Research in the Department of Biological Sciences can be further broken down into the following seven clusters: Biodiversity and Conservation (BC)Core Members: Marc Cadotte, Nate Lovejoy, Nick Mandrak, Scott MacIvor, Péter K. Molnár, Yan Wang, Cells and Infection (CI)Core Members: Christina Guzzo, Rene Harrison, Mauricio Terebiznik, Bebhinn Treanor, Yan Wang Neurobiology of Stress Core Members: Ian Brown; Rudy Boonstra; Suzanne Erb (Psychology); Minoru Koyama; Patrick McGowan; Comparative Physiology (CP)Core Members: Stephen Reid, Ken Welch, Cosima Porteus Associated Members: Rudy Boonstra, Andrew Integrative Behaviour and Neuroscience (Core Members: Maydianne Andrade, Nate Lovejoy, Andrew Mason; Ina Anreiter Associated Plant Cellular and Molecular Processes (Core Members: Sonia Gazzarrini, Eliana Gonzales-Vigil, Adam Mott, Xue Pan, Satyaki Rajavasireddy, Centre for Environmental Epigenetics andCore Members: Rudy Boonstra, Minoru Koyama; Patrick McGowan; Ina Anreiter Our research