The Cell and Developmental Biology Department is one of eight Basic Science Departments in the School of Medicine at the Anschutz Medical campus at the University of Colorado.  Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB) has fifteen primary faculty members and thirteen adjunct (joint appointment) faculty encompassing a broad range of scientific interests and expertise.  The primary missions of the Department are education (medical, dental and graduate programs) and research.  CDB also provides administrative and operational support for the State Anatomical Board which oversees the ethical procurement of human cadavers for medical education.  CDB's diverse research program spans all levels of biological inquiry ranging from molecular to cellular, developmental, neurobiological and computed medical anatomical imaging and simulation.

The outstanding faculty of CDB is committed to research, discovery and teaching. Departmental faculty and research groups integrate with strong interdisciplinary programs in cell biology, developmental biology, stem cell biology, neuroscience, molecular biology and molecular structure, and research related to human disease.

Our various research projects include laboratory training that gives young scientists an opportunity to learn and apply a broad range of technical and analytical skills as they develop towards scientific independence. The faculty and students in the CDB laboratories utilize a broad range of experimental systems including mammalian cell and tissue culture, as well as intact organisms including mice, ground squirrels, zebrafish, flies, worms and fungi, with the goal of applying fundamental discoveries from these systems to complex problems of human disease.

This is an especially exciting time for Biomedical Sciences because of recent advances in Cell Biology, Genomics, Proteomics, Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Biological Imaging. These types of approaches are at the forefront of modern Biomedical Science, and form the foundation of ongoing research within the Cell and Developmental Biology Department.