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We offer exceptional opportunities to think, work and collaborate across levels of biological organization and styles of research. The links below lead to information about research projects and groups in our areas of special strength.

Click on each research tile below for more information.

Behavior & Neurobiology


How animals use their nervous systems to shape behavior

Biochemistry & Structural Biology


How the molecular machinery of life assembles and works

Cell Biology


How the basic units of life construct themselves and function

Coevolutionary Biology


How species that interact closely shape each other

Developmental Biology


How complex organisms arise from single cells

Ecology & Conservation Biology


How interactions affect the distributions and abundances of species

Ecosystem Science


How regional domains of life respond to biotic and abiotic factors

Evolution & Biodiversity


How species diverge from their ancestors and each other

Genetics & Genomics


How genes and environments interact to shape phenotypes

Microbial Biology


How single-celled organisms rule the world

Physiology & Functional Morphology


How organisms work as highly structured machines

Plant Biology


How plants diversify and make the fuels used by other living things