• The Graduate Program in Animal Biotechnology & Biomedical Sciences (ABBS) provides rigorous and comprehensive training at the graduate level through the Department of Veterinary & Animal Sciences.  
  • The general requirements for the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in ABBS are those of the Graduate School.
  • The ABBS Graduate Program offers research opportunities that foster creative excellence, technical mastery, intellectual independence, and recognition within the field of molecular and cellular biology.
  • Their graduate faculty research encompasses various areas of immunology, infectious disease, developmental biology, reproductive biology and toxicology.
  • Research topics focus on issues directly relevant to humans and agriculturally important animals.
  • The strong commitment of our faculty to quality graduate education is evidenced by the continued placement of graduates in excellent career and post-doctoral positions.  
  • The ABBS Graduate Program is housed primarily in the Integrated Sciences Building, a newly built, state-of-the-art research facility that houses laboratories equipped for tissue culture, micro-manipulation of cells and embryos, protein purification, genetic engineering/molecular biology, fluorescence microscopy and flow cytometry.