Projects can be interdepartmental and interdisciplinary, and are supervised by a faculty advisor.
A variety of sources finance undergraduate research in the department. These include faculty research projects where students work on an hourly basis and undergraduate research grants which may be obtained on a competitive basis by students themselves. Graduate student research is funded through the department and faculty research grants. All graduate students accepted into the department must have a research project and an advisor. During embryogenesis in mammals, hematopoietic system development consists of a succession of developmental programs, beginning in the yolk sac with primitive hematopoiesis, continuing with the onset of definitive hematopoiesis in the fetal liver and commencing in the bone marrow.