Department of Biology

The study of biology has vast practical applications in agriculture, medicine, biotechnology, genetic engineering, environmental protection and conservation. The Department of Biology's well-equipped teaching and research laboratories are located in the Stewart Biology Building, and in the Bellini Life Sciences Building. Academic staff members, research associates, post-doctoral fellows and graduate students carry out research in areas of molecular biology, human genetics, ecology, animal behaviour, developmental biology, neurobiology, marine biology, plant biology and evolution.
 
Areas of Research
  
evolution
ecology
bioinformatics

molecular biology
developmental biology
neurobiology
plant biology
Molecular Biology
& Genetics
Cell & Developmental Biology
Neurobiology
Plant Biology

News & Announcements

What's new:

  1. Biology Weekly (Feb. 3)
  2. Research News
  3. MBSU: The Exon (Jan. 2012)

 

Undergraduate Studies:

  1. Summer NSERC USRAs - deadline March 2nd
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  2. Panama Field Study Semester Information Session (Feb. 13)
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Research Opportunities

    1. NSERC/USRA student - Field Assistant (Summer 2012)
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    2. Lechowicz Lab - Undergraduate Field Assistant (Summer 2012)
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    3. Davies Lab - Biodiversity Project (Spring 2012)
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    4. Davies Lab - Undergraduate Field Assistant (Summer 2012)
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    5. Research Oportunities (VEGI)
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    6. Leung Lab - PhD and MSc in Ecolgical Modeling
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    7. Fagotto Lab - Positions in Cell Biology (Summer 2012)
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