The Biological Sciences

Abstract

Biological sciences explore the science of life, from biomolecules to ecosystems. Courses and ongoing research programs are focused in three general areas: cell and molecular biology, ecology, and evolution and systematics. In research laboratories, students and faculty members work together on projects that range from dinosaur evolution through an investigation of how misfolded proteins interfere with insulin production. Many departmental faculty members have working relationships with scientists in surrounding education and federal institutions, and the program has a collaboration of more than 100 years standing with the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History.