Research Opportunities in MCDB
MCDB offers a wide range of research opportunities for undergraduates. Nearly all of the faculty research labs within the department sponsor undergraduate researchers each year. Students are an integral part of the research group and have extensive interaction with faculty, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and professional researchers. This "hands-on" experience gives undergraduates the opportunity to explore career options and to learn the technical, writing and speaking skills necessary for a career in research, teaching, medical and veterinary science.
The variety of research conducted in MCDB laboratories is extensive. Microbiology, genetics, virology and immunology as well as plant and animal molecular biology, developmental biology, neurobiology, biochemistry, molecular marine biology and cell biology are all represented, among others. The MCDB faculty at UC Santa Barbara are nationally and internationally recognized and offer undergraduates the opportunity to learn "cutting edge" biology in the classroom as well as the laboratory.
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