The Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology has a successful faculty committed to excellence in research, and maintains one of the most highly funded research programs on campus. Members of our department are engaged in exciting, cross-cutting, and interdisciplinary research that spans multiple scales from molecules and cells to individual organisms, and from populations and communities to landscapes and ecosystems. Our research interests can be grouped into five main areas:
For more information about Ecology and Evolutionary Biology click here.
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For more information about Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology click here.
For more information about Anaerobic Microbiology click here.
For more information about Microbiomes click here.
For more information about Science Education click here.
