Biology

The mission of the National Biomedical Computation Resource is to conduct, catalyze, and enable biomedical research by harnessing, developing, and deploying forefront computational, information and grid technologies.

Scientists have made great advances in understanding how the brain works at the cellular level. But translating this knowledge to understanding human behavior and treating brain diseases such as drug addiction, eating disorders, attention deficit disorder, and neurodegenerative disorders has lagged behind. Brookhavens Center for Translational Neuroimaging aims to bridge this gap using a network of complementary brain-imaging tools including positron emission tomography (PET) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). These tools are a direct outgrowth of the Department of Energys (DOEs) long-standing investment in basic research in chemistry, physics and nuclear medicine. The ongoing neuroimaging research at Brookhaven is a prime example of how DOEs national laboratories bring together the expertise of chemists, physicists, and medical scientists to address questions of profound significance for society.

Scientists at NCEAS use existing information to address important questions in ecology, ecoinformatics and allied disciplines. At NCEAS, scientists conduct collaborative research on major fundamental and applied problems in ecology. The Center has a critical responsibility to apply general knowledge of ecological systems to specific issues such as the massive and accelerating loss of biotic diversity, global change, habitat decline and fragmentation, over-exploitation of natural resources, and pollution of air, water, and soil. Hundreds of scholars, including Postdoctoral Associates, Center Fellows, and visitors in Working Groups collaborate each year at the Center on scores of projects. NCEAS, a research center of the University of California, Santa Barbara, is located in downtown Santa Barbara.

The Carnegie Institution is a private organization that conducts basic research for the benefit of humanity. Its Department of Global Ecology, founded in 2002 on the campus of Stanford University, conducts basic research on the interactions among the earth's ecosystems, land, atmosphere, and oceans. The goal of this research is understanding the ways these interactions shape the behavior of the earth system, including its responses to future changes. The Department of Global Ecology includes faculty members, post-doctoral fellows, graduate students, and undergraduates, plus technical and administrative staff. There are opportunities for volunteers who wish to be involved in the research.

Representing over a 100 years of exploration, discovery, and research, the Division of Paleontology is home to one of the largest fossil collections in the world.

Genome programs of the US Department of Energy, founder of the Human Genome Project and leader in systems biology research.

Founded in 1959, under the auspices of UNESCO and the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (previously World Conservation Union), the Charles Darwin Foundation is dedicated to the conservation of the Galapagos ecosystems. The Foundation operates the Charles Darwin Research Station to conduct scientific research and environmental education for conservation. The Station has a team of over two hundred scientists, educators, volunteers, research students and support staff from all over the world. The Foundation Secretary General is located in Quito, the capital of Ecuador, and maintains close contact with the government to promote Galapagos conservation throughout Ecuador.

The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign cultivates leading-edge, interdisciplinary research of the highest quality. Research at the Institute is focused around three scientific and technologically relevant research initiatives: Biological Intelligence; Human-Computer Intelligent Interaction; and Molecular and Electronic Nanostructures. The Beckman Institute Biomedical Imaging Center, Imaging Technology Group; and Integrated Systems Laboratory provide state-of-the-art facilities and resources for innovative and groundbreaking research.

USDA is a research leader in everything from human nutrition to new crop technologies that allow us to grow more food and fiber using less water and pesticides.

The BMERC provides research support in both the development and application of computational biology / Bioinformatics methods in biology. This includes a graduate and postdoctoral training program. The Center's research focus is currently on full-genome comparative analyses, protein structure prediction, protein function identification and domain dissection. Our work has led to the formulation and testing of hypotheses in the areas of molecular evolution, gene regulation, developmental genetics, and protein structure-function relationships.

Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. News and events. Course and degree offerings. Departments and centers. Admissions. Student affairs. Financial aid. Career services. Alumni affairs. Events calendar. Directories. Publications. Dean's welcome. Administrative resources.

The Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University. People. Academics. Research. Public health practice. History of department. News and events. Links. Admissions.

The new Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology (E3B) at Columbia University was established in 2001. In creating E3B, the university recognized that the fields of ecology, evolutionary biology, and environmental biology constitute a distinct subdivision of the biological sciences with its own set of intellectual foci, theoretical foundations, scales of analysis, and methodologies. Undergrad program. M.A. program. Ph.D. program. Certificate program. Student resources. Faculty. Courses.

Laboratories in the Department are using the full spectrum of contemporary biophysical, molecular biological and cellular techniques to study a diverse array of biochemical systems ranging from integral membrane proteins and proteins involved in signal transduction to catalytic RNA and neuronal signal processing.

CSHL is a research and educational institution. The Laboratory has research programs focusing on cancer, neurobiology, plant genetics, genomics and bioinformatics, and a broad educational mission, including the recently established Watson School of Biological Sciences.

The Brutlag Bioinformatics Group is located in the Biochemistry Department at Stanford University and is also affiliated with the Stanford Medical Informatics program in the Department of Medicine, Stanford Medical School. We are interested in the problems of predicting biological function of genes and gene products from their primary sequence and structure (sometimes known as functional genomics). We are interested in predicting structure of protein and DNA from its sequence, and understanding how and when genes are expressed.

The McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research in the University of Cambridge was established in 1990 through a generous benefaction from the late Dr D M McDonald,
a well-known and successful industrialist. The Institute provides support for Cambridge-based researchers in many branches of archaeology, but has a particular interest in the archaeology of early human cognition. The Institute also places emphasis on archaeological science, and contains laboratories for geoarchaeology, archaeozoology, archaeobotany and artefact analysis. The extensive faunal remains collection of the Department of Archaeology is now based within the McDonald Institute and a corresponding reference collection of plant remains is being assembled.

Jonas Salk, the developer of the polio vaccine, established the Salk Institute for Biological Studies more than 40 years ago. His goal was to create an institute that would serve as a "crucible for creativity" to pursue questions about the basic principles of life. He wanted biologists and others to work together to explore the wider implications of their discoveries for the future of humanity. Today, the Salk Institute conducts its biological research under the guidance of 58 faculty investigators, employing a scientific staff of more than 850, including visiting scientists, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students.

The European Molecular Biology Laboratory [EMBL] is an international research organisation with its main laboratory in Heidelberg [Germany], and four outstations in Hinxton, [UK] [the European Bioinformatics Institute, EBI], Grenoble [France], Hamburg [Germany], and Monterotondo [Italy]. Research at EMBL emphasizes experimental analysis at multiple levels of biological organisation, from the molecule to the organism, as well as computational biology, bioinformatics and systems biology.

NIDA's mission is to lead the Nation in bringing the power of science to bear on drug abuse and addiction. NIDA is not only seizing upon unprecedented opportunities and technologies to further the understanding of how drugs of abuse affect the brain and behavior, but also working to ensure the rapid and effective transfer of scientific data to policy makers, drug abuse practitioners, other health care practitioners, and the general public. The NIDA web site is an important part of this effort. The scientific knowledge that is generated through NIDA research is a critical element to improving the overall health of the Nation. Our goal is to ensure that science, not ideology or anecdote, forms the foundation for all of our Nation's drug abuse reduction efforts.