The Department of Biology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham is a dynamic academic partnership which provides a broad-based graduate and undergraduate curriculum. Most members of the Graduate Faculty have research specialties centering around the comparative biochemistry, physiology, and ecophysiology of aquatic organisms. A second important research focus of the department centers on environmental microbiology. |  |
 | The Graduate Program in Biology offers programs of study and research leading to the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees including the Fifth Year Masters Degree Program. The curriculum includes departmental courses, courses taught by faculty of the UAB Medical Center basic science departments, and courses at the Dauphin Island Sea Laboratory. This diversity of graduate training opportunities enables students to acquire breadth in Biology as a discipline as well as depth in their chosen area of specialization. The department has an active Undergraduate Honors Research Program and general Information for Undergraduate Students is also available on this web site. |
Included in well-equipped research laboratories are accommodations for culture of aquatic organisms, animal rooms, tissue culture facilities, and a greenhouse. Individual research laboratories are equipped with modern and specialized instrumentation including HPLC's, UV-Vis spectrophotometers, gas chromatographs, ultracentrifuges, thermocyclers, and a wide variety of other equipment utilized in physiology, biochemistry, and molecular biology. The University owns two rural sites suitable for conducting field studies. Membership in the Marine Environmental Science Consortium provides access to a marine laboratory on Dauphin Island, located near Mobile, Alabama. |  |
 | Faculty research interests within the Department of Biology include: physiological ecology of aquatic invertebrates, vertebrates, and algae; metabolism, reproduction, endocrinology, comparative physiology, and biochemistry of invertebrates; population dynamics and reproductive cycles of reptiles; crustacean and fish aquaculture; chemical ecology; microbiology of waste treatment processes; microbial cold adaptation, bioengineering, and signal transduction; population genetics of fishes; taxonomy of basidiomycetes; detection of seafood pathogens; DNA methylation; and cancer immunology and biology. |
UAB
Biology Graduate Faculty and their Research Interests
UAB Biology Graduate Program and Admissions Information
Department of Biology Undergraduate Program
Course Syllabi for Department of Biology
Department of Biology Contact Information
UAB Biology Fifth Year Masters Degree Program
General
Information about Birmingham
Undergraduate Honors Research Program
The Cell Senescence Culture Facility
The UAB Jason Project for K - 12 Students
