Our program is designed to offer advanced training in biochemistry, biophysics, bacteriology, genetics, immunology, microbial physiology, virology, mycology, molecular biology, cell biology, developmental biology, cancer biology and structural biology. We also offer a non-thesis option of the Public Health Laboratory Sciences (PHLS) program. The departments have modern, well-equipped research laboratories and supporting facilities for P3 physical containment, electron microscopy, X-ray crystallography, NMR spectroscopy and flow cytometry. The University library at Carbondale is ranked among