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Description
The Cellular Biology and Anatomy program provides diverse training in the cell biology of development, health, and disease. Students use state-of-the-art techniques to investigate the fundamental aspects of a cell including cell cycle, signaling, injury and death, and regeneration under disease conditions of the brain, bone, eye, kidney, and other organ systems.
Admissions Information
First-year Ph.D. students are admitted via a common admissions process to the biomedical sciences Ph.D. program, not a specific major. After completing first-year core course work and laboratory rotations, the student chooses a dissertation research mentor and enters one of nine Ph.D. majors based on that faculty member’s program affiliation. In each program, students complete a Ph.D. dissertation based on original research. Each student’s program of study is unique and the time to completion varies. On average, completion of the Ph.D. program requires approximately 5 years of full-time, year-round study.
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Biomedical Sciences Admission
Financial Support
Students accepted as full time students into the program may be eligible for a Graduate Research Assistantship (GRA), which provides a competitive stipend ($23,000 for the 2012/2013 academic year) as well as a reduced tuition fee of only $25 per semester. Graduate Research Assistants also receive, at no cost to them, single-person health insurance under the GRU student group policy. Continuation of an assistantship is contingent on the availability of funds and on satisfactory academic progress. Students are responsible for paying standard required student fees each semester.