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Explore a wide variety of flexible online courses, on topics ranging from conservation biology to energy to human diet.
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Welcome to NST
We invite you to explore our academic programs in the exciting and vital disciplines of metabolic biology and molecular toxicology.
Research
Our research and curriculum focuses on the understanding of the function of nutrients, phytochemicals, and toxicants, and the metabolic interaction of these elements in living organisms.
Education
NST prepares students to make successful contributions to research, education, industry and government, and for participation in advanced studies in the health and biosciences.
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Featured

Portrait of James Olzmann

James Olzmann receives the ASCB Günter Blobel Early Career Award

The annual award from the American Society for Cell Biology recognizes Olzmann for his outstanding research into lipid droplet biogenesis and functions.

News

Screening scientist Eddie Wehri and CEND executive director Julia Schaletzky in the UC Berkeley Drug Discovery Center, which is helping researchers find potential treatments for COVID-19.

Scientists pivot to COVID-19 research, hoping for quick results to deal with pandemic

Professors Anders Näär and Dan Nomura in the Department of Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology receive funding to research COVID-19 treatments.

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