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High School Preparation
In addition to the courses required for UC admission, high
school students who intend to major in biology should take
high school courses in biology, chemistry, and advanced mathematics
(precalculus).
Transfer Preparation
The faculty encourages applications from transfer students
in the biological sciences. It is very important for transfer
students to complete science prerequisite courses before transfer,
especially precalculus and general chemistry. Students should
also take an introductory biology sequence, calculus, and
if possible, organic chemistry. Prospective transfer students
should contact the biology undergraduate advising office for
further information.
Introductory Requirements
Biology 20A, 20B, 20C, and 20L Chemistry 1B/M and 1C/N, and
108A/L and 108B/M or 112A/L and 112B/M (112C/N recommended)
Mathematics 11A-B or 19A-B, and 22 (3 quarters of calculus)
Physics 6A/L, 6B/M, and 6C/N; or 5A/L, 5B/M, and 5C/N
Careers
Biochemistry
Biotechnology research
Cell biology
Environmental toxicology
Industrial ecology
Medical research
Medicine
Microbiology
Molecular biology
Pharmaceutical research
Physiology
Veterinary medicine
These are only samples of the field’s many possibilities.
Recognition
Professor Harry Noller, Robert L. Sinsheimer Professor of
Molecular Biology, is internationally known for his groudbreaking
research on ribosomes, the protein factories of cells. Winner
of the Lewis S. Rosenstiel Award for Distinguished Work in
Basic Medical Research and the Newcomb Cleveland Prize, he
is director of UCSC’s Center for Molecular Biology of
RNA and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
Faculty and Professional Interests
Manuel Ares Jr., Ph.D., University of California,
San Diego: Gene expression, RNA processing, structure and
function of small nuclear RNAs
Barry Bowman, Ph.D., University of Michigan:
Membrane biochemistry and genetics, biochemistry and molecular
biology of membrane proteins
Andrew D. Chisholm, Ph.D., Medical Research
Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology. (Cambridge, England):
Genetics and development of C. elegans
David Feldheim, Ph.D., University of California,
Berkeley: Developmental neuroscience
Jerry F. Feldman, Ph.D., Princeton University: Molecular genetics,
genetics and biochemistry of biological clocks
Grant Hartzog, Ph.D., University of California,
San Francisco: Biochemistry, genetics, chromatin and transcriptional
regulation
Lindsay Hinck, Ph.D., Stanford University:
Neurobiology, cell biology, development
Yishi Jin, Ph.D., University of California,
Berkeley: Neurobiology, molecular genetics, development
Douglas R. Kellogg, Ph.D., University
of California, San Francisco: Cell biology, biochemistry Robert A. Ludwig, Ph.D., Yale University: Biochemistry
and molecular biology, regulation of gene expression
and enzyme
activity, genetics, biological nitrogen (gas) fixation,
Arabidopsis (plant) growth and development
Harry F. Noller, Ph.D., University of
Oregon: Ribosomes, RNA structure and function; RNA protein
interaction
Clifton A. Poodry, Ph.D., Case Western
Reserve University: Developmental biology
Jane Silverthorne, Ph.D., University of
Warwick: Plant gene expression and development
William T. Sullivan, Ph.D., University
of Washington: Genetics, cell biology, development of the
Drosophila
embryo
Lincoln Taiz, Ph.D., University of California,
Berkeley: Plant development, light regulation of stomatal
opening
Frank J. Talamantes, Ph.D., University
of California, Berkeley: Biochemical and molecular endocrinology;
regulation of expression of the growth hormone receptor,
regulation
of expression and function of placental lactogens and hormonal
carcinogenesis
John W. Tamkun, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute
of Technology: Transcriptional regulation, molecular genetics
of Drosophila development, regulation of gene expression
Howard H. Wang, Ph.D., University of California,
Los Angeles: Biophysics and molecular biology of receptors,
neuropharmacology, and neurotoxicology
Alan M. Zahler, Ph.D., University of Colorado,
Boulder: Molecular biology, RNA processing, regulation
of
precursor messenger, RNA splicing
Martha C. Zúñiga, Ph.D.,
Yale University: Molecular, cellular, and developmental
biology
of the immune system
Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Emeritus
Faculty
Harry Beevers
Charles Daniel
Robert Edgar
Henry Hilgard
Kivie Moldave
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