Ronald
B. Corley, Ph.D.,
Chairman
Gregory
A. Viglianti, Ph.D., Director
of Graduate Studies
Introduction
INTRODUCTION
The
Department of Microbiology of the Boston University School of Medicine
offers MA and PhD degrees in microbiology as well as in interdepartmental
programs in immunology and cellular and molecular biology. Specialized
training is also available in oncobiologyand molecular pathogenesis.
Students in the graduate program participate in formal coursework,
seminars, and directed research in the fields of virology, bacteriology,
immunology, and tumor cell biology. Participants also take courses
within other basic sciences departments of the Medical School and
attend seminars offered by the other universities in the Boston area.
The
research interests of the faculty include: regulation of gene expression
in pathogenic and sporulating bacteria, molecular mechanisms of sexually
transmitted diseases, mechanisms of drug resistance in bacteria, pathogenesis
and molecular biology of immunodeficiency and hepatitis viruses, regulation
of humoral and cell mediated immunity, dysregulation of lymphocyte
function in autoimmunity, signal transduction and gene expression
in lymphocytes, eukaryotic cell growth control and carcinogenesis,
and protein structure/function analysis.
IMMUNOLOGY
TRAINING PROGRAM
Several
members of the Department of Microbiology participate with faculty
in the Departments of Pathology, Biochemistry, and Medicine in an
Interdepartmental Immunology Training Grant Program. The program consists
of training both pre- and post-doctoral students. Pre-doctoral students
are prepared for a career in immunological research and teaching through
formal coursework, seminars, and laboratory research.
