The Department of Biological Sciences
has graduate and postgraduate research programs in molecular
and cell biology, cancer biology, molecular and developmental
genetics, and molecular neuroscience. Students may obtain
the MA from Hunter College and/or the PhD from the City
University Graduate School. The doctoral program is designed
to prepare students to cope with the radical changes in
direction and experimental approaches that will characterize
future developments in biology, as well as to train highly
qualified research scientists who are fully equipped to
teach and to direct research in a wide variety of university
programs in biology.
The faculty of the Department of Biological
Sciences are pursuing projects in the forefront of modern
research, and state of the art research facilities are
available to graduate students at Hunter. In addition
to the individual research laboratories, shared facilities
have been established, including the Cell Culture Facility
and the Electron Microscopy Laboratory. A fermentor is
available for the large scale growth of microorganisms,
and newly renovated, fully modern animal facilities are
available. A departmental machine and electronic shop
allows development of special instrumentation and equipment.
The Center for Study of Gene Structure and Function ,
located in the biology, chemistry, and psychology departments,
provides many additional research facilities, including
a Bio-Imaging Facility, NMR Laboratory, Mass Spectroscopy
Laboratory, Molecular Graphics Laboratory, Network Facility,
Sequencing and Synthesis Laboratory, and X-ray Diffraction
Laboratory.
