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 ABBS Graduate Program offers research opportunities that foster creative excellence, technical mastery, intellectual independence, and recognition within the field of molecular and cellular biology.  

Our 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.