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Participating Departments and Program Requirements

The Cell & Molecular Biology Training Program is supported by a grant from the National Institutes of Health. The program promotes interdisciplinary research training for students interested in biochemical or molecular problems in cell science, genetics, physiology, biophysics, and microbiology. Although the student's experience is interdisciplinary, admission is made through an individual department and degrees are awarded by the sponsoring unit. These departments involve primarily:

Animal Sciences
Biochemistry
Cell & Developmental Biology
Chemical Engineering
Chemistry
Entomology
Food Science & Human Nutrition
Microbiology
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
Plant Biology
Veterinary Biosciences
Veterinary Pathobiology
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Sponsoring units submit candidates for admission into the cell and molecular biology training program. Students are selected on a competitive basis. Minority students are particularly encouraged to apply.

The trainee's stipend is equivalent to top offers made to other incoming students. Students participate in all training grant-sponsored activities throughout their studies.

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The trainee has full flexibility to train in any laboratory of training faculty. During the first year, each trainee must complete a minimum of three laboratory rotations (at least four weeks each), one of which must be outside of the sponsoring unit.

Trainees present their research at the program's annual research symposium. They organize and attend a monthly seminar series in which distinguished national and international scientists are invited to the University to present their work and meet with trainees. Finally, trainees participate in an informal, monthly get-together that provides an opportunity for both social and scientific exchange.


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Applying to the CMB Training Program

Prospective graduate students interested in pursuing graduate studies in cell or molecular biology are encouraged to apply directly to the department(s) with the most appropriate graduate program and faculty. Additional information is also available at the website for the School of Molecular and Cellular Biology

Principal Participating Departments and Programs:

Department of Animal Sciences
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
132 Animal Sciences Lab
1207 W. Gregory Drive
Urbana, IL 61801

Department of Biochemistry
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
415 Roger Adams Laboratory
600 South Mathews Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801

Department of Cell & Developmental Biology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
B107 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
601 South Goodwin Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801

Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
114 Robert Adams Laboratory
600 S. Mathews Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801

Department of Chemistry
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
106 Noyes Laboratory
505 South Mathews Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801

Department of Entomology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
320 Morrill Hall
505 S. Goodwin Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801

Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
260 Bevier Hall
905 S. Goodwin Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801

Department of Microbiology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
B103 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
601 South Goodwin Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801

Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
524 Burrill Hall
407 South Goodwin Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801

Neuroscience Program
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
286 Morrill Hall
505 South Goodwin Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801

Department of Plant Biology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
265 Morrill Hall
505 South Goodwin Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801

Program in Biophysics & Computational Biology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
156 Davenport Hall, MC-147
607 South Mathews Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801

Department of Veterinary Biosciences
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3516 Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Building
2001 S. Lincoln Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801

Department of Veterinary Pathobiology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2522 Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Building
2001 S. Lincoln Avenue
Urbana, IL 61802


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