Research at the Chemistry/Biology Interface

Research at the Chemistry/Biology Interface is a multidisciplinary program with several participating units in the College of Arts and Science and the Medical School. The trans-institutional Program brings graduate student trainees and faculty mentors from across the University together to seek and share resources and to provide a forum for ideas that span the traditional boundaries between the Chemical and Biomedical Sciences. Students also benefit from the availability and proximity of other research facilities on campus.

Trainees select graduate courses from the departments of Chemistry, Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Pharmacology, and Molecular Physiology and Biophysics and may select electives from any Department of the University. The program stresses laboratory rotations to introduce students to varied research areas, interdisciplinary seminars, and research in the laboratory of a participating mentor. Two courses and a seminar are designed specifically for trainees. Trainees are required to fulfill the degree requirements of their chosen Departments. Upon completion of the program, a trainee receives certification in Biological Chemistry along with a degree from the Trainee's home Department.

Faculty members from all participating departments are mentors in the program. Students work with a mentor on each of their three lab rotations.

Typical Curricula Students will select a course curriculum from either the College of Arts and Science or the Medical School.

Stipends A limited number of trainees will receive a full stipend for the first two years of support. Thereafter students will join research groups and will be paid through research assistantships.

Interested students should apply to participating Departments in the College of Arts and Science (Chemistry or Biological Sciences) or to the Integrated Graduate Program in the Medical School.