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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 integrative courses on stem cells developed for the program and atleast one extra-disciplinary course. 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. Additionally, a special topics course(s) regarding ethics and professionalism will be required. Further information on this can be obtained through the IGERT program office.
As summarized above, all IGERT fellows will be required to take atleast 3 courses and a special topics course(s). The two courses established specifically for this program are Stem Cell Bioengineering and Tool Box for Stem Cell Engineering. A few of the possible extra-disciplinary electives are listed below. For a full listing, please contact the IGERT program office.
| 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 |
125:586 Stem Cell Biology & Bioengineering |
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| Major Events |
2011 IGERT Symposium
The Stem Cell IGERT will be hosting an individual symposium this year. It will be held in the Busch Campus center on Friday, November 11, 2011 from 9:00am-2:00pm.
Please mark your calendars! Agenda and additional information will follow shortly!
5th Annual NJ Stem Cell Symposium and IGERT Symposium
SAVE THE DATE!!!! The 5th Annual NJ Stem Cell Symposium and IGERT Annual Symposium will be held September 21, 2011 at the Bridgewater Marriott from 9:00am-6:00pm. Registration information will be available shortly!
This year, in addition to Life Technologies, the newly funded NIMH Stem Cell Center will also be a co-sponsor!
Stem Cell Symposium
The Stem Cell Institute and Cander Institute of NJ are hosting a Spring 2011 Stem Cell Symposium on March 23, 2011 in the Atrium of the Life Sciences Building. The event will run from 12:30-5:00pm. The keynote speaker will be Max Wicha PhD, of the University of Michigan.
Applications Being Accepted!!!
The Stem Cell IGERT program is currently accepting applications for the 2011-2012 program year. please visit the application link or contact Julia Haque at haque@rci.rutgers.edu if you are interested in applying. The application dedline is March 31, 2011, however, rolling admissions have already begun!
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BME Graduate Student Awarded NJCSCR Fellowship
BME graduate student and IGERT fellow, Jeffrey Barminko, has been awarded a predoctoral fellowship from the New Jersey Commission on Spinal Cord Research for his project entitled “Encapsulated MSCs for Spinal Cord Injury Repair”. The 2 year, $60,000 fellowship will support Jeff, while he investigates approaches to augment MSC cyto-protective properties via novel methods for delivering MSC in vivo. Jeff is performing his studies under the guidance of Professors Martin Yarmush, Rene Schloss, and Martin Grumet. The Fellowship is slated to begin in June, 2010 at the conclusion of Jeff's support as an IGERT Fellow.
Congratulations to Professor Ki-Bum Lee, Stem Cell IGERT Faculty in Chemistry and Chemical Biology, who is the recipient of the NIH Director’s New Innovator award, 2009.
The NIH Director's New Innovator Award program is designed specifically to support unusually creative early stage investigators with highly innovative research ideas at an early stage of their career.
IGERT fellow wins award:
Congratulations to IGERT fellow Nicole Plourde who was recipient of the 2009 Schering-Plough Innovation Award. She was presented with an awards plaque and a check for $5000 at a ceremony on Thursday, April 16th.
Chris Ricupero featured on Epigenie interview
Follow link here for full interview.
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