Structure and Function
Research on the structure of biological organisms or ecological systems and how they carry out biological functions. The following faculty have research programs that fall within this topic area:
| Dr. Chris Ambrose | Plant Cell Biology |
| Dr. Peta Bonham-Smith | Molecular biology of plants and plant development. |
| Dr. Carlos de Egydio Carvalho | Molecular genetics and meiotic chromosome segregation. |
| Dr. Jorge Chedrese | Molecular Endocrinology and Biotechnology |
| Dr. Jack Gray | Neuroethology of insect flight. |
| Dr. Tracy Marchant | Environmental and hormonal regulation of body growth in fish |
| Dr. Som Niyogi | Aquatic Toxicology |
| Dr. Christopher D Todd | Plant physiology and molecular biology |
| Dr. Nicole Webster | Evolution and Development of shell formation in snails |
| Dr. Yangdou Wei | Molecular plant pathology. |
| Dr. Ken Wilson | Lower plant functional genomics, Algal ecophysiology and molecular biology |