Biology
The department includes more than 110 graduate students and 90 postdoctoral fellows from all over the world. Major research interests fall in the areas of molecular biology, cell biology, developmental biology and genetics; plant biology; population and evolutionary biology and ecology; and marine biology.
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The School of Humanities and Sciences is Stanford University’s largest school and is central to Stanford’s teaching and research mission. Our distinguished faculty include Nobel laureates, Pulitzer Prize winners, MacArthur Fellows, and more than 200 members of the national scholarly academies, many of whom teach both undergraduate and graduate courses.
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There are many laboratories, institutes and research centers operating across departments that bring H&S faculty and researchers together with those from across the university. Use the following link to find out more:
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