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Program Overview
This program will train students to study the
structural basis of molecular and cellular function using a variety
of research methodologies common to structural biology. This training can be obtained
either through the
Open Program of the Sackler
Institute,
or through a unique
Graduate
Partnership Program between the Sackler Institute and the National
Institutes of Health (NIH). This combined pool of NYU and NIH faculty offers an
extraordinarily wide range of research opportunities and one of the largest structural
biology graduate programs in the world.
The curriculum starts with
coursework providing a broad base in cell and molecular biology together with
specialty training in concepts and methodologies of
structural biology. Most of the coursework is completed at NYU during the first
academic year. Initial research experience is gained through a
series of short "rotations" conducted during this first year.
After completing these rotations and considering all
the options, students select a faculty
supervisor for thesis research beginning in the second academic year.
Students in the Graduate Partnerhship Program (GPP) are expected to perform
thesis research at the NIH; thus they conduct rotations in labs at the NIH
during summers before and after the initial academic year.
Working relationships between faculty at NYU and NIH offers the
potential for collaborative projects that leverage the combined
resources for a superlative training opportunity for students both in
the NYU Open Program and in the NIH GPP.
Thesis research is guided by committees comprising faculty
from both campuses and, after
meeting all necessary requirements, students ultimately receive their
Ph.D. degree in Structural Biology from New York University.
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