Welcome to SBS!

The School of Biological Sciences is comprised of four sections into which faculty are organized based on their primary research interest, Integrative Biology, Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, and Neurobiology. The School is the most popular major at the University. There are over 3, 200 declared biology majors. Students have a variety of degree choices, including a BA in Biology, a BS in Clinical Laboratory Science, Public Health and Environmental Science and a BS in Biology with nine options of specialization. The School offers three graduate programs leading to a Ph.D. degree in Ecology Evolution and Biology, Microbiology and Plant Biology. The faculty of the School of Biological Sciences also participate in affiliated graduate programs such as Cellular & Molecular Biology and Neurosciences.

News

	07/15/13 $2.7 million from the Lee and Ramona Bass Foundation will help establish the Texas Invasive Species Program at UT...
	05/23/13 The Austin American-Statesman does a profile on Dr. Camille Parmesan (IB), who was recently named the 2013 Distinguished Texas Scientist...
	05/22/13 We would like to congratulate our 2013 School of Biological Sciences Staff Service Award recipients...
	05/14/13 Ten teaching assistants in the School of Biological Sciences were given awards for their outstanding teaching and service...
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Research

	07/15/13 Dr. Mike Ryan (IB) and colleague are using robotic frogs to study the mating calls of the túngara frog...
	06/12/13 Dr. Russell Poldrack (NB) is working with the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) to create a web-based OpenfMRI project...
	06/03/13 Dr. Jeff Chen (MCDB) has been given a new $2.5 million NSF grant to study hybrid vigor in corn...
	06/03/13 Dr. Molly Cummings and Dr. Parrish Brady (both IB) have determined that some fish can hide in the open ocean by manipulating how light reflects off their skin...
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