PhD in Molecular Biosciences

Washington State University

Molecular Biosciences is a dynamic continuum of disciplines, which uses the approaches of chemistry, physics, and biology to understand the fundamental mechanisms of living organisms. The School of Molecular Biosciences offers many exciting opportunities for graduate students to explore the vast range of life science research. Representative disciplines include biochemistry, biophysics, cell biology, genetics, immunology, microbiology, molecular biology, structural biology, and virology. Alumni have gone on to high-profile postdoctoral opportunities and successful careers in academic and industrial sciences, especially in the biotechnology industry. Career opportunities include positions in food, agricultural, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology industries, private or government laboratories and departments, and nonprofit institutions such as clinical and hospital laboratories and research institutes. With the advent of the ''biological revolution,'' which will continue well into the 21st century, new opportunities with links to the worlds of public health, business, law, and government are ever expanding.

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