2018 - the department at a glance

• 25 faculty members

• 13 post-doctoral / research scientists

• 7 technical and 3 administrative staff

• 44 Ph.D.-level graduate students

• 25 Master's-level graduate students

• 274 Undergraduate majors:
  • 142 Biology
  • 36 Biochemistry
  • 28 Molecular Biology
  • 68 Behavioral Neuroscience

The low frequency region of the inner ear. Red labels actin in the stereocilia that transduce sound into neural activity. Blue labels the cell nuclei, and green is Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) which is expressed after GFP DNA is introduced into the early embryo; GFP is used to report the expression of genes that are manipulated during development of the ear. Burger Lab