The trans-institutional Program brings graduate student trainees and faculty mentors from across the University together to seek and share resources and to provide a forum for ideas that span the traditional boundaries between the Chemical and Biomedical Sciences.
Students also benefit from the availability and proximity of other research facilities on campus.
Trainees select graduate courses from the departments of Chemistry , Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Pharmacology, and Molecular Physiology and Biophysics and may select electives from any Department of the University. The program stresses laboratory rotations to introduce students to varied research areas, interdisciplinary seminars, and research in the laboratory of a participating mentor. Two courses and a seminar are designed specifically for trainees. Trainees are required to fulfill the degree requirements of their chosen Departments. Upon completion of the program, a trainee receives certification in Biological Chemistry along with a degree from the Trainee's home Department.