Welcome to the School of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (BaMBi). The School is part of the Faculty of Science at the ANU, with a number of academic staff members belonging to the Faculty of Medicine. We have a strong research profile and have state-of-the-art facilities for research in modern molecular and cell biology, as well as offering a comprehensive undergraduate curriculum and a high quality research environment for graduate students. The School carries out Research and Teaching in the general area of molecular and cell biology. It currently houses 17 research groups. There are 13 teaching-and-research staff and a number of Research Fellows heading independent research groups.  There is a core of General Staff providing administrative and technical support for the School's research and teaching activities, as well as postdoctoral workers, research assistants and research students. The School has a strong research profile, with an outstanding record of success at gaining research funding both from competitive granting agencies and from industry.  It is well equipped for research in modern molecular and cell biology and also has strong links with the ANU Research Schools and CSIRO Divisions, allowing ready access to larger items of state-of-the-art equipment not housed within the School itself. Much of the research in the School is focused in four major areas:  infection and immunity membrane biology and neuroscience parasitology plant science The School has a large number of PhD students and offers a wide range of projects in each of these different areas. In addition to its Research activities the School has responsibility for undergraduate and graduate teaching in the general area of Biochemistry and Molecular and Cell Biology, including Microbiology.  First and second year courses provide an introduction to and overview of these subjects.  Third year courses offer the opportunity to study more specialised areas of modern biology in detail.  The third year courses on offer reflect to some extent the research interests of the staff of the School and, in many cases, include contributions from scientists at the Research School of Biological Sciences, the John Curtin School of Medical Research, and CSIRO. In the fourth year students are offered the opportunity to do an Honours year which entails carrying out a research project over a period of 10 months.  The School runs Honours Programs in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and in Neuroscience.  Honours projects may be carried out either within the School itself or in the Research School of Biological Sciences, the John Curtin School of Medical Research, CSIRO, or the Canberra Clinical School.  Undergraduate students from other Universities are encouraged to consider coming to the ANU to enrol in the School’s Honours Program.  There are University Honours scholarships available for this purpose. In addition to teaching undergraduate students enrolled in the Bachelor of Science and various combined degrees, the School has the major responsibility for teaching students enrolled in the Bachelor of Medical Science and the Bachelor of Biotechnology.  The School offers a range of Post-graduate degree opportunities (Grad.Dip., MSc, PhD) and provides the base for the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Program of the ANU Graduate School. Further information about the School is available at http://www.anu.edu.au/bambi/. The Head of School is Professor Kiaran Kirk.  Any queries about the School should be directed to him either directly, or via the School Administrator, Mrs Marie McNamara.