生物科学哲学博士-遗传与分子生物学

这个重点小组对分子生物学和遗传学中使用的技术进行了全面的培训。您可以期望在生物体内克隆和表达基因以研究蛋白质功能，使用实时PCR和/或微阵列分析测试基因表达。从经典的孟德尔遗传学到反向遗传学，选择遗传学顾问的学生将学习基因复制，分离和维持的基础知识。您可以期望对基因组水平的生物体中基因的操纵方式有很好的了解，从而确定基因/蛋白质的功能。该重点研究小组的具体研究领域包括基因表达的表观遗传调控，DNA重排，microRNA生物学，mRNA剪接和tRNA生物学。
The Department of Biological Sciences offers a rigorous and intellectually driven PhD program that aspires to train scientists suited for careers in research and teaching. Students are trained to achieve academic excellence by triggering their innate curiosity and by gaining an appreciation for the rigor of the scientific method. This program provides excellent training in modern biology suitable for careers in academia, industry, and government.<br><br>Our graduate program in biological sciences offers unique opportunities for rigorous training in an intellectually driven and multidisciplinary research program. Students can select from our diverse research portfolio spanning Cell and Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Structural Biology, Developmental Biology, Neuroscience, Microbiology, Ecology, Environmental Biology, Evolutionary Biology and Physiology. Our graduates find success in careers across Academia, Industry, and Government. The major endeavor of any student is the research that culminates in a dissertation or thesis. This research must be original and meet the highest standards of quality and thoroughness. The breadth of the department provides a diversity of research fields from which to choose.<br><br>To help in determining the best fit of student and mentor, first-year students do three laboratory rotations. During the rotations, students are temporary members of the laboratories whose research appears to be of greatest interest to them. Before the end of the student's second semester, an advisor who guides both research and selection of coursework is chosen by mutual agreement between faculty and student. The relatively small size of the research groups in this department allows students to interact closely with the faculty. Manuscripts arising from dissertation research are published in highly-respected peer reviewed journals.<br><br>This emphasis group offers a comprehensive training in techniques used in molecular biology and genetics. You can expect to clone and express genes in organisms to study protein function, test gene expression using real-time PCR and/or microarray analysis. From classical Mendelian genetics to reverse genetics, students choosing an advisor in genetics will learn the fundamentals of gene duplication, segregation and maintenance. You can expect to obtain a good understanding of how genes are manipulated in organisms at a genomic level in order to determine gene/protein function. Specific areas of research in this emphasis group include epigenetic regulation of gene expression, DNA rearrangement, microRNA biology, mRNA splicing, and tRNA biology.