The Medical Campus houses the clinical and non-clinical biomedical sciences, including Biological Chemistry and related research units, and is within easy walking distance of the Central Campus. The North Campus, located about a mile from the Central and Medical Campuses and linked to both by a University shuttle bus service, is the site of the Engineering, Music, and Art Schools, as well as several other units. A college town with a cosmopolitan feel, Ann Arbor combines the best of small town life and big city culture. In order to continue to receive this support, students must make satisfactory progress toward the Ph.D. degree. Following completion of the first two years in residence with support from the CBI Training Grant, students receive aid through a combination of teaching and research assistantships, and fellowships.
Support includes a generous stipend, full tuition, and excellent health care benefits.
The multidisciplinary curriculum of the CBI Training Program focuses on the application of chemistry to the solution of biological problems, and includes courses in bioanalytical, bioinorganic, bioorganic, and biophysical chemistry. A yearly series of cross-campus seminars, journal clubs, and symposia enhances these courses. Additionally, students enrolled in CBI will participate in an annual core course stressing the multidisciplinary chemical and biological study of a central topic, such as Metals in Biology, Molecular Recognition, Signal Transduction, or Protein Dynamics and Catalysis. Through their work in the core course, students will have the opportunity to investigate relevant fundamental chemistry, biological principles and diversity, chemical modeling, and structural approaches. Each year's core course will culminate in a symposium featuring a panel of renowned experts from outside institutions who will discuss the year's central topic.