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Research

The Department of Cellular Biology offers research opportunities in the following areas:

Cells and Disease

Cellular mechanisms of Cancer, Alzheimer’s, aniridia, lysosomal storage disease, Chagas disease, alcoholism and addiction, schistosomiasis, immunopathology.

Cells in Development

Development of the embryo, cell fate determination, cell differentiation and morphogenesis, stem cell biology, temporal and spatial control of gene expression, neural development, development of perception and behavior.

Cells in Infection and Immunity

Parasite cell and molecular biology, host parasite interaction, parasite metabolism, immune response and memory, pathogenesis, adaptations to parasitism, mechanisms of host defense, lymphocyte migration, cytokines

Cell Structure and Function

Cytoskeleton and cell motility, cell division and cell cycle control, chromatin and gene expression, organelle biogenesis, endosymbiosis and cell evolution, neurobiology, cellular metabolism, hormone action.

For information about Undergraduate Research, please go here.

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Every dollar given has a direct impact upon our students and faculty.

Got More Questions?

Undergraduate Inquiries:  cellbio@uga.edu

Registration and Credit Transferscellbio@uga.edu

AP Credit, Section Changes, Overrides, Prerequisitescellbio@uga.edu

Graduate Inquiries:  cbgrad@uga.edu

Contact Us!

Associate Head: 

Dr. Cordula Schulz, 706-542-3515

Main office phone: 706-542-3310

Fax: 706-542-4271

Head of the Department: Dr. Dennis Kyle