 |
Biological Sciences faculty interact
with members of several other departments on campus, forming active
research groups.
These groups are supported by excellent research facilities provided by the university and department. Employment and research opportunities are posted for our Department.
- Behavioural Ecology
Research Group (BERG)
- The
Department of Biological Sciences has an active group of researchers
working on aspects of evolutionary and behavioural ecology in a variety
of organisms. Research spans behavioural, molecular, physiological and
mathematical approaches.
-
|
- Centre for
Wildlife Ecology
- The
Centre for Wildlife Ecology is a collaboration between the Canadian
Wildlife Service (CWS) and SFU. Its mission is to foster synergy
between the mission-oriented research and management policies of CWS
and the basic research agenda of the University.
|
- Pest Management
- A
group of researchers in the Department focus on biological processes
that involve pest organisms. Their research extends to management of
pests in agricultural, forest and urban environments. Pest Management,
was established at Simon Fraser University in 1967. The Department is
recognized to be the first institution in North America to offer a
comprehensive post-graduate degree program in pest management. (MPM)
|
- Cell
Biology
- Research interests of the cell
biology group in Biological Sciences includes cellular neuroscience,
developmental biology and genetics, immunology, microbiology and lipid
transport, in both plants and animals. There is close collaboration
with faculty in the Departments of Molecular
Biology and Biochemistry and Kinesiology,
and the group holds a weekly journal
club .
|
- Environmental
Toxicology
- Environmental
toxicology is a new and rapidly developing field which is involved in
an examination of the fate and impacts of pollutants on biological
systems, including both humans and wildlife. Toxicology is a
multidisciplinary science, and therefore collects and assimilates
information from a variety of disciplines. Both basic and applied
aspects of environmental toxicology are studied by a collection of
faculty members and students in the Department of Biological Sciences
and other departments at Simon Fraser University. Our research ranges
from molecular and biochemical studies, through physiological and
behavioral approaches, to comprehensive modeling and mathematical
studies.
|
- Organic Evolution
- Biological Sciences at SFU has a burgeoning
researchgroup in organic evolution. Research focuses on behavioural,
genetic and molecular aspects of reproductive isolation, speciation and
adaptive radiation; the evolution of social systems; and
'biodiversity', all within a strong phylogenetic/phylogeographic
framework.
- Environmental
and Evolutionary Physiology
- Faculty research interests in the
broad area of physiology include reproductive biology, physiology and
life-histories, sensory (visual) physiology, cell physiology and
neurobiology, and pharmacology and toxicology.
|
| |
|
|
|
|
