Training biotechies

The School of Medicine has received $1 million over five years from the National Institutes of Health for a new, interdisciplinary biotechnology training program. The University-wide program will give doctoral students the chance to work with leading scientists in an academic and industrial setting. It will also fill a local, statewide and national need for a new generation of scientists capable of translating biological, chemical and engineering principles into technological discoveries, said program director Gordon Laurie.

"Biotechnology companies want well-trained students, and our program will give students both the research skills and an understanding of the industrial culture" through externships in industrial research and product development, he said.

For more on the program, go to http://www.med.virginia.edu/ed-programs/gpo/biotech