Plant and Microbial Biosciences

Plant and Microbial Biosciences

The Graduate Program in Plant and Microbial Biosciences focuses on the use of prokaryotes, eukaryotic microbes, mosses and vascular plants as experimental organisms. Washington University’s highly integrated graduate program and diverse faculty provide an ideal environment in which to address fundamental and applied biological problems. PMB is fully integrated with the eleven other graduate programs that comprise the Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences and collaboration is the norm rather than the exception at Washington University. In particular, faculty in PMB maintain close ties with programs in Molecular Microbiology and Pathogenesis, Genetics and Genomics, Biochemistry, and Molecular Cell Biology.  

Areas of Study: Cell biology; Development; Physiology; Signaling; Development; Metabolic regulation; Photosynthesis; Bioenergy; Protein structure-function; Synthetic biology; Biogeochemistry; Environmental microbiology; Ecology; Population genetics and molecular evolution