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The Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Arts and Science is dedicated to advancing knowledge in the life sciences. Our mission is to discover fundamental principles governing life processes – from molecules and cells to organisms and ecosystems across evolutionary time – and to train the next generation of scholars.<\/p>\n
Our award-winning, internationally recognized faculty conduct research and teach in an array of disciplines, including molecular, cellular, and chemical biology, biochemistry, neuroscience, evolution, genomics, microbiology, ecology, and organismal, behavioral, and environmental biology. Our students and postdoctoral fellows are mentored in a broad interdisciplinary training environment while developing deep expertise in their chosen field. Our trainees have a strong record of achievement and are successful at obtaining positions in academia, industry, government, and medicine.<\/p>\n
The Department of Biological Sciences lies at the nexus of the College of Arts and Science and the School of Medicine. Our laboratories and administrative office are physically located at the intersection of the two schools, and many of our faculty hold secondary appointments in the School of Medicine \u2014a reflection of the many research activities relevant to human health within our department. Consequently, students and faculty share resources and core facilities, and participate in trans-institutional programs and centers, leading to collaborations and synergistic research endeavors that provide our graduate and undergraduate students with a highly integrated, multidisciplinary training experience.<\/p>\n
We invite you to stop in when you are on campus, say hello, and visit our state-of-the-art research and teaching facilities.<\/p>\n
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Professor Todd Graham<\/p>\n
Stevenson Professor and Chair,<\/em> Welcome to the Department of Biological Sciences at Vanderbilt! The Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Arts and Science is dedicated to advancing knowledge in the life sciences. Our mission is to discover fundamental principles governing life processes – from molecules and cells to organisms and ecosystems across evolutionary time – and to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":1510,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-headline-img.php","meta":[],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/biological-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/488"}],"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\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/biological-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=488"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/biological-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3527,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/biological-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/488\/revisions\/3527"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/biological-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/biological-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/biological-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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