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Welcome from
the Chair
undergraduate
majors, one in Microbiology and one in Molecular Genetics, has a Ph.D. Program
in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, and is responsible for educating
medical students in pathogenic microbiology. The Department also has broad
research strengths ranging from very basic molecular, structural, and computational
biology to cellular, pathogenic, and environmental microbiology. The Department
of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics is nationally ranked for its research
programs. Faculty are well supported by extramural funds from the National
Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the Department of
Energy and the Department of Agriculture. Department faculty publish in
quality refeered journals, are highly visible at national and international
conferences, serve as members of many scientific advisory committees and
boards, and they also play major roles here at the University in cross department
and cross college interdisciplinary activities such as the Vermont Cancer
Center.
The depth and breadth of the Department's programs offer students and faculty special and unique opportunities. For example, all undergraduate majors in Microbiology or Molecular Genetics spend time in research laboratories which makes them very competitive for the job market as well as for admission to graduate and professional schools. Furthermore, these undergraduate students have the opportunity to be mentored by scientists at many stages in their careers including faculty, postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, medical students and an occasional Infectious Disease Fellow. Thus they are imbued with the scientific culture early in their careers. In turn, this gives graduate students and postdoctoral fellows opportunities to work with undergraduate students to nurture their scientific growth. Additional communication and interactive skills are fostered while graduate and some undergraduate students serve as teaching assistants in student laboratories. The Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and its faculty are recognized by both students and the University of Vermont Administration for providing an outstanding educational experience for all of its students.