Genes and Development Ph.D. Program
The Genes and Development Ph.D. Program (G&D) is for students seeking advanced training in biomedical research focused on the fundamental molecular mechanisms that control cell growth and differentiation and underlie disease.
Research in our program labs covers a broad spectrum of modern biomedical interests including Cancer Biology, Developmental Biology, Gene Regulation, Structural Biology, Cell Growth and Signaling, and Proteomics and Genomics. Diverse experimental systems, including mice, frogs, worms, fruit flies, sea urchins, yeast and human cells, are used by G&D faculty and graduate students to conduct their research.
Located in Houston, Texas, in the heart of the world’s largest medical center, the G&D Program provides an exceptional setting for biomedical research and graduate education. Browse through our pages and you’ll discover an outstanding program that prepares students for successful biomedical research careers in academia, industry and government and other biomedical-related professions.
For more information, please read this message from our program director.
Highlights
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Faculty and students at the 2009 Joint Graduate Program Retreat (Genes & Development and Molecular Carcinogenesis).
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Hussein Abbas with his advisor, Dr. Gigi Lozano, and Dr. George Stancel, Dean of the UT-Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at a luncheon honoring his receipt of the Floyd Haar, M.D., Endowed Memorial Research Award in Memory of Freda Haar.
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Winning Logo for the 2009 G&D Spring Retreat
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Dr. Michael Galko and students at 2009 G&D retreat poster session.
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Students, post-docs and faculty discuss “Work/Home Balance” at a 2009 G&D Spring Retreat Mentoring Table.
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The Genes & Development Program (G&D) and the Molecular Carcinogenesis Program (MC), based at the M. D. Anderson Science Park Campus near Smithville, will hold a joint one-day scientific retreat on Wednesday October 7, 2009.
Announcements and Events
Program Communications
Genes and Development Annual Newsletters
Genes and Development Student Handbook, June 2009 (pdf, 66 pages, 704KB)
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