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Biological Sciences

Welcome

The mission of the Department of Biological Sciences parallels that of Hunter College: to provide a quality education for our undergraduate and graduate students, enabling them to participate productively in their chosen pursuits.The Department actively encourages specific careers such as academic and industrial research, medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, and college and high school teaching.

Academics

The Department of Biological Sciences Major program is for students who intend to prepare for graduate study, medicine, dentistry, secondary school teaching, biotechnology and industry, grad: The Department of Biological Sciences has graduate and post-graduate research programs in molecular and cell biology, cancer biology, molecular and developmental genetics, and molecular neuroscience.

Biology faculty and students.

Program Learning Outcomes


Biology Undergraduate (B.A.) general major and all interdisciplinary concentrations

  1. Recognize, critique, design and carry out experiments according to the scientific method
  2. Synthesize and integrate abstract and practical concepts to address biological problems
  3. Discuss mechanisms of life at the organismal level, at the cellular level and molecular/genetic level
  4. Perform quantitative analyses in Biology


Biology Graduate (M.A.) and B.A./M.A. in Biotechnology

  1. Summarize and Articulate Advanced Research and Theoretical Concepts
  2. Use and Interpret Experimental Design from Current Literature in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
  3. Interpret Experimental Data Independently

Upcoming Seminars

Mar 17, 2025
Metabolic reprogramming as a therapeutic strategy: uncovering ...

Spring 2025 Inga Richter Seminar Series, Dr. Almudena Chaves Perez, MSKCC
Mar 24, 2025
Of Yeast and MEN - Evolution of the Mitotic Exit Network

Spring 2025 Inga Richter Seminar Series, Dr. Xiaoxue Snow Zhou, NYU
Apr 7, 2025
Adaptations of corpus callosal dopamine circuitry implications for ...

Spring 2025 Inga Richter Seminar Series, Dr. Leora Yetnikoff, CSI
Apr 21, 2025
Influenza and obesity: does biological sex matter?

Hunter College of the City University of New York Department of Biological Sciences Spring 2025 Inga Richter Seminar Series Dr. Santosh Dhakal ...
Apr 28, 2025
Association between stress, circadian rhythms and sleep wake cycle

Spring 2025 Inga Richter Seminar Series, Dr. Dipesh Chaudhury, NYU
May 5, 2025
Tales of Chromatin Dynamics in Cancer

Spring 2025 Inga Richter Seminar Series, Emily Bernstein, PhD, Departments of Oncological Sciences & Dermatology, Icahn School of Medicine at ...

News

September 6, 2024
Longtime Professor Endows Internships at Woods Hole Marine Biological Lab

Dr. Shirley Raps has endowed a $400,000 internship fund, enabling two biology majors to conduct research each summer.
August 19, 2024
Hunter Researcher Maps DNA of Lyme Disease Bacteria

Professor Weigang Qiu and an international team mapped the complete genetic makeup of 47 strains of Lyme disease-causing and related bacteria.
Biology staff and students wearing lab gowns.

Meet Our Team

The faculty members of the Department of Biological Sciences are a diverse group of outstanding scientists and educators carrying out funded research in a wide range of areas. These areas include, but are not limited to, Cell Biology, Neurobiology, Molecular Biology, Cancer Biology, Biophotonics, Immunology, Signal Transduction, Gene Expression/Regulation, Biochemistry, and Developmental Biology.

More About Our Faculty and Staff