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GENETICS, DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY, AND REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY

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Princeton University
Graduate studies in the Department of Molecular Biology at Princeton emphasize training in research and encourage students to apply molecular, biochemical, structural, genetic, and computational approaches to biological problems. Faculty members and students pursue research in a wide variety of areas of biochemistry and cell biology, biological dynamics and computational biology, biomedicine and societal issues, biophysics and structural biology, developmental biology, genetics and genomics, microbiology, neurobiology, oncology, and virology.

Developmental Biology

University of Pittsburgh
In the department's graduate program in molecular, cellular, and developmental biology, faculty research programs use prokaryotic and eukaryotic experimental systems and molecular and genetic approaches to understand the structure and function of genes and proteins, macromolecular interactions, cell-specific gene regulation, regulation of cell proliferation, and embryogenesis.

Genetics

Stony Brook University, State University of New York
This interinstitutional program, involving Stony Brook University, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, and Brookhaven National Laboratory, offers a highly interactive and nurturing environment for training in all areas of genetics. Specific areas of strength include bioinformatics and structural biology; microbiology; molecular, cellular, and developmental biology; neurobiology; and behavior and evolution.

The University of Iowa
The interdisciplinary PhD program in genetics at the University of Iowa offers broad training in genetics. The program is designed to permit students to tailor their curricula to their own research interests and career goals, while providing them with the opportunity to obtain a broad intellectual foundation in many areas of genetics. For further information, e-mail gen-neuro@uiowa.edu or visit the Web site (faculty research descriptions) at http://genetics.grad.uiowa.edu.

Wayne State University
The Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics offers a challenging, research-intensive graduate program leading to the PhD degree in molecular biology and genetics. Students study and conduct research in state-of-the-art laboratories located in the 4th-largest medical school in the country. The program emphasizes research training in eukaryotic molecular and cellular biology with applications to molecular medicine and genetics. Multidisciplinary approaches are taken, including the use of model organisms for the study of developmental and reproductive biology, cancer, neurobiology, and other areas. The center also offers graduate programs in genetic counseling and applied genomic technologies.

West Virginia University
Interdepartmental program in genetics and developmental biology offers MS and PhD degrees. Areas include biochemical and molecular genetics, cytogenetics, mutagenesis, quantitative genetics, human genetics, plant genetics, and experimental morphogenesis. Write to Dr. J. Nath, Program Chairman, PO Box 6108, Morgantown, WV 26506-6108.

Molecular Genetics

Stony Brook University, State University of New York
The Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology offers studies in viral and bacterial pathogenesis; signal transduction, cell growth/development, oncogenetics, and cancer; molecular genetics and virology; and structure/biochemistry of macromolecules. The program has 45 interdisciplinary faculty members and 38 graduate students. All students receive tuition scholarships, a salary of $24,000, and health insurance.