Biological Sciences at UMBC

Graduate Programs
The Department of Biological Sciences at UMBC has a broad-based research program spanning the biomedical sciences from ecology and organismal biology to molecular and structural biology. We offer five graduate programs leading to the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees.

Biology Dept.

Grad. Studies

Admissions

Grad. Student Association

University

NEWS

GSA Travel Grants

Graduate students can receive up to $500 toward travel to scientific meetings. Read more about it…

Applied Molecular Biology
(M.S.)

Biological Sciences
(M.S. & Ph.D)

Molecular and Cell Biology
(Ph.D.)

Marine Estuarine & Environmental Science
(M.S. & Ph.D.)

Neurosciences and Cognitive Sciences
(Ph.D.)

Chemistry/Biology Interface Program
(Ph.D.)

Meyerhoff Graduate Training Program
(Ph.D.)

See recent departmental publications

Now soliciting Applications
To apply for admission to the incoming class of 2006, visit the Graduate School web site where you will instructions on three ways to apply.

We encourage you to apply on-line. This method insures our rapid consideration of your application; on-line application requires paying the $50 application fee using a credit card.

We encourage anyone interested in our programs to fill out the online pre-application. The information submitted is posted directly to the department's Graduate Admission committee.

Special Fellowship Programs

The minimum stipend for matriculating students is $20,800, but three competitive programs provide additional support to exceptional applicants:

•	GAANN at UMBC: UMBC now has three active programs funded by the Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN). Our departmental program supports at least four students with a maximum stipend for GAANN fellows of $30,000, based on need. More details…

•	CBI: The Chemistry/Biology Interface (CBI) program supports students bridging the interface between the two disciplines; beginning Biology students receive at least $23,800 stipends from the CBI program.

•	Meyerhoff Graduate Program: This program promotes cultural diversity in graduate studies in several programs. The training program provides special training opportunities and a stipend of $21,000 per year.

Continuing Students:

Schedule numbers for independent study courses are now available online.

Contact information:

Graduate Coordinator: Sue LeCompte
Phone: +1-410-455-3669
Toll free: +1-877-UMBC-BIO (877-862 2246)
Fax: +1-410-455-3875
Internet: biograd@umbc.edu

Recent papers:

Mullen SP, Mendelson TC, Schal C, Shaw KL. Rapid evolution of cuticular hydrocarbons in a species radiation of acoustically diverse hawaiian crickets (gryllidae: trigonidiinae: laupala). Evolution Int J Org Evolution. 2007 61:223-231. [Abstract] [Journal]

Douglas JM, Cronin TW, Chiou TH, Dominy NJ. Light habitats and the role of polarized iridescence in the sensory ecology of neotropical nymphalid butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). J Exp Biol. 2007 210:788-99. [Abstract] [PDF]

Jordão JM, Cronin TW, Oliveira RF. Spectral sensitivity of four species of fiddler crabs (Uca pugnax, Uca pugilator, Uca vomeris and Uca tangeri) measured by in situ microspectrophotometry. J Exp Biol. 2007 210:447-53. [Abstract] [PDF]

Scholten JC, Culley DE, Brockman FJ, Wu G, Zhang W. Evolution of the syntrophic interaction between Desulfovibrio vulgaris and Methanosarcina barkeri: involvement of an ancient horizontal gene transfer. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2007 352:48-54. [Abstract] [Fulltext]

Wu G, Zheng Y, Qureshi I, Zin HT, Beck T, Bulka B, Freeland SJ. SGDB: a database of synthetic genes re-designed for optimizing protein over-expression. Nucleic Acids Res. 2007 35:D76-79. [Abstract] [Fulltext]

Gabrilovich DI, Bronte V, Chen SH, Colombo MP, Ochoa A, Ostrand-Rosenberg S, Schreiber H. The terminology issue for myeloid-derived suppressor cells. Cancer Res. 2007 67:425 [Fulltext] [PDF]

Kramer EB, Farabaugh PJ. The frequency of translational misreading errors in E. coli is largely determined by tRNA competition. 2007 13:87-96. [Abstract] [PDF]

Ascano MT, Smith WC, Gregurick SK, Robinson PR. Arrestin residues involved in the functional binding of arrestin to phosphorylated, photolyzed rhodopsin. Mol Vis. 2006 12:1516-1525. [Fulltext] [PDF]

Bethel CR, Faith D, Li X, Guan B, Hicks JL, Lan F, Jenkins RB, Bieberich CJ, De Marzo AM. Decreased NKX3.1 protein expression in focal prostatic atrophy, prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia, and adenocarcinoma: association with Gleason score and chromosome 8p deletion. Cancer Res. 2006 66:10683-10690. [Abstract] [PDF]

Ahn YJ, Zimmerman JL. Introduction of the carrot HSP17.7 into potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) enhances cellular membrane stability and tuberization in vitro. Plant Cell Environ. 2006 29:95-104. [Abstract] [PDF]

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