The Department of Biological Sciences maintains an active graduate program leading to the master of science degree in biological sciences and offers opportunities for original work in a wide variety ...

Our faculty and students engage in collaborative interdisciplinary research with chemists, data scientists, engineers, physicists, translational medical research with physician scientists, and ...

From understanding the multifaceted transmission of disease to deciphering how living organisms adapt to harsh conditions, answering big questions in biology requires interdisciplinary research and ...

The Decadal Survey on Biological and Physical Sciences Research in Space 2023-2032 will review the state of knowledge in the current and emerging areas of space-related biological and physical ...

The Biological Sciences in Public Health Summer Internship Program (BPH-SIP) at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health offers rising juniors and seniors the opportunity to conduct ...

The use of computational techniques and information systems has revolutionized research in the biological sciences — from the analysis of DNA sequences and the understanding of gene expression and ...

In the biological sciences, the United States has the leading Nature Index science cities. But although New York and Boston continue to dominate the top spots, 2023 has brought a significant shift in ...

The interdisciplinary nature of biological engineering, often referred to as bioengineering, leads to jobs in healthcare, business, education, and government. Biological engineering blends engineering ...

Biology is one of the most basic fields of science with direct application to humans. Our continued existence on the planet Earth will depend on how we resolve biological problems. Biology ranges in ...

When it comes to figuring out why electric aircraft batteries lose power over time, one typically wouldn’t think to turn to a decades-old approach biologists use to study the structure and function of ...