The program’s professors investigate different biological themes and models where they employ experimental approaches and formulate biological questions that may be situated at the frontier of knowledge in Cellular and Molecular Biology. Thus,  biological and computing tools are used to study cancer, different aspects of biology of unicellular and metazoan organisms, the interaction between pathogens and hosts, as well as fundamental cellular processes ranging from intracellular traffic and secretion to the cytoskeleton and molecular motors. Other types of research, such as the generation and use of transgenic organisms, the use of in vitro and in vivo image processing equipment also make up a rich multidisciplinary environment.