Welcome to the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Toronto Scarborough.  Our Department includes 24 full-time faculty members whose interests span molecular biology through ecosystems ecology and evolution.

Biological Sciences faculty supervise more than 50 MSc and PhD students via tri-campus programs in Cell and Systems Biology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and Physiology.  Our Department excels in graduate and postdoctoral training, with world-class facilities, access to a tri-campus network of resources and expertise, and well-funded and exciting research programs.

The Department offers undergraduate specialist programs in Cell and Molecular Biology, Conservation Biology, Human Biology, and Integrative Biology, a Major program in Integrative Biology, and a Minor in Biology.  We also offer joint programs in Neuroscience, Paramedicine and Industrial Microbiology.  We are continually expanding our curriculum to keep pace with current research and technologies.  Our students are highly successful applicants for medical, graduate, and other professional programs. 
Explore our website to find out more about the Department of Biological Sciences.

Biological Sciences in the News!

• - Michael Sheriff has just been award theElton Prize by the British Ecological Society for the best paper by a young author in the Journal of Animal Ecology for 2009 for: Sheriff, M.J., C.J. Krebs, and R. Boonstra. 2009. The sensitive hare: sublethal effects of predator stress on reproduction in snowshoe hares. Journal of Animal Ecology 78:1249-1258. This prize is  targeted at people at the start of their research career, with the normal age for eligibility being 30 or under. 
  Michael carried out the majority of his doctoral research here at UTSC, and was co-supervised by Rudy Boonstra and Charles Krebs.  He will get his degree from the Dept. of Zoology at UBC and will be defending his Ph. D. this spring.
  
• -Research surrounding Hummingbirds that Professor Ken Welch partook in will be featured on television this Sunday, January 9, 2010. View here for more details
• - A new study by Jeff Stoltz and Maydianne Andrade is featured as a 'Research Highlight' in Nature. Click here to view
• -MSc and PhD Graduate Research Awards won by UTSC Biological Sciences students (see Edward Eng and Maria Modanu points below)
• -Award winning PhD student, Edward Eng, discusses his passion for Science
• -MSc student Maria Modanu fetches the 2009 Masters Graudate Student Research Award
• -CNS at UTSC receives major CFI grant. Click here to read more
• -Click here to read about Professor Nathan Lovejoy's research that was recently featured in the Bulletin
• -National Zoology conference at UTSC a huge success
• Congratulations to:
• -Professor Clare Hasenkampf on becoming a finalist in TVO's Best Lecturer       Competition.
• -Professor Rene Harrison on receiving the Principal's Research Award.
• -Professor Ian Brown on the renewal of his CRC Tier I Chair.
• -Professor Clare Hasenkampf on receiving the President's Teaching Award!

Upcoming Seminars at UTSC

• The next BioSafety Training will be held on Jan 4th & 5th from 9am to 1pm in AA160
• Biological Sciences Seminar Series - Winter 2010
  • Next Seminar: Friday, Feb 12 at 12pm in SW128
  • February 12 Elizabeth Edwards
    Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry, UT
    “Metagenomics and bioremediation: from genomes to solutions”
    Host: Dan Riggs (x7418)
• Applying to Graduate School Seminars

• Graduate School and Scholarship Seminars

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