Related Graduate Programs and Training Opportunities

At The University of Iowa there are interdisciplinary programs in Genetics, Immunology, Molecular Biology, Neuroscience and Biosciences. Research opportunities with certain members of the microbiology faculty are possible when you enroll in one of these programs. The admission process for these programs may be found at their web site.

Graduate program in GENETICS

Microbiology faculty who are members of the Genetics Program:

Michael G. Feiss Bradley D. Jones Al J. Klingelhutz
Paul B. McCray, Jr. David S. Weiss Mary E. Wilson

Graduate program in IMMUNOLOGY

Microbiology faculty who are members of the Immunology Program:

Michael A. Apicella Gail A. Bishop John E. Butler
John T. Harty Jon C.D. Houtman David M. Lubaroff
William M. Nauseef Stanley Perlman Paul B. Rothman
Steven M. Varga Jerrold P. Weiss Mary E. Wilson
Hai-Hui Xue    

Graduate program in MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY

Microbiology faculty who are members of the Molecular and Cellular Biology Program:

Lee-Ann H. Allen Gail A. Bishop Jon C.D. Houtman
Al J. Klingelhutz Wendy J. Maury William M. Nauseef
Richard J. Roller C. Martin Stoltzfus Mary E. Wilson

Graduate program in NEUROSCIENCE

Microbiology faculty who are members of the Neuroscience Program:

Stanley Perlman    

Graduate program in BIOSCIENCE

Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP)

MSTP is an interdisciplinary M.D./Ph.D. program offered jointly by the College of Medicine and the Graduate College that prepares trainees for careers in academic medicine, with emphasis on preclinical and clinical research. Students admitted to the MSTP program have the opportunity to do their dissertation research with a member of the Microbiology Faculty. For more information about MSTP, please visit their web site: http://www.medicine.uiowa.edu/mstp/.

The Center for Biocatalysis and Bioprocessing (CBB)

Is Biotechnology in your future?

As a graduate student in microbiology you can obtain a fellowship in the CBB. More than 30 faculty members from the University's departments of biochemistry, chemical and biochemical engineering, chemistry, civil and environmental engineering, medicinal and natural products chemistry, and microbiology have successful research programs in many different facets of biocatalysis. Together these researchers attract more than $9 million annually in grants and contracts. Researchers are involved in projects in six principal areas:

  • Fundamental properties of biocatalysis
  • Bioremediation
  • Bioprocessing technology
  • Biocatalysis in organic synthesis
  • Biocatalytic development of pharmaceuticals and other bioactive agents
  • Fermentation

Microbiology faculty who are members of the CBB:

Michael A. Apicella Charles D. Cox Michael G. Feiss
Alexander R. Horswill John R. Kirby Linda L. McCarter
George V. Stauffer David S. Weiss  

Visit the CBB Web site.

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