Research Capacity Catalog

State-of-the-art research in the life sciences has been greatly facilitated by recent advances in analytical techniques, including new tools for DNA sequencing and determining protein structure. To meet future challenges in life sciences research, development of new bioanalytical technologies are required that provide more sensitive detection, detailed structural information, and higher throughput analyses. For example, [...]

Facilities The Department of Animal Science faculty and laboratories are housed in three buildings on the University of Tennessee Agricultural campus including our main building (Brehm, currently under renovation with completion anticipated for summer 2011), McCord Hall, and the Johnson Animal Research and Teaching Unit (JARTU) located just across the Tennessee river on the East [...]

We strive to provide an excellent, comprehensive education and to perform high impact, fundamental research at the cutting edge of the molecular and cellular biological sciences.  Our aim is to enhance existing strengths by increasing resources and recognition for our work, which integrates approaches spanning the continuum from molecular to organismal biology.  We draw upon [...]

The Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education (CIRE) offers one of the first interdisciplinary PhD programs in energy science and engineering. This new degree provides breadth while preserving the depth and rigor of a PhD program. The Bredesen Center brings together extensive and complementary resources at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK) and [...]

The Center for Environmental Biotechnology (CEB) is a multidisciplinary research center that integrates life sciences with engineering and the physical sciences for advanced environmental research, training, and technology development. CEB fosters a multidisciplinary approach for training the next generation of environmental scientists and solving environmental problems through biotechnology. Achievements / Distinctions In the past two [...]

The Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology supports a concentration in behavioral ecology, at both the Masters and Doctorate levels. This program emphasizes different aspects of the behavioral sciences in its courses and research activities, including ethology, behavioral genetics, and modeling. Research Activities The research activities and related publications of the faculty may be found [...]

The complete nucleotide sequence information already exists for the genomes of many organisms, including human. This sequence data is only useful if a researcher can readily (i) access and visualize the data, (ii) connect the data with other sequences and biological data, and (iii) extract meaningful patterns and information. To transform this genome sequence data [...]

How can solar energy affect the structure and dynamics of a protein and improve the design of clean-energy fuel cells? What are the physical forces that make several macromolecules assemble, integrate and interact functionally in lipid bilayers? How can a small pharmaceutical molecule find its way to a molecular target and cure a disease? These [...]

The Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, in conjunction with other Departments including Botany and Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries, supports a concentration in conservation biology. Degrees offered for students in the Conservation Biology program are the MS and Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. The Conservation Biology Program emphasizes several aspects of conservation biology in [...]

The Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology supports a concentration in Ecology, at both the Masters and Doctorate levels. This program emphasizes many aspects of Ecology in its courses and research activities, including: physiological ecology, population ecology, community ecology, ecosystem ecology, invasion biology, aquatic ecology, oceanography, paleoecology, landscape ecology, ecotoxicology, and microbial ecology. Research Activities [...]