For full admission to the Graduate College, applicants must have a satisfactory grade point ratio and Graduate Record Examination test scores. Prior to admission to our graduate program, students are required to identify a faculty mentor who is willing to work with them in their degree program. And upon completion should be returned to that same office. Research in reproductive physiology is focused on understanding the requirements for normal embryonic development, in addition to the development and application of animal biotechnology. Other research projects are focused on improving methods for producing mammalian embryos in vitro.
Additional space located in adjacent rooms is available for offices and conferences.
Funding for research is provided by the National Institutes of Health, Texas Coordinating Board of Higher Education, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Morris Animal Foundation, and private industry. The Cardiovascular Physiology and Applied Physics Facility is located in a 10,000 sq ft freestanding facility. This facility contains operating rooms for both acute and chronic sterile surgeries, recovery rooms, treatment rooms, as well as animal housing facilities for both acute and chronic animals ranging from small species to dogs. Surgical facilities for larger animals are also available at our Veterinary Medical Park Research Facility. Individual laboratories are supported by a common-use machine shop, tissue culture facility, and molecular biology laboratory.