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Graduate Program

Overview

The Plant Cellular and Molecular Biology (PCMB) Graduate Program provides a strong academic environment and excellent research facilities for graduate training.

Programs of Study

Students at work Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) and Master of Science (M. Sc.) degrees in Plant Cellular and Molecular Biology. Areas of study include but are not limited to molecular biology, gene regulation and expression, cell biology, developmental biology, biochemistry, physiology, protein structure, biotechnology, plant-microbe interactions, metabolic engineering, signal transduction, biosynthesis, and biogenesis.

Many PCMB faculty also participate actively in interdisciplinary programs such as Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (MCDB), the Ohio State Biochemistry Program (OSBP), Environmental Science, and Biophysics. PCMB is one of six departments in the College of Biological Sciences (CBS).

The PMBB program, not to be confused with PCMB, stands for Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. Students in PCMB can also do a graduate specialization in PMBB. PMBB is an active association of plant molecular biologists at Ohio State University. PMBB includes faculty affilated with many departments and with several colleges (CBS, FAES), and several locations including Wooster Ohio where the Ohio Agricultural and Research Developmental Center (OARDC) is located. The PMBB group is dedicated to synergistic interactions that build the overall excellence, presence, and program in the general area of plant molecular biology as well as in biotechnology.

Get your hands “dirty” – check out lab research

Student are up to their elbows in biology Financial Assistance: In general, PCMB students are supported as either a Graduate Teaching Associate (GTA) or a Graduate Research Associate (GRA). Both positions include tuition and fee waivers. All students and new applicants are eligible to compete for university fellowships (Graduate School). Financial support is contingent upon good academic standing, completion of duties associated obligated by the support, and, for international students, a valid visa.

All financial support is contingent upon the conditions that the student maintains good academic standing (see below and Graduate School Handbook), fulfills the assigned duties associated with the support, and has a valid visa status (for international students). See section VI in the PCMB Graduate Program Handbook [pdf] for more details.

Petition

All rules and regulations in this guide may be waived or modified by petition.

Revised: 2-jul-07

PCMB NEWS

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]

News Archive

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