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Graduate Study
Program Overview
Recruiting capable students to work on the application of molecular technology to current agronomic problems helps all our graduate students and our entire faculty with useful expertise and resources. Many of our current students in traditional areas of agriculture have obtained valuable help from the molecular oriented graduate students, postdocs and faculty. Reciprocally, quite a few of our molecular students have received valuable help in their research from students and faculty in more traditional areas. The interactions are mutually beneficial.
Students who are interested in the PMBB Graduate Interdisciplinary Specialization should first apply directly to one of the participating academic units, specifically Horticulture and Crop Science, Plant Pathology, Plant Cellular and Molecular Biology, or the Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology Program. At that time, they should specify their interest in the PMBB Graduate Specialization in their cover letter. Potential students that might be interested in the Specialization may also be identified by one of the departmental Graduate Studies Committees (GSC). Once students are admitted by the Graduate Studies Committees (GSC) of their degree granting program, they will then be considered for admission to the PMBB Interdisciplinary Graduate Specialization. Upon graduation, students in the Specialization will receive a degree from their major department that will indicate they have completed the PMBB Specialization.
There are many advantages of the PMBB specialization for students who are interested in either plant molecular biology or molecular plant-microbe interactions. First, additional funding opportunities may be available for students in the Specialization. Second, students that are admitted without first identifying a major advisor will have the opportunity to do a research rotation in several labs during their first year. Third, the participating departments do not require students in the Specialization to take as many courses in their major, so that they can more easily meet the Specialization requirements for a strong background of basic courses in plant and/or microbial molecular biology and biochemistry.
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