The Graduate School of Genome Science and Technology (GST) is a Life Science graduate program located across two premises in Tennessee. They have two objectives: the first, to perform biological research, and the second, to make advances in technology, which has been a powerful driving force in biology. GST student projects are quite diverse, as indicated by the five themes: Molecular Genetics and Systems Biology, Computational Molecular Biophysics, Structural and Nanoscale Biology, Bioinformatics and Analytical Technologies for Bioenergy and the Environment. The GST lays foundation in molecular genetics, biochemistry and bioinformatics.