Plant Biotechnology
M.P.S.

This area of study in the M.P.S. degree is designed for students who need to broaden their knowledge base and technical skills in biotechnology, for professionals returning for “retooling”, and for the recent graduate in a variety of disciplines in biology and chemistry. Requirements consist of 19 credit hours of core coursework including two credit hours of graduate seminars (EFB 797), nine credit hours of directed electives and eight credit hours of open electives for a total of 36 credit hours.

Participating Faculty

• John Castello; jdcastel@syr.edu
  Virology
• Danilo Fernando; fernando@esf.edu
  Plant Developmental Biology
• Thomas Horton; trhorton@esf.edu
  Ecology, Fungal Communities, Mycorrhizal Relationships
• Thomas Keenan; tmkeenan@esf.edu
  Microbiology, Bioprocessing

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  • Admissions Information
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  • College Catalog: Program Details
  Annette Kretzer; kretzera@esf.edu
  Molecular Biology, Evolution, NAKAS (Microbiology)
• William Powell; wapowell@esf.edu
  Plant Pathology and Molecular Biology
• Lawrence Smart; lbsmart@esf.edu
  Plant Physiology, Molecular Biology