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INTEGRATION OF THE MCGD TRACK
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The main functions of the Combined Program in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS)
concern recruitment of students, direction of their
course of study in their first year at Yale, and assignment to the academic departments for
their subsequent course of study including their thesis research.
Applicants apply to one of the eight tracks of the BBS rather than to an individual department
or an individual investigator. Applicants to each track are evaluated by an admissions committee
made up of faculty affiliated with the track, and they are admitted to the BBS and not to an
individual department.
The tracks are designed to be more interdisciplinary and more broadly based than the departments.
There are currently eight tracks:
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Immunology
Microbiology
Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Molecular Cell Biology, Genetics and Development (MCGD)
Neuroscience
Pharmacological Sciences and Molecular Medicine
Physiology and Integrative Medical Biology
The Department of Genetics, in conjunction with the Department of Cell Biology and the Department of
Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology (MCDB), helps administer the Molecular Cell Biology, Genetics
and Development Track (MCGD) of the BBS. The faculty of the three sponsoring departments share an
interest in understanding the molecular basis of life and organismal development through research
using genetics, biochemistry, molecular biology and cell biology.
The following is an overview of the MCGD Track; a more extensive description can be found in the MCGD handbook.
The track is made up of faculty from the three core departments plus associated
faculty from other BBS departments. For administrative purposes, first year students are divided between the North
and South campuses, but are free to take rotations in any BBS laboratory
| Track Directors | Tom Pollard (Academic Affairs) |
| | Susan Ferro-Novick (Admissions) |
| Registrar | Shirlene Scott |
| Admissions | DGA's: Craig Crews (MCDB), Peter Novick (Cell Biology), |
| | Valerie Reinke (Genetics). |
| Advising | Directors & DGS’s: Shirleen Roeder (MCDB), Carl Hashimoto (Cell
Biology) and Michael Stern (Genetics). |
First year curriculum:
During the first year, all MCGD students must carry out three research rotations. MCGD students should attend
weekly journal clubs and departmental seminars sponsored by at least one of the departments affiliated with the
Track. In addition, all MCGD students should attend the departmental annual retreats held in the fall.
Laboratory Rotations:
September 25 to December 15, 2006
January 2 to March 16, 2007
March 19 to May 18, 2007
Required course:
MCDB/CBIO/GENE 900a (Fall) / 901b (Spring): First Year Introduction to Research. This course
consists of three laboratory rotations of about 10 weeks each, student presentations of their
work during their three laboratory rotations (rotation talks), and a weekly seminar that covers
ethics, grant writing and research methods in cellular and molecular biology.
Core courses:
GENE/MBB/MCDB 625a (Fall): Basic Concepts of Genetic Analysis
CBIO 602a (Fall): Molecular Cell Biology
MCDB/MBB 630b (Spring) : Biochemical & Biophysical Approaches in Molecular
and Cellular Biology
At the end of the first year, each MCGD student declares a laboratory for thesis research. MCGD
students generally join the department of his or her thesis advisor and are subject to the policies
and requirements of that department. The qualifying examination will be administered by the academic
department in the second year.
The requirements of the Genetics Department are described in detail in this Handbook; the
requirements of other departments can be found in the appropriate departmental booklet.
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