Areas of concentration are cell biology, developmental biology, and neurobiology.
There is considerable overlap in these fields, with, for example,some faculty members working in the areas of cellular or developmental neurobiology and others with interests in the cell biology of reproduction and development. The goal of the program is to train promising students for careers in research and teaching. Students are encouraged to develop broad expertise in the disciplines of biochemistry, molecular biology, immunology, and cell physiology. LSU has a reciprocal arrangement with Tulane University that allows enrollment and transfer of credit between these two neighboring universities. The goal of graduate education in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology is to provide the foundation necessary to design, execute, and communicate the results of biochemical experiments and to enable the graduate to pursue a career in biomedical science at a university, research institute, hospital, or biotechnology company.