Cancer Biology

Curriculum

Required courses	Course Number	Credit Hrs.

Molecular & Cellular Biology	26 GNTD 7001	3
Biochemistry & Cellular Signaling	26 GNTD 7002	3
Ethics in Research	26 GNTD 7003	1
Data Critique	26 CB 9023	8
Grant Writing	26 CB 9025	1
Introduction to Functional Genomics	26 GNTD 8001	3
Cancer Biology & Therapeutic	26 CB 8080	4
Mechanisms of Signal Transduction	26 MG 6005	2
Seminar	26 CB 9015	10
Research	26 CB 8081	31

	TOTAL	66

(Numbers in parentheses following course title are course credits)

	YEAR 1	YEAR 2	YEAR 3&4	YEAR 5
SUMMER (0 hrs except first year)	Lab Rotation (6)	QE Research	Dissertation Research First TC meeting with three months of QE *Begin dissertation writing (summer of 4th year)	Dissertation Research

	YEAR 1	YEAR 2	YEAR 3&4	YEAR 5
FALL (12 hrs)	Biochemistry & Cellular Signaling (3) Molecular & Cellular Biology (3) Data Critique (2) Seminar Attendance (1) Lab Rotation (3)	Grant Writing (1) Data Critique (2) Seminar Attendance (1) QE Research (5) Intro to Functional Genomics (3)	Research (11) Seminar Attendance (1) Seminar Presentation TC Meeting Dissertation writing and job search*	Dissertation Research (11) Seminar Attendance (1) Seminar Presentation Dissertation writing and job search*

	YEAR 1	YEAR 2	YEAR 3&4	YEAR 5
SPRING (12 hrs)	Cancer Biology & Therapeutics (4) Data Critique (2) Ethics in Research (1) Signal Transduction (2) Seminar Attendance (1) Lab Rotation (2)	Qualifying Exam Data Critique (2) Seminar Attendance (1) QE Research (9) QE 1 page proposal by mid-March QE oral exam to take place before end of May	Research (11) Seminar (1) Seminar Presentation (public defense prep fourth year) TC Meeting Dissertation writing and job search*	Dissertation Research (11) Seminar Attendance (1) Dissertation writing and job search*

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Emily Spinks
Program Manager
Vontz Center for Molecular Studies
Room 2318
3125 Eden Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45267-0521

Mail Location: 0521
Phone: 513-558-7379
Email: Emily.Spinks@uc.edu

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