Fellowships and teaching and research assistantships are available to qualified students on a competitive basis. Students receiving teaching assistantships will have instructional responsibilities. All students may be required by their advisory committee to assist in teaching for at least one semester during their program. May be repeated. May be repeated.
Students give formal presentations of research results or current literature.
May be taken on pass-fail basis. Students enrolled in the MCBB Ph.D. option will be required to give one formal presentation on an A-F basis. Graduate status in participating MCBB departments required. The role of specific nutrients in human and animal health at a physiologic and molecular level. Emphasis is placed on the influence of nutrients on gene expression especially with regard to pathophysiology of diseases.