Independent Research at Trinity Washington University

Trinity’s biology program explores the wonders of life from large organisms to molecular structures. Students learn and study biology and are trained in laboratory skills and techniques. In addition, Trinity’s biology department students not only gain an understanding of living things but also develop very good reading and comprehension skills, mathematical skills and excellent communication skills. Trinity’s biology majors engage in biology courses such as General Biology I, General Biology II, Critical Thinking about Disease, Biology of Women, Physiology, Vertebrate Development and Anotmy, Introductory Genetics, Cell and Molecular Biology, and Directed Research, in which they are prepared for careers in the health sciences, research, education, government, industry, entrepreneurship, zoos and aquariums, pharmaceuticals, environmental science, and many other fields.In all of the courses the biology major participate in laboratory studies. The Directed Research course allows biology majors to have one-on-one training with a biology professionalwho advises and trains them in laboratory safety, laboratory management, and individual and group laboratory experimentation, preparing them for internships and jobs in laboratory management and scientific research. Currently, the Biology 497 course is headed by Dr. Karobi Moitra, a Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology at Trinity Washington University in Washington, D.C.