Research Areas
GDCB integrates experimental and computational research approaches with instructional and pedagogical innovation in three primary focus areas. The GDCB Department is dedicated to biological discovery and excellence in undergraduate and graduate education, with research and teaching missions encompassing fundamental cellular and subcellular processes, including genome dynamics, cell structure and function, cellular metabolism, cellular response to environmental and developmental signals, and molecular mechanisms of development.
The Department has identified three primary focus areas in which it already enjoys a strong representation – Genome Dynamics, Cellular Biology and Development. The other research areas of computational biology and metabolic networking, as well as instructional and pedagogical innovation, are integrated into multiple focus areas.
Cellular Biology
Molecular control of cellular structure and function
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Integration of computational approaches
Development
Mechanisms of multicellular development
Genome Dynamics
Structure, function and activity of the genome
Metabolic Networking
Integration of metabolism into systems biology
Pedagogy
Instructional and pedagogical innovation