School of Science

Faculty and Student Research

Since 1952, the undergraduate curriculum in biology at Manhattan College has stressed the importance of student participation in the research programs of the faculty. These programs were enhanced in 1963 with the establishment of the Laboratory of Plant Morphogenesis. This visionary project located an advanced cancer research program in cellular biology on an undergraduate campus, using botanical resources and involving undergraduates in sponsored research.

In the decades since, hundreds of undergraduates have participated in the research programs of the Department, co-authored peer reviewed papers with faculty, earned regional and national recognition and gone on to post graduate study.

Research in Biology is offered as an elective course (Biol 310, 311, 410, 411) and generally enrolls 20 students per semester. Under the direct guidance of a faculty member, students spend twelve hours per week in laboratory research . Students may also work at outside institution such as the Animal Health Center of the Bronx Zoo, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine and the Bronx VA Medical Center. Students often continue their research projects during the summer, supported by Manhattan's Undergraduate Biological Sciences grants from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Merck Corporation. Students who participate in undergraduate research deliver papers on their research and many participate at various undergraduate research conferences. Since 1992, our Hughes Grants have supported 108 undergraduate researchers.

• Research Projects
• Eastern Colleges Science Conference
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute