Monsanto, a leader in pharmaceutical and plant biotechnology, has its headquarters in St. Louis. Several of our faculty have active collaborations with scientists at Monsanto. Sigma Chemical Company, as well as numerous small biotech companies, are also based here. In fact, the distribution center for Sigma Chemical Company is just a few blocks from the medical school. Research seminars abound and students are free to take courses at other universities in the area.
Collaborations are common and almost any specialized technique or equipment can be found locally.
Prospects for future jobs in St. Louis are excellent with this diversity of academia and industry. Library Facilities Students in the department have access to the departmental reading room, the medical school library, e-mail, and the Internet. The departmental reading room houses 35 different journals pertinent to biochemistry, genetics, cell biology, and molecular biology. The Health Sciences Center library houses a collection of over 100,000 bound volumes and 1,400 current periodical titles. The library has a seating capacity of 218 in general study areas, as well as study carrels designed for instructional audiovisual and multimedia materials.