The Department of Molecular Biosciences serves as the academic home for all nutritional, physiological chemistry, and pharmacologic and toxicologic programs of the School of Veterinary Medicine at UC Davis. Our goal is to study fundamental biological processes and their perturbations by mutations, nutrition, drugs and xenobiotics and the application of these to the improvement of animal and human health. Faculty participate in a number of graduate groups including Genetics, Microbiology, Neurosciences, Nutritional Biology, Biochemistry, Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology, and Pharmacology & Toxicology. The department also contributes substantially to school and campus initiatives in Environmental and Human Health and also shares responsibility for the Clinical Pharmacology, Clinical Toxicology, and Clinical Nutrition Programs, including the Nutrition Service at the VMTH.

The Research Admin 3 is responsible for the management of the administrative operations across multiple grants, cooperative agreements, and business contracts of diverse scope. The Research Admin is responsible for keeping faculty, staff, and subcontractors in compliance with the requirements and restrictions of awards and agreements, assisting third parties including UCOP and Federal Offices/Agencies with shifting priorities.