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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, Stem Cell and Regenerative 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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