Variant of CIP 2000 - NGS University-level Historical Groupings

• 6 - Biological, Biomedical and Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
• 61 - Biology and Biomedical Sciences
• 26.04 - Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences

26.0401 - Cell/Cellular Biology and Histology

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific study of the structure, function, and regulation of cells as individual units and as components of larger systems. These programs include courses in cell chemistry, cellular dynamics, cellular replication and reproduction, cell anatomy, membrane function, organelles, cell adhesion and extracellular matrices, cell dynamics and motility, meiosis and mitosis, signal transduction, regulation, recognition and defence mechanisms, the cell cycle, cell metabolism and respiration, gene expression, and studies of cell types and characteristics.

• Example Program Names:

  • Cell biology
  • Cellular biology
  • Cytology
  • Histology

• Exclusion

  • Cell and molecular biology(26.0406)
  • Cell biology and anatomy(26.0407)
  • Cytotechnology(51.1002)