Graduate students in Biology are heterogeneous in their interests and motivations for pursuing graduate degrees in Biology.  At the core, they seek rigorous training that allows them to develop, execute and direct cutting edge research.  For some, this training will lead to careers as research scientists in the private or public sectors.  For others, this training will lead to positions at academic institutions that train beginning scientists.  Some graduates of our programs pursue careers in science policy work, advocacy work, communications, medicine and law, areas that require intimate knowledge of the processes by which new discoveries are made and how they benefit the public-at-large.