With an emphasis on research training that involves leading researchers in academia and biotechnology, we allow students to select their research group for thesis work following lab rotations. They participate in research early in their graduate work, preferably in the first year of study.
Concurrent with thesis research, students take classes in biochemistry, molecular biology and cell biology
Ongoing research opportunities include:
- Protein structure and function correlation
- DNA metabolism and genetic stability
- Gene expression and regulation
- Cell cycle and proliferation
- Cell signaling
- Cell development and differentiation
- Structural biology and molecular mechanisms of arsenic detoxification
- Molecular mechanisms of
immune system, cancer etiologyand development - Anticancer drug development and drug delivery
Research Facilities
First year rotations provide a great opportunity not only to participate in different interesting research projects but also to make new friends and choose the environment that suits your personality the most for further work.Elena Shersher, 2016 Biochemistry PhD graduate