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  • Graduate Group Complex
    310 Life Sciences Addition
    Davis, CA 95616
    Tel: (530) 752-9091
    Fax: (530) 752-8822
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  • 250 Mrak Hall
    One Shields Avenue
    Davis, CA 95616

    Phone: (530) 752-0650
    Fax: (530) 752-6222
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Application Deadline

  • ADMISSION
  • Priority: Dec. 15
  • Final: Dec. 15

  • FELLOWSHIP
  • Prospective Student Fellowship: Dec. 15
  • Continuing Student Fellowship: Jan. 15

Degrees Offered

  • M.S. Plan I
  • M.S. Plan II
  • Ph.D. Plan B

Designated Emphases

Admission Requirements

  • Three letters of recommendation
  • GRE scores
  • curriculum vitae or resume

Degree Requirements

Students follow the degree requirements reflecting the year s/he was admitted or the most recent version below.

Administrative Bylaws

Exceptions

  • QE Exception

THIS PROGRAM HAS CONSOLIDATED WITH THE CELL and DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY GRADUATE GROUP. STUDENTS CAN APPLY TO EITHER PROGRAM FOR ADMISSION.

Graduate work is offered in: protein chemistry, control of gene expression, gene rearrangements, chromosome structure and function, immunochemistry, molecular virology, reproductive biochemistry, structure and function of cell surfaces, protein synthesis, biochemistry of neoplasia, biochemistry of chloroplasts, lipid biosynthesis, hormonal control of metabolism, photobiology, enzymology, and membrane transport. Faculty research areas include: cell biology, molecular biology, physical biochemistry, structural biology, metabolism, and genetics in animal, plant, and microbial systems.

Please direct admission inquiries to Angelina Kuo or (530) 752-9091.

While an M.S. degree may be obtained while pursuing a Ph.D. degree, only Ph.D. applications will be accepted.

This program is an interdisciplinary Graduate Group.

For more information, visit the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Web site.

Contacts

Program Chair
Kenneth B Kaplan Molecular & Cellular Bio (530) 752-9091
Academic Advisers
JoAnne Engebrecht Molecular & Cellular Biology 9/1/09 - 8/31/11 (530) 754-6034
Robert H Fairclough Med Neurology 9/1/09 - 8/31/11 (530) 754-5005
Ted Edmund R Powers Molecular & Cellular Bio 9/1/09 - 8/31/11 (530) 754-5052
Lesilee S Rose Molecular & Cellular Bio 9/1/09 - 8/31/11 (530) 754-9884
Mitchell H Singer Microbiology 9/1/09 - 8/31/11 (530) 752-9005
Graduate Program Staff Coordinator
Angelina Kuo Graduate Group Complex (530) 752-9091
Student Affairs Officer (SAO) in the Office of Graduate Studies
Angela Sharma Office of Graduate Studies (530) 752-2772