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The Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Group (CAMB) is a
broad-based program, designed to provide superior graduate
level education in modern cell and molecular biology and thereby
to prepare outstanding students for leadership careers in
biomedical research. The program has approximately 279 faculty
from the School of Medicine, Dental Medicine, Veterinary Medicine,
and Arts and Sciences. Currently, 286 graduate students from
colleges and universities around the nation and the world
are enrolled in the program.
The CAMB Graduate Group offers programs in six related areas
of study: Cell Biology and Physiology, Cell Growth and Cancer,
Developmental Biology, Gene Therapy and Vaccines, Genetics
and Gene Regulation, and Microbiology, Virology and Parasitology,
each composed of faculty with interests focused on similar
areas of research. Programs operate fairly autonomously, providing
their students with advising, programs meetings, trainee seminars,
among other offerings. Although faculty are members of only
one program, many have interests that extend across several
of the programs. Students can do lab rotations with any member
of CAMB, regardless of program affiliations. Students are
assigned a program for administrative purposes during the
admissions process based either on their declaration of interest
in the program or our assessment of their interests based
on the personal statement. They can change programs at any
time prior to the beginning of the second year. Students are
required to meet their program's course requirements as well
as the overall Graduate Group course requirements within the
first two years of study.
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