Department of Biological Sciences-UWM

Graduate Studies
    Graduate study in Biological Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is multi-disciplinary, offering a wide variety of choices for doctorate and masters degrees. Areas of research include cell and molecular biology, genetics, genomics, microbiology, immunology, physiology, neuroscience, plant cell biology, evolution, ecology, animal behavior and population biology. A major advisor may be selected in any of these areas. In addition, interdisciplinary programs also are available in conjunction with other departments and divisions within the University. We therefore welcome applicants from different disciplines such as chemistry, medical science, psychology and related fields as well as students from traditional biological backgrounds.

    Departmental resources include a genomics and biotechnology facility, a confocal and electron microscope facility, 2 large greenhouses and a research field station.

Major research groups exist in the following areas:
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Gliding bacterium Lysobacter brunescensMicrobiology Neuro_LogoPhysiology and Neurobiology


Last Modified: August 19, 2005
Thomas P. Schuck