细胞和分子生物学领域的研究领域包括微生物进化和遗传学，动植物分子遗传学，发育生物学，真核细胞生物学和基因表达调控。被该计划录取的学生通常拥有生物学，化学，生物化学或分子生物学的本科学位。根据学生的本科教育，首先要学习细胞和分子生物学的核心课程，然后是研讨班式的课程，在其中阅读和讨论来自当前科学文献的期刊文章。该学位课程非常适合在学术界，行业和政府部门寻求生物医学研究职业的个人。
Research areas in the Cell and Molecular Biology concentration include microbial evolution and genetics, plant and animal molecular genetics, developmental biology, eukaryotic cell biology, and regulation of gene expression. Students admitted to this program typically have an undergraduate degree in Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, or Molecular Biology. Depending on the student's undergraduate education, core courses in cellular and molecular biology are first taken, followed by seminar style courses in which journal articles from the current scientific literature are read and discussed. This degree program is ideally suited for individuals seeking biomedical research careers in academia, industry, and government.