sentences:  Faculty conduct basic research in functional genomics of microbes and crop plants to identify innovative ways to make crops more resistant to disease and drought, clean up the environment, and improve human health.The Molecular and Cellular Biology Building opened in 2002 on the Minneapolis campus and houses classrooms and labs.It is home to the Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics and the Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development.