IBMS Faculty - Registration Form
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Successful scientists have a broad knowledge
base in the chemical and
biological sciences as well as the ability
to think, and work, across disciplines. To prepare for research
and teaching in the post-genome era, when interdisciplinary research
will be critically important, we invite you to consider graduate
education in the Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences (IBMS) program
at The University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
IBMS is a first year graduate program leading to a Ph.D. degree in one of 11 programs. IBMS students take course work and rotate in laboratories throughout departments of the School of Medicine and the Department of Biology in the College of Arts and Sciences. IBMS students also participate in professional development activities in the IBMS seminar and in campus-wide programs. After one year in the IBMS Program, students choose a lab and select a graduate program. However, IBMS students also maintain their affiliation with the IBMS program, and participate in scientific, social and professional development activities as a group throughout their graduate career.
UNC-CH is a leading institution in biomedical research, ranking 13th in the country in NIH funding. There are over 200 research laboratories investigating a wide variety of problems in biomedical research, ranging from the fundamental genetics of model organisms (yeast and fruit flies) to development of novel treatments for human disease. In addition to the departmental research program, there are a large number of research centers where clinical and basic scientists from a wide variety of disciplines work together on common problems. These include the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cystic Fibrosis Center, Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease, Gene Therapy Center, Center for Throbosis and Hemostasis, Carolina Center for Genomics Sciences, Center for Cardiovascular Disease, Neurosciences Center and the Infectious Disease Center.
At UNC-CH we place a major emphasis on the training of graduate students, and we are committed to providing you with excellent research training opportunities as well as an outstanding environment to conduct research. Central to our research enterprise are a variety of Core Facilities, which assist students and faculty in their research by providing state-of-the-art technology to all researchers at UNC. These include structural biology (NMR and X-ray) facilities, a mouse models facility for construction of transgenic and knock-out animals, confocal microscopy, DNA sequencing and peptide synthesis, a Vector Core for gene therapy research, and an animal histopathology facility for analysis of phenotypes in genetically modified mice. Our graduate students publish papers in excellent journals and present their research at national and international meetings; they obtain excellent post-doctoral positions and eventually go on to jobs in industry, academia, and government.
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