Research assistantships provide financial support. University of North Dakota The Department of Microbiology and Immunology offers MS and PhD degrees with an emphasis in microbial genetics, pathogenesis, molecular biology, and immunology. Research areas include protein secretion, termination of DNA replication, cell division, synthesis of bacterial cell walls, autoimmune diseases, and immunogenetics. University of Rochester Research of faculty in the in Department of Microbiology and Immunology focuses on microbial pathogenesis, molecular genetics, microbial physiology, oral microbiology, medical microbiology, parasitology, gene therapy, molecular virology, neurovirology, tumor virology, vaccine biology, lymphocyte biology, tumor immunology, developmental immunology, cytokines, immune regulation, CNS-immune system interactions, autoimmunity, and evolution of immunity. The Graduate Program in Molecular Microbiology provides an integrated approach to the study of prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms.
Emphasis is in the areas of cellular and molecular immunology, molecular pathogenesis, and virology.
This interdisciplinary training provides an appropriate background for innovative research in both the basic and applied biomedical sciences. Copyright 2001 by Peterson's. All Rights Reserved.