Biology

The Department of Biology is supported by active faculty research in several focus areas. Biology faculty researchers are making important contributions in cutting edge disciplines, recognized by extensive publications in peer-review journals. Major focus areas of research are biochemistry/biophysics, microbiology, and ecology. Current and recent research areas include studies of the human eye, protein modeling of the structure of nitric oxide synthase, molecular microbial ecology of lakes and oceans, development of molecular probes for Zebra mussels, studies of the origins of life, studies of organisms involved in biological nitrogen fixation, and ecological studies of the effects of acid rain on watersheds and lakes of the nearby Adirondack Mountains.