Graduate Program
PCMB Graduate Student Handbook
All
graduate students are advised that their program of study, although
administered by the Department, must satisfy both Departmental and
Graduate School requirements. All programs are subject to approval
by the Graduate School. It is very important that you become acquainted
with the requirements of your degree program as outlined in the current Graduate
School Handbook.
Graduate Studies Committee
The PCMB Graduate Studies Committee (GSC) serves as the
link between you and your advisor on the one hand and the Graduate School
on the other. If you have questions about either departmental or Graduate
School requirements which your advisor is unable to answer, see the GSC
Chair. He/she will also represent you in Graduate School matters, certify
your status when necessary, and supply you with Graduate School forms (e.g.,
Permission to Take the Admission to Candidacy Exam, Application to Graduate)
when necessary.
The following additional requirements are applicable
to students working toward an advanced degree in Plant Cellular and Molecular
Biology.
Number of Credit Hours to Register
The number of credit hours a student needs to register
for each quarter depends upon whether the student is a Graduate Associate
(GA) or not. A Graduate Associate includes an appointment as a GTA, GRA
or a Graduate Administrative Associate (GAA). See Section VI of the PCMB
Graduate Program Handbook [pdf] on "Graduate Associates" for more details.
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GAs holding a 50% or greater appointment must register for at least
9 hours in Autumn, Winter and Spring quarters, and at least 7 hours
in the Summer.
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Doctoral students who have passed their Admission to Candidacy
Exam (see section V.F) must register for at least 12 credit hours
for each quarter, including the Summer quarter, in which they hold
a 50% or greater GA appointment.
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Students holding graduate fellowships must register for at least
15 credit hours for each quarter.
It is strongly recommended that a graduate student pursuing a Ph.D. degree
registers for not more than a total of 260 credit hours for the entire
period of graduate studies.
Minimum Grades
Students who receive a grade of C+ or lower (including
U's in S/U courses) in two courses required for a degree program within
the Department will be denied further registration in the Department. Students
who are on academic probations (below 3.0 cumulative grade point) for two
successive quarters will be ineligible for financial support from the Department.
Annual Report
All students must complete an annual evaluation form (Appendix
A in the PCMB
Graduate Program Handbook [pdf])
and submit it to the GSC chair. The form must be submitted by the end of
the winter quarter of succeeding year.
Revised:
26-jun-07
PCMB NEWS
A MDA (Muscular Dystrophy Association) sponsored post-doctoral position is available in the Department of Plant Cellular and Molecular Biology/Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, starting on August 1st 2008.
The researcher will work in the field of mitochondria biogenesis and study the assembly process of c-type cytochromes, a class of hemoproteins with covalent attachment of the heme co-factor to a CXXCH motif on the apocytochrome. Cytochromes c are versatile molecules that function in electron transfer reactions but also in signaling the death pathways. Their assembly process is not understood and in humans mutations in the only known cytochrome c assembly factor cause a neurodevelopmental disease with cardiomyopathic manifestations.
The future hire will use yeast as an experimental system and focus on 1)
elucidating the biochemical activity of Cyc2p a novel mitochondrial flavoprotein that controls a yet-to-be-defined redox step in the heme attachment reaction to apocytochrome and 2) identifying additional mammalian cytochrome-c assembly factors. Because we suspect a role of
Cyc2p in thiol-based chemistry, the researcher will also take part in on-going genetic experiments to 3) further dissect the pathway(s) that operate in intermembrane thiol-based redox chemistry. Thiol-based chemistry in the
mitochondrial intermembrane space is a recent and novel development in the field since the discovery of catalysts that promote disulfide bond formation. Molecular genetics and biochemical approaches will be used to answer the scientific questions we are interested in. Interested candidates
should send a cover letter, resume, and a list of three referees to Dr. Patrice Hamel at hamel.16@osu.edu. Use Post-doctoral Position in the subject line. For additional information, see also Dr. Hamel's Web Site.
Erich Grotewold Receives Grant from US-Israeli Binational Agricultural
Research and Development Fund
We are pleased to announce that Erich Grotewold has been awarded another new grant.
This is a 3-year award from the US-Israeli Binational Agricultural
Research and Development Fund. It is in the amount of $137,000 and is
entitled "Regulation of tomato fruit development by interacting MYB proteins."
Erich Grotewold Receives DOE And NSF Grants
Erich Grotewold has been awarded 3-year grant in the amount o $449,390 from the DOE, entitled "Engineering phenolic metabolism in the grasses using transcription factors."
Erich has also been awarded a second, major grant from NSF (Plant Genome). It is a 3-year award in the amount of $2,479,632 entitled "The Grass Regulome Initiative: Integrating control of gene expression and agronomic traits across the grasses.
David Somers' Lab Published In Nature
David Somers’ group has published an article in Nature (Sept. 20)
entitled, “ZEITLUPE is a circadian photoreceptor stabilized by GIGANTEA
in blue light.” Woe-Yeon Kim and Sumire Fujiwara are co-first authors.
Erich Grotewold Awarded USDA Grant
Erich Grotewold has been awarded a grant from the USDA in the amount of $201,025 for a two-year study entitled, “Transposons as gene control elements.”
Rebecca Lamb Receives OPBC Award
Rebecca Lamb has received an award of $57,567 over two years from the OPBC for a study entitled, ”Two Arabidopsis WWE-PARP proteins involved in abiotic stress response and development.”
Plant Biotechnology In-Floor Seminar Series Schedule
Follow the link below for a schedule of informal 30-40 min seminars that
will take place at noon on Fridays in room 189 of Rightmire Hall.
Schedule
[pdf]
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