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The School of Biological Sciences has 39 primary faculty, 48 affiliated faculty and more than $15,000,000 in active grant support. The faculty of the School of Biological Sciences carry out multi-disciplinary research programs in Graduate Research Emphasis Groups, or GREGs. Our current research interests are mainly in: ecology, evolution, behavior, systematics & biological diversity, cell & molecular biology, genetics, microbiology, parasitology, plant molecular biology & pathology, and virology.
Our dedication to excellence in research, teaching, and training is evidenced by our funding support and our ability to attract outstanding postdoctoral fellows and graduate students. We train approximately 25 postdoctoral and 70 graduate students at any given time and take pride in launching our trainees into successful and productive careers ranging from Biomedical researchers in industry, to post-doctoral faculty members at other institutions.
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The UNL Center for Biotechnology promotes research on all aspects of molecular life sciences research, leading to improvements in agriculture, health care and the environment. The center is supported by the Nebraska Research Initiative funds allocated through the Center for Biotechnology and by funds from the National Science Foundation (EPSCoR Infrastructure grant).
The Center provides access to core research facilities and various other services to the UNL research community and local businesses. Currently there are 7 core facilities: Bioinformatics, Flow Cytometry, Genomics, Mass Spectrometry Microscopy, Plant Transformation, and Protein. The Center also supports seminar programs, provides matching for grants, student fellowships and scholarships.
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Cedar Point Biological Station (CPBS) is a unique facility with a major emphasis being the study of natural biological systems located in diverse and scenic habitats in the vicinity of Lake McConaughy in western Nebraska near Ogallala. It provides an important research and teaching resource unparalleled in the region and is situated close to a variety of aquatic and terrestrial habitats, including floodplain forests, wet meadows, creeks, lakes, upland prairies, and sandhill lakes and grassland.
CPBS is situated in close proximity to a variety of aquatic and terrestrial habitats, including streams, ponds, riparian forests, wet meadows, and prairies. CPBS is located at the junction of four major grassland types, including Nebraska Sandhills Prairie (the largest area of vegetated sand dunes in the western hemisphere).
The graduate program in Parasitology is composed of composed of 6 faculty members with a diverse range of research interests, but the GREG is particularly strong in the study of ecology and evolution of parasitision.
Our goal is to develop broadly trained biologists that have both the conceptual tools and expertise in research design necessary to address fundamental questions. To meet this goal, our graduate curriculum includes a series of courses for first year students, advanced courses in areas of faculty expertise, active involvement with Cedar Point Biological Field Station, a seminar series that focuses on research design, and a seminar series that focuses on completed research.
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The Plant Pathology Department offers a wide range of research opportunities in both basic and applied topics. Our graduate programs are designed around your own research, extension, and career goals. Opportunities for research at both the M.S. and Ph.D. levels include: molecular plant pathology, fungal molecular genetics, phytobacteriology, nematology, virology, epidemiology, biocontrol, disease resistance and soilborne diseases. Inter-disciplinary programs in biotechnology, plant breeding, microclimatology, plant stress...
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The graduate program in Plant Systems Biology is composed of 16 faculty members that share a fundamental interest in understanding molecular, cellular and developmental processes in plants.
Powerful new methods in molecular genetics, biochemistry, and genomics are applied to analyze nearly every process in plants, such as growth and development, environmental and biotic stresses, photosynthesis, nuclear-organelle interactions, gene expression, DNA repair/recombination, and epigenetic phenomena.
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The graduate program in Microbiology and Molecular Biology is composed of faculty, postdoctoral fellows and graduate students with research interests that encompass a wide range of research and training opportunities for graduate students in preparation for rewarding careers in sciences.
Programs include emphases in many areas of molecular biology and microbiology including bacteriology, ecology, evolution, extremophiles, genetics, gene regulation, immunology, pathobiology, systematics and virology.
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The graduate program in Genetics, Genomics, and Bioinformatics (GGB) is composed of 13 faculty members that share a fundamental interest in genetics, genomics and bioinformatics processes. The Genetics faculty have a diverse range of research interests. The GGB GREG is particularly strong in evolutionary genetics and bioinformatics.
Most programs are influenced by evolutionary concerns and use tools from bioinformatics to address fundamental questions in genetics. These questions range from gene structure and function to the evolution of plant-insect interactions. Several faculty members use Drosophila and other insects as their research organism. Other faculty members use the model plants maize and Arabidopsis.
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The graduate program in Ecology, Evolution & Behavior is composed of 18 faculty members that share a fundamental interest in ecological and evolutionary processes.
The EEB faculty has a diverse range of research interests. These include: behavioral ecology, community ecology, ecosystem ecology, evolutionary ecology, life history evolution, molecular evolution, physiological ecology, plant-animal interactions, population ecology, sexual selection and systematics. EEB is particularly strong in the study of plant-animal interactions, behavioral ecology and evolutionary genetics.
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