The graduate program offers master's and doctoral degrees in biological sciences and microbiology.
Graduate education is conducted in five research focus groups.
The neurobiology group emphasizes systems and computational neurobiology. The exercise physiology and muscle biology group focuses on effects of exercise, nutrition, gender, and aging on human performance, muscle histology, muscle physiology, and reproductive endocrinology. The ecology and evolutionary biology group integrates research on ecology, functional morphology, phylogeny, genetics, and life history of natural populations and model organisms to study evolutionary patterns, processes, and mechanisms. The medical microbiology group applies molecular biological techniques to theoretical and practical problems in bacteriology, virology, parasitology, and immunology. The endocrinology and metabolic physiology group investigates the roles of endocrine, genetic, and environmental factors on the regulation of anatomical, physiological, and metabolic systems.