Biomedical Sciences: Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cancer

Description

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Based on their interests, students entering the multidisciplinary program will choose one of four educational tracks that focus on molecular biosciences (MBGC), integrative biosciences (CBNP), infectious disease and immunity (I3), or biomedical engineering (BME). Each track provides a structured education in one of four broad biomedical subject areas and yet encourages students to develop their own curriculum on their specialized research interest.

Faculty mentors may be members of more than one educational track, thereby allowing students greater flexibility in choosing the track that fits their educational needs. In addition, students may apply for consideration by more than one track, and it is possible to move between tracks once enrolled.

Contents

Courses include * Cellular Pathology-Lambert
* Molecular Genetics of Model Organisms
* Protein Dynamics in Health and Disease
* Nucleic Acids-Modak
* Cancer Biology-Moran/Ozer
* Bioinformatics, Genomics and Proteomics-Li/Tian

Requirements

* Official transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate records, personal statement defining your professional goals and outlining you would be successful in the program, recommendations from individuals, preferably academic instructors, who have direct knowledge of the applicant's academic performance in science-related fields, and a CV/resume is also recommended. Applicants must submit at least 3 recommendations and are encouraged to include a letter from a laboratory mentor if they have undertaken research.
* Applicants (except those holding degrees of MD, DDS, DVM, DSc, or DO from accredited institutions in the United States) are required to submit general test results of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). TOEFL scores for foreign students.
* In your statement, please define your professional goals and outline why you would be successful in our program.

English Language Requirements

Funding

All first year PhD students are supported by departmental or university fellowships or graduate assistantships, which provide stipend, tuition remission, and sometimes student fees for the first year.After the first year, students will be supported by their advisors through fellowships and graduate assistantships.

There are also a number of multi-year fellowships available for advanced students through NSF and NIH training programs. BME also has a limited number of teaching assistantships for graduate students who demonstrate outstanding teaching skills.

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Accreditation

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* Rutgers is a memberso are Harvard, Yale, and Berkeleyof the prestigious Association of American Universities, the 61 leading research universities in North America.
* More than 175 Rutgers research centers support pioneering work in stem cells, climate change, DNA analysis, and more.
* Rutgers international reputation draws top students from more than 130 countries and all 50 states.