U of T Scarborough: Biological Sciences

Welcome to the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Toronto Scarborough. Our Department includes 21 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.
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Biological Sciences in the News!

Congratulations to:

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 (full listing)

Fall schedule coming soon

Hot New Papers

Brandt, Y and Andrade, MCB. 2007. Testing the gravity hypothesis of sexual size dimorphism: Are small males faster climbers? Functional Ecology, Volume 21, Issue 2: 379-385. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2007.01243.x	Amirsadeghi, S., McDonald, A. E., and G. C. Vanlerberghe. 2007. A Glucocorticoid-inducible Gene Expression System Can Cause Growth Defects in Tobacco. Planta. 226: 453-463.	Amirsadeghi, S., Robson, C.A., McDonald, A. E., and G. C. Vanlerberghe. 2006. Changes in Plant Mitochondrial Electron Transport Alter Cellular Levels of Reactive Oxygen Species and Susceptibility to Cell Death Signaling Molecules. Plant Cell Physiology. 47(11):1 5091519.	Lovejoy, N.R., Mullen, S. P., Sword, G. A.,Chapman, R.F., and R.G. Harrison. 2006. Ancient trans-Atlantic flight explains locust biogeography: molecular phylogenetics of Schistocerca. Proceedings of the Royal Society B . 273: 767-774.

Gheshmy, A., Vukelich, R.,Noronha, A., and S. G. Reid. 2006 Chronic hypercapnia modulates respiratory-related central pH/CO sub(2) chemoreception in an amphibian, Bufo marinus. Journal of Experimental Biology [J. Exp. Biol.]. Vol. 209, no. 6, pp. 1135-1146. Mar 2006.	Montealegre, F., Morris, G. K., and Mason, A. C. 2006 Generation of extreme ultrasonics in rainforest katydids. Journal of Experimental Biololgy 2006 209: 4923-4937.	Kark, S., Allnutt, T. F., Levin, N., Manne, L. L., and P. H. Williams. 2007. The role of transitional areas as avian biodiversity centres. Global Ecology and Biogeography, (Global Ecol. Biogeogr.)(2007) 16, 187-196.	Besshoh, S., Chen, S., Brown, I. R., and J. W. Gurd. 2007. Developmental Changes in the Association of NMDA Receptors With Lipid Rafts. Journal of Neuroscience Research 85:1876-1883 (2007).

Eng, E. W.,Bettio, A., Ibrahim, J., and R. E. Harrison. 2007. MTOC Reorientation Occurs during FcyR-mediated Phagocytosis in Macrophages Molecular Biology of the Cell. Vol. 18, 2389-2399, July 2007	Chen, S., and I. R. Brown. 2007. Translocation of Constitutively Expressed Heat Shock Protein Hsc70 to Synapse-Enriched Areas of the Cerebral Cortex After Hyperthermic Stress Journal of Neuroscience Research 85:402-409 (2007)	Gheshmy, A., Anari, A., Besada, D., and S. G. Reid. 2007. Afferent input modulates the chronic hypercapnia-induced increase in respiratory-related central pH/CO2 chemosensitivity in the cane toad (Bufo marinus) The Journal of Experimental Biology 210, 227-237. Published by The Company of Biologists 2007. doi:10.1242/jeb.02606	Britto, D. T., and H. J. Kronzucker. 2006. Futile cycling at the plasma membrane: a hallmark of low-affinity nutrient transport TRENDS in Plant Science Vol.11 No.11.