Are you interested in studying Alzheimer’s disease, Epilepsy, and other neurological disorders? What about researching tinnitus, cancer cell biology, hearing loss, breast cancer, traumatic stress, brain aging, immune cell function, or the circadian clock?
Consider furthering your education at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine’s Multidisciplinary Biomedical & Biological Sciences Graduate Program for the following concentrations:
- Pharmacology and Neuroscience
- Cell Biology, Immunology and Cancer Biology
The MBBS Graduate Program offers financial assistance to graduate students through research assistantships that include a stipend and a tuition waiver. Students may be offered either a Research Assistantship or a Teaching Assistantship.
Research assistants perform data analysis and basic science experiments relevant to their mentor’s research area, such as cell culture, PCR, immunostaining, electrophysiology, etc. In addition to developing their own project for their thesis or dissertation, they are expected to produce data for their mentor’s grants and publications. Research assistants are also expected to assist with general lab duties such as making buffers, taking care of the animal colony, and cleaning/autoclaving supplies. However, the specifics of each role will vary depending on the lab.
Teaching assistants teach a laboratory section of an undergraduate physiology or microbiology course each semester, prepare an introductory talk for the undergraduate laboratory section, and grade lab reports and other assignments as appropriate for the course. They are expected to have office hours to meet with undergraduate students in their laboratory section. The specifics of each role will vary depending on the Concentration.
Click here to apply today! https://www.siumed.edu/mbbs/mbbs-graduate-program-application-and-admissions