The graduate program in at ?includes a core of lecture courses in advanced molecular genetics and cell biology, in laboratory research techniques, and in ethical conduct of science, as well as elective courses in specialized areas and in grant writing, a graduate seminar series in which students present their research, and a weekly seminar series for presentations by CSU faculty and nationally prominent scientists each year. Core courses typically are completed during the first year.?

Current focus areas of research include, but are not limited to: cancer biology, genomics and computational biology. infectious diseases, metabolic regulation, neuroscience and molecular physiology, plant biology, regulation of gene expression, and, reproductive and developmental biology.