Graduate Catalog
2023-2024
 
Policies, Procedures, Academic Programs
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Interdisciplinary Academic Programs
970 Washington Street Southwest Blacksburg Virginia 24061
Life Sciences I
Degree(s) Offered:
• IGEP
IGEP Degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology
Minimum GPA: 3.2
Offered In:
Blacksburg
Email Contact(s):
Web Resource(s):
Phone Number(s):
540/231-5196
540/231-3520
Application Deadlines:
Fall: Dec 01
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Graduate Program Director(s) : Timothy Jarome (Associate Professor), Shihoko Kojima (Associate Professor)
Professors: Daniela Cimini; Mark Cline; Carla Finkielstein (Roanoke); Michael Fox (Roanoke); Elizabeth Gilbert; Kylene Kehn-Hall; Maria Lazar; Liwu Li; David Popham; Birgit Scharf; Eva Schmelz; Igor Sharakhov; Brenda Winkel; Hehuang Xie; Zhaomin Yang
Associate Professors: Irving Allen; Andrea Bertke; Daniel Capelluto; Clayton Caswell; Sarah Clinton; Alan Ealy; Deborah Good; Silke Hauf; Jia-Qiang He; Timothy Jarome; Shihoko Kojima; Stephen Melville; Michelle Olsen; James Smyth (Roanoke); Michelle Theus
Assistant Professors: Frank Aylward; Fernando Biase; Matthew Buczynski; Susan Campbell; Daniel Cortes Estrada; Blaise Costa; Siobhan Craige; Joshua Drake; Nisha Duggal; Daniel English; Shannon Farris (Roanoke); Rajshekhar Gaji; Erin Gloag; Ann Gregus; Aaron Gross; Georgia Hodes; William Howe; Bryan Hsu; Brandon Jutras; Hanh Lam; Lina Ni; Alicia Pickrell; So Ra Shin (Roanoke); Christopher Thompson; James Weger; Jia-Ray Yu (Washington, DC)

Molecular and Cellular Biology at Virginia Tech

The MCB program at Virginia Tech is an interdisciplinary program in Molecular and Cellular Biology. Composed of faculty from six departments across the Virginia Tech campus and the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute, incoming students may choose research projects from four broad categories: 
Cell Signaling and Cancer
  • Faculty members in Cell Signaling and Cancer study how cells sense and transduce signals, replicate, divide, differentiate, and adapt their functioning to the outside world. Techniques in this area include high-end microscopy, transcriptomics, proteomics, genetic tools, as well as structural and molecular biology.
Inflammation and Immunity
  • Research in Inflammation and Immunity covers the physiology and pathology of innate and adaptive immunity, and uses innovative technologies to study the interaction between immune cells and pathogens.
Microbiology and Virology
  • Groups in the Microbiology and Virology track investigate microbe-host and microbe-environment interactions. This includes symbiotic and pathogenic interactions, antibiotic/antiviral resistance, microbe evolution, inflammatory diseases, and pathogen-induced cancer. 
Neurobiology
  • Laboratories associated with the Neurobiology track investigate the genetic, molecular, and cellular mechanisms that underpin how the brain and body grow, sense the world around them, and ultimately create behavior. Current research is focused on cellular and molecular mechanisms related to drug addiction, mood disorders, neuroendocrinology, neuroimmunology, brain development, sexual differentiation, and language production.

Faculty members use a wide range of cellular and organismal models, and employ innovative techniques including advanced genomics and proteomics, fluorescence microscopy, electrophysiology, biochemistry, molecular genetics and behavioral assays. 

Faculty members are committed to excellent, student-oriented mentoring in all aspects of research and professional development.

Colleges and Departments 
 College of Science 
  • Biological Sciences
  • School of Neuroscience
 College of Veterinary Medicine 
  • Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology
 College of Agriculture and Life Sciences 
  • Biochemistry
  • Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise
  • Animal and Poultry Sciences
  • Entomology
For more information visit our website: mcb.vt.edu
Contact information:  mcb-program@vt.edu (540)-231-7318
Offered In (Blacksburg)

Degree Requirements

Minimum GPA: 3.2
Institution code: 5859
Testing Requirements:
This is not a degree-granting program. 
Students receive their degree from the home department of their research supervisors. The department requirements apply. 

Life Sciences 1

The Molecular and Cellular Biology Program at Virginia Tech is an interdisciplinary graduate program that draws faculty and graduate students from three colleges on campus. Research groups are distributed over several buildings on campus. The main office is located in Life Sciences 1.
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