A Bachelor of Science in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology from the University of Idaho will provide you with the skills you need to conduct research that contributes to the design of new drugs and the engineering of hardier and more useful plants.
As you study proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids and other biomolecules, you learn about cellular functions such as DNA regulation and protein secretion.
Learn fundamental laboratory skills like isolating and cloning a gene, separating strands of DNA and fabricating a biological chemical such as insulin. Understand diseases and immune responses at the cellular level. Study how to develop and test a vaccine.
Senior year, you will draw on everything you’ve learned when you design and carry out your own research project. For example, you could experiment with designing plants that have a higher concentration of useful oils or higher resistance to drought. Receive guidance from a professor and present your findings at a poster competition.
Since 2000, our department has received $60 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation and private funding agencies to study infectious diseases and conduct basic laboratory research.
We encourage our students to complete an internship the summer between their junior and senior years. They work for pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology firms and research laboratories.
