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Course Requirements
The IGERT program does not typically add any course load on top of the total course load (credit-wise) of the participating graduate programs. However, the IGERT program does require fellows to broaden their horizons by taking two cross-disciplinary core courses and up to three newly developed integrative courses. These courses can be treated as the graduate electives for the home graduate programs, so the average student will not need to take any extra courses beyond their PhD course requirements. One short course on communications, ethics, and grant-writing is also required. See specific course breakdown below.
As summarized above, all IGERT Fellows will be required to take at least five graduate courses and a sixth special course as part of the IGERT requirement. The five graduate courses should comprise two established courses in Physical Sciences (physics, chemistry, materials science), Life Sciences (molecular biosciences, cell biology), or Engineering Sciences, plus three interdisciplinary courses, which are focused on stem cell science. The two established courses should be from a different disciplinary area than that of the student's graduate program. For example, an Engineering student can choose at least two courses from Life Sciences or Physical Sciences.
| LifeSciences | Physical Sciences | Engineering Sciences |
| 148:514 Molecular Biology of Cells | 150:529 Intro to Colloid/Surface Chemistry | 125:573 Kinetics, Thermodynamics, and Transport in Biomedicine |
| 148:504 Developmental Biology | 160:509 Organic Chemistry of Polymers | 642:527 Methods of Applied Mathematics |
| 415:511/2 Biochemistry | 160:537,8 Biophysical Chemistry I,II | 125:574 Biomaterials & Biomechanics |
| 618:548 Cell Surface Receptors | 750:506 Modern Experimental Techniques | 650:530 Fluid Mechanics I |
| 695:601 Advanced Cell Biology |
750:627/8: Surface Science I, II | |
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| Major Events |
New IGERT funded - applications due
The Stem Cell IGERT has been funded. Please turn in your applications for the 2008/9 school year by the end of the day, Tuesday, August 19.
Next IRIF - Tuesday, July 29: Christina Sever, IGERT trainee, and Dr. Joachim Kohn
Conducting basic research while managing translational potential and intellectual property: how to have the best of both worlds. 11:45 am - 1 pm, BME 122
Next IRIF: Wed. April 30th: Research Talk, Jocie Cherry, IGERT Trainee
11:45 am - 1 pm, Room CCR-201 (Note: change of location!)
Congratulations to IGERT Trainee Kevin Nikitczuk,
awarded 2-year pre-doctoral fellowship from New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research for his research "Immune Targeting using an Engineered Vaccine Delivery System", advised by Professors Martin Yarmush and Edmund Lattime.
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IGERT Inaugural Celebration and Research Seminars
Rutgers IGERT on Biointerfaces holds Inaugural Celebration and Research Seminars on January 30, 2004
New IGERT Graduate Fellows
The Fall 2004 class of IGERT Graduate fellows has been announced. To view information about the new fellows, please click here.
NIH Postdoctoral Program
Rutgers has been awarded the first NIH postdoctoral program in Tissue Engineering. Rutgers to house the first NIH-resource center for polymeric biomaterials.
ISURF Launched
New Undergraduate Research Frontiers Program, ISURF launched June 2004
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