INTRODUCTIONSchool of Biological Sciences is located at the main campus of Universiti Sains Malaysia in Penang. The School occupies G08 and G09A buildings, which are strategically located near Sungai Dua Road, one of the entrances to the campus. G08 building houses an administrative office, a conference room, a meeting room, a computer laboratory, vector control research unit and an array of teaching and research laboratories in the areas of Entomology, Parasitology, Ecology, Plant Biology, Animal Biology and Tissue Culture. Within G09 building are five main research laboratories, namely, Plant Pathology Laboratory, Phytochemistry Laboratory, Biotechnology and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Microbiology Laboratory, and Fish Biology Laboratory. The G09 building also houses teaching laboratories for Plant Pathology, Microbiology and Biotechnology. Academic staff offices are located within the two buildings.
