In this program students perform cutting edge research in laboratories on campus and at field sites around the world. We follow the big questions wherever they may lead. We never say You can t do that, because (a) it s too hard to get there, (b) it s never been done, (c) we don t have the expertise, or (d) I say so, ; instead, we ask, What s the most direct way to answer that important question We follow the biology wherever it leads to the individual nucleotides of the genome, to the savannahs of Africa.