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The Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Department of the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston is highly committed to excellence in both research and education. Our faculty carry out research in the biology, pathogenesis, and molecular genetics of a wide variety of prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbes. The department is home to the Graduate Program in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and also offers the Medical Microbiology course taken by first year medical students at the University of Texas-Houston Medical School.