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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR GRADUATE STUDENTS!!!!

Nicholas Herrel, Ph.D. and Rajeev Rudraraju, Ph.D.  have completed their requirements for Ph.D. in Microbiology.  We wish them both all the best in their future endeavors.

Lyndsey Buckner of Dr. Quayle's lab and Graduate Student in Microbiology, won the McCleskey Award for Best Oral Presentation by a doctoral student at the ASM South Central Branch Meeting held November 7, 2009. 
"Developing a Polarized Endocervical Epithelial Cell Model for Studying the Host-Pathogen Interactions of C. trachomatis in the Female Genital Tract"

Neha Dalmia of Dr. Ramsay's lab and Graduate Student in Microbiology and Gene Therapy, won 1st prize for her poster presentation at the 4th Annual Research Symposium of the Louisiana Gene Therapy Research Consortium held at the Doubletree Hotel in New Orleans on October 14, 2009.

Joyce Ibana of Dr. Quayle's lab and Graduate Student in Microbiology, gained a place on the prestigious 2009 ASM Kadner Institute Program that was held at the University of Colorado at Boulder in July this year.  This is a highly intensive 4 1/2 day Institute for senior grad students and postdocs where participants enhanced their skills in grant writing, scientific presentation, communication and ethics, as well as attending career sessions and networking.  Joyce tremendously enjoyed it (despite of, and because of, all the work and expectations required of them), and would thoroughly recommend it to other senior students.  Information can be found at www.asmgap.org.
 

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Education and research opportunities
leading to the degrees of
Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy

Candidates for admission should have demonstrated research interest as well as theoretical and laboratory training in general biology, inorganic and organic chemistry, physics, and mathematics.

Entering students are expected to devote the first year to courses and laboratory training designed to aid them in selecting the area in which they would like to do research. Areas available for research include microbial pathogenesis, animal virology, immunology, and bacteriology.

The academic year consists of three terms: the fall term begins in July and lasts to the middle of December; the spring term begins in January and lasts to the middle of May. Students normally spend the summer term engaged in research. The first semester for entering students begins mid-July.

The Master of Science degree generally requires a minimum of two years to complete the course work and a thesis.

• Applications are initially reviewed in January by our department faculty, but are accepted through the month of March, when final decisions of acceptance are made. 

• Students accepted into our program may be offered stipends of $23,000 per year in addition to tuition waivers.

• Stipends are awarded to students with GRE scores of >1100 (combined verbal and quantitative, and no score lower than 500 in each section) and excellent undergraduate records, including research.

You can find the forms and information about the requirements at the following website: Graduate Studies Follow the link for admissions.

For the PhD degree, it is expected that a minimum period of four years be devoted to full-time study, including dissertation research and defense.

For questions regarding admissions to and requirements for the graduate program, contact Dr. Angela Amedee or Dr. Jeffery Hobden.

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 2009-2010 MIP Graduate Students: Shih-Chao Lin, Nuruddin Unchwaniwala and Evelyn Nash