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Program Overview
Degree offered: Ph.D. (code 313)
Required standardized exam: GRE general
exam
Average scores of candidates admitted:
GRE 1138 (V+Q), GPA of 3.56
Prerequisites for admission: A bachelors
degree in science, including courses in general chemistry, organic
chemistry, biology and physics.
Additional admissions requirements:
Fluency in English is expected. Interviews are encouraged.
Application deadline: April 1. Students
are only admitted for the fall semester.
Number of faculty: about 73 from 13
departments
Number of students: 16
Program description: This program combines
the former Experimental Pathology program with other research
programs in Brody School of Medicine clinical departments, the
molecular and cellular programs of the Department of Biology and
Neuroscience programs. The program starts with a core curriculum of
courses for all students, followed by a selection of courses in
experimental biology, neuroscience, pharmaceutical chemistry,
pathology and biomedical sciences depending on the student’s
research interest and needs. After the first semester each student
chooses a concentration in either Biology, Biomedical Science, or
Pharmaceutical Chemistry. The Biology concentration includes
opportunities for dissertation research in a wide variety of
subjects including molecular taxonomy, entomology, fish
histocompatability complex, eukaryotic cell molecular biology,
biotechnology, biochemistry, coastal and marine ecology, fisheries
science, radiation biology, experimental botany, and experimental
zoology. The Biomedical Science concentration has research
opportunities in cancer research, eukaryotic cell signaling,
platelet function, coagulation, immunology and molecular biology of
insect venoms, transplantation immunology, reproductive
endocrinology, adipocyte biology, regulation of development,
potassium channels and muscle biochemistry. Research opportunities
are available in molecular mechanisms of bacterial virulence, quorum
sensing in bacteria, interaction of human flora with the host,
immunobiology of B and T cells and interaction of T cells with
macrophages, and biology of herpesviruses, poxvirus and coronavirus.
It also prepares a student to transfer into another Brody School of
Medicine Ph.D. program. Chemistry programs are available in
protein structure, protein-protein interactions, peptide chemistry,
theoretical chemistry of biomolecules and pharmaceutical chemistry.
Graduate assistantships: Upon
acceptance into the program, the student automatically becomes eligible
for a fellowship depending upon fellowship availability.
| Graduate program director:
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Drs Barbara Muller-Borer and Mary Jane Thomassen |
| Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine |
| Brody 7E128A |
| (252) 744 - 2908 or (252) 744 - 2878 |
| FAX: (252) 744 - 3616 |
| E-mail:
mullerborerb@ecu.edu
and thomassenm@ecu.edu |
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