
UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES
The Department of Biology is responsible for introducing biological principles to students in every Texas A&M University major. We provide modern and comprehensive B.S. and B.A. curricula in Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Microbiology, Neuroscience, and Zoology for more than 1500 undergraduate biology majors. These degrees prepare students for various life science careers and are an excellent entrée to the health care professions. If you are interested in pursuing a major in one of our disciplines, or if you are currently a student and would like information on courses or the program, we have excellent undergraduate advisors who will be happy to help you.