PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS

Admissions
Deadline: Dec 15, 2009

• Domestic App Checklist (.doc)
• International App Checklist (.doc)
• Online Application to Graduate School @ UCI
• UCI Requirements & Regulations

Finances & Funding

• FAFSA
• Residency

CURRENT STUDENTS

• CMB Grad Handbook
• Tax Information
• Academic Calendar 2009-2010

Rotations

• Getting Started in a Lab
• Rotation Proposal
• Rotation Report
• Rotation Evaluation Form (.doc)

The UCI Stem Cell Biology Graduate Training Program is part of the large, multidisciplinary Graduate Program in Cellular and Molecular Biosciences.  The Stem Cell Biology Training Program functions as an area of study within the larger program, sharing a common core curriculum and admissions process.  A research training environment will be provided for students in many areas of stem cell biology including the basic biology of stem cells, the development of tools for stem cell research, the genetics of cortical stem cells, central nervous system injury and stroke, neurodegenerative disease, tissue engineering, diabetes, the role of stem cells in cancer, stem cell therapy for ocular disease, and the use of stem cell-based screens to identify novel drugs targeting cell proliferation, differentiation, and death.

Full Stem Cell Biology Faculty Listing

W. Edward Robinson, Jr., MD, PhD
Director

Kimberly McKinney
Administrator
kamckinn@uci.edu
(949) 824-8145

Related Departments in Biological Sciences

• Developmental & Cell Biology
• Molecular Biology & Biochemistry

Related Departments in Medicine

• Biological Chemistry
• Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
• Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
• Physiology & Biophysics

Research Areas

• Biology of Infectious Disease
• Biomedical Informatics
• Cancer Biology
• Cell Biology
• Developmental Biology & Genetics
• Experimental Pathology
• Immunology
• Mechanisms of Gene Expression
• Molecular Neurobiology
• Stem Cell Biology
• Structural Biology & Molecular Biophysics
• Virology