The Cell Biology, Genetics and Molecular
Medicine discipline of the Integrated
Biomedical Sciences graduate program
is focused on training scientists
for the future of medicine.
The CGM discipline
is a gateway to all
basic, biomedical and translational
research
with an emphasis on
understanding the molecular pathways and
mechanisms underlying human disease with
a goal of translating these findings
toward
personalized or precision medicine.
I chose to come to the UT
Health San Antonio
because of its focus on biomedical research.
The staff here is
very warm and welcoming
and during the
interview process---they didn't push me to
join CGM.
In fact they just tried to
treat it as a door that I could walk
through.
Areas of strength within the discipline include
stem cell biology
cancer research
neurodegeneration
virology
and molecular medicine
with an
emphasis on interdisciplinary research
such as cancer genetics and systems
biology.
The best thing about this program is that students can
customize their research training because
it's a broad program.
It offered courses for the
basics of stem cell biology and it also
offered a course on bioinformatics that
actually did help me
for my own research.
Students choose the CGM discipline for
their training because of its
interdisciplinary nature and because
they can customize their plan of study
to match their goals during their
graduate work
as well as to prepare them
for their future careers
once they have
graduated.
What's great about my research is the clinical implications that it has
but the challenging part about my
research is there's a lot to learn about
the disease
Affiliated core facilities
available to CGM students include the
Bioanalytics Single Cell or basic core
and the optical imaging core
Working
with my mentor has been a great
experience
she has an amazing work ethic
and she really does a lot to help not
only myself but the other people in her
lab.
My mentor is a superb person as well
as a phenomenal scientist.
She allows me
to thrive in her lab by providing
me all the necessary materials in order
to do my research but then also
stimulates my mind
by guiding me with
one-on-one meetings and providing me
opportunities to learn by
training in
different facets of biology.
The CGM IBMS
graduate will be trained to enter any
specialized field of modern biomedical
science in academia
industry
education
consulting
or medicine
The CGM
leadership advisors and faculty will be
there with you every step of the way to
guide you towards success
We invite you
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