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Research in the Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience uses multidisciplinary approaches to understanding basic cellular processes in various tissues, including the nervous system, as well as more integrative levels of analysis, including behavior. Areas of research represented in the department include the following:
- Biophysical properties of excitable membranes
- DNA repair
- Transcriptional regulation
- Mechanisms of toxicity
- Insect development
- Membrane transport
- Mechanisms of mitotic chromosome transmission
- Telomere maintenance
- Synaptic structure and function
- Changes in nervous system with experience
- Interactions of nervous and endocrine systems
- Reproductive biology and fertilization
- Chemokine function in wound healing and tumor development
- Glia-neuron signaling
- Brainstem and spinal cord control of locomotion
Undergraduate Curriculum
Students interested in cell, molecular, and developmental biology can obtain training through the interdepartmental Biological Sciences major with a specialization in Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology leading to the B.S. degree. Students interested in neuroscience can obtain training in behavioral neuroscience, neurobiology, and neurochemistry through the Neuroscience major leading to the B.A. or B.S. degree. The Neuroscience major is an intercollege major offered by the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences and the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences.
Graduate Curriculum
Courses and research opportunities are offered by the interdepartmental graduate programs in the following fields:
- Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology
- Environmental Toxicology
- Genetics
- Microbiology
- Neuroscience