{"id":4,"date":"2020-02-06T17:52:50","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T17:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/biological-sciences\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2026-04-08T16:14:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T16:14:32","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/biological-sciences\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><span class=\"home-largefont\">Why Biological Sciences?<\/span>We are a life sciences department that aspires to excellence in research at all levels of biological organization\u2014from molecules and cells to organisms and ecosystems. We leverage our diverse backgrounds and expertise to educate and mentor undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows through immersive research experiences in the laboratory. Our goal is to help today\u2019s trainees become tomorrow\u2019s leaders in research, health and medicine, education, and government. Learn more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/biological-sciences\/why-biological-sciences\/\">benefits of studying biological sciences<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Calling all alumni!<\/strong> Are you a former undergraduate, graduate student, or postdoctoral trainee of the Biological Sciences Department? We\u2019d love to hear from you! Please consider filling out <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/redcap.vanderbilt.edu\/surveys\/?s=PAXKL3Y7NTCE7TMM\">this brief form<\/a><\/strong> to connect and let us know your current whereabouts. If you&#8217;re interested in the Ph.D. program in Biological Sciences at Vanderbilt, please email: <a href=\"mailto:biosci_graduate_program@vanderbilt.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">biosci_graduate_program@vanderbilt.edu<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why Biological Sciences?We are a life sciences department that aspires to excellence in research at all levels of biological organization\u2014from molecules and cells to organisms and ecosystems. We leverage our diverse backgrounds and expertise to educate and mentor undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows through immersive research experiences in the laboratory. Our goal is to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1504,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-home-sub-site.php","meta":[],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/biological-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/biological-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/biological-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/biological-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/biological-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4"}],"version-history":[{"count":38,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/biological-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3510,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/biological-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions\/3510"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/biological-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/biological-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/biological-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}