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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

	01/26/12 Dr. Lauren Meyers (IB) was featured on the Longorn Network's show Game Changers...
	01/23/12 Dr. Nicola Davies, SBS Lecturer, was chosen to receive one of the 2012 Texas Exes Teaching Awards...
	12/20/11 Dr. Jeff Chen (MCDB) and Dr. Mike Ryan (IB) have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)...
	12/15/11 Our most recent issue of In Vivo is now available as a PDF online, featuring stories on epigenetics and the Course Transformation Project...
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Research

	01/02/12 Dr. Jon Pierce-Shimomura's (NB) work uses worms to divine potential treatments for Alzheimer's...
	11/10/11 Dr. Jon Pierce-Shimomura's (NB) 'Parkinsonian' worms may hold the key to identification of drugs for this debilitating disease...
	10/13/11 Dr. Peter English (SBS) is part of an international team of scientists worried about most biodiverse region in the Western Hemisphere...
	10/06/11 Dr. Sahotra Sarkar (IB) believes Chagas disease may be more widespread than previously thought...
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