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The study of life, biology, has been transformed in recent decades by powerful new ways of asking fundamental questions about how living organisms work. In particular, molecular approaches are revealing both the incredible complexity of organization at the cellular level, and the underlying principles drawn from chemistry, physics and information science that will eventually enable us to understand that complexity. The Department of Cell and Systems Biology brings together biologists who study life at the level of molecules to functioning individual organisms. Cell Biology is a vibrant and broad discipline that seeks to understand the underlying molecular processes that control cell behaviour in a developmental and physiological context. In this broad sense, cell biology comprises molecular biology, developmental biology, genetics and physiology and their sub-disciplines. Systems biology is an exciting new discipline that studies dynamic networks in biological systems through the integration of large datasets arising from the genomics revolution. Computer modeling and bioinformatics are integrated with the study of detailed information about genomes (genomics), the temporal and spatial distribution of all gene transcripts (transcriptomics), cellular proteins and their physical interactions (proteomics), and small molecules that cells assimilate or synthesise (metabolomics). Student Counseling and Enquiries: Associate Chair (Undergraduate): Professor S. Varmuza (416-978-2759). Contact the Undergraduate Office, room 424 in the Ramsay Wright Laboratories
(416-978-3477) and consult the departmental web site, www.csb.utoronto.ca. Cell and Systems Biology ProgramsAnimal Physiology (Science program)Enrolment in this program requires completion of 4.0 FCEs; no minimum GPA is required. Major program: (8 full courses or their equivalent) Students who have taken BIO150Y1, do not take BIO120H1 and BIO220H1 in
this program. Students who have taken BIO240H1 and BIO241H1, do not take BIO130H1 and BIO230H1 in this program. Bioinformatics and Computational Biology: see BiochemistryBiology: see BiologyBotany: see BiologyCell and Molecular Biology (Science program) Enrolment in the Specialist program is limited, and requires a
minimum CGPA of 2.7. Enrolment also requires the completion
of four courses,
including BIO120H1, BIO130H1/150Y1;
(CHM138H1, CHM139H1)/CHM151Y1; JMB170Y1/MAT135Y1/136Y1/MAT137Y1/MAT157Y1. Specialist program: (12.5 full courses or their equivalent, including at least one 400-series course) Students who have taken BIO150Y1, do not take BIO120H1 and BIO220H1 in this program. Students who have taken BIO240H1 and BIO241H1, do not take BIO130H1 and BIO230H1 in this program. First Year: Major program: (8 full courses or their equivalent) Students who have taken BIO150Y1, do not take BIO120H1 and BIO220H1 in this program. Students who have taken BIO240H1 and BIO241H1, do not take BIO130H1 and BIO230H1 in this program. First Year: BIO120H1, BIO130H1/BIO150Y1;
(CHM138H1, CHM139H1)/CHM151Y1; JMB170Y1/MAT135Y1/136Y1/MAT137Y1/MAT157Y1/(PHY131H1, PHY132H1)/(PHY151H1, PHY152H1) Developmental Biology (Science program)Enrolment in this program is limited, and requires a minimum CGPA of 2.5. Enrolment also requires the completion of four courses, including BIO150Y1; (CHM138H1, CHM139H1)/CHM151Y1; JMB170Y1/MAT135Y1/136Y1/MAT137Y1/MAT157Y1. Specialist program: (12.5 full courses or their equivalent, including at least one 400-series course) Students who have taken BIO150Y1, do not take BIO120H1 and BIO220H1 in this program. Students who have taken BIO240H1 and BIO241H1, do not take BIO130H1 and BIO230H1 in this program. First Year: * Requirements 4 and 5 must include a total of at least 4.5 full courses Neuroscience: see Human BiologyZoology: see Biology
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