The Ph.D. Program in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology is designed to prepare students to become successful basic research scientists.  Most of our students go on to careers in basic research, although a number of students have found that the training they receive has prepared them well for other careers in teaching, public health, and medicine. 

Graduate students carry out their dissertation research with program faculty whose labs are actively involved in applying state-of-the-art basic research methods in molecular genetics, cell biology, and biochemistry to tackle biomedically important problems in areas including cancer, infectious disease, signal transduction, and cell cycle regulation.  The program also offers a wide range of research training environments as program faculty research labs are located in several different departments at Stony Brook University as well as in the nearby research institutions of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Brookhaven National Laboratory,and The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research.

The program of study is structured to foster a highly interactive research environment.  Students take standard lecture courses, which help to introduce the program faculty, and also participate in a wide range of other activities including seminars by visiting scholars, student research presentations, journal clubs, special topic research clubs, and an annual program retreat.

Please contact us if you would like to know more about the Graduate Program in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology.

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