Graduate students at the University of Virginia have a wealth of options for graduate research training. Students who join the Department of Cell Biology to pursue a PhD may gain training through one of several different graduate programs, and may be supported by one of several NIH training grants. Please see the Graduate Programs office for more information. All our training programs provide excellent opportunities for not only didactic learning, but also research training. Students will typically complete their coursework in the first two years of the four to five year program. The remainder of their time will be spent by working on a specific scientific question with a research advisor. These student projects often lead to not only a dissertation, but also to publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals.

The faculty of the department of Cell Biology are responsible for teaching several graduate classes. The Developmental Biology course is an introduction to this broad field. It is team taught by several of the department faculty. The other major course offered by the department's faculty is Cell Structure and Function, a physiological survey of the cell. In addition to these didactic courses, our faculty are mentors for student research projects and rotations, and they sponsor various journal survey courses and colloquia.

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