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 Go to: The Molecular and Cellular
Biology Program
The primary goal of the Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology
is to provide students with high quality training in preparation for productive
careers in research and teaching in the general fields of molecular and
cellular biology. The program includes 70 faculty with primary appointments in
the department of Biological Sciences and the department of Chemistry in the
College of Arts and Sciences, Genetics, Medicine, Microbiology &
Immunology, Pathology, and Physiology of Dartmouth Medical School and in the
Thayer School of Engineering.
The Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology provides students
with a wide range of research opportunities, extensive course offerings, and
broad exposure to research outside of Dartmouth through a number of seminar
series composed of speakers from across the US and Canada as well as from
overseas. Additional activities of the program include retreats, an annual Life
Sciences Symposium held each October, a number of weekly journal clubs, and
student research-in-progress seminars. In addition, each summer the students
host seminar speakers from around the country and the world while they are in
New Hampshire attending the annual Gordon Conferences.
Only students who intend to pursue the Ph.D. degree full-time are accepted
into the program. Graduate training begins with research rotations, a set of
required courses, and advanced electives. Students entering the program may
choose from among the combined faculty for their three research rotations
during their first year of graduate study. Following the completion of three
research rotations, students will choose a thesis advisor. Graduate training
culminates in the production of a publishable thesis based on original
laboratory research in the student's chosen field of investigation.
There are currently 151 graduate students pursuing their Ph.D. degrees in
the Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology and we will matriculate
a new class of 30 students in September 2008. The close interaction between
faculty and students remains a hallmark of graduate study at Dartmouth. For
additional information and application materials please see the official
Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology web site at http://www.dartmouth.edu/~mcb/.
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