The Biotechnology sequence provides M.S. students with broad training in major areas of biotechnology via lecture and seminar courses, laboratory courses, and original lab research culminating in the M.S. thesis. Courses and thesis research may be in diverse areas including biological chemistry, cell and molecular biology, genetics, genomics, immunology and microbiology. Students learn to conduct basic or applied research in biotechnology areas, utilizing current techniques (e.g., protein biochemistry, DNA/genome manipulations, bioinformatics, transgenic organisms, immunological methods, flow cytometry, electron and confocal microscopy). This sequence provides training in Biotechnology, a discipline linking biochemistry, molecular biology, genomics, bioinformatics, cell biology, genetics, and their biomedical and agricultural applications. It is designed to enhance students' competency in fundamental principles, strategies, and techniques applied widely across biotechnology and medical research.