Mayo
Clinic’s Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Program (MPET) in
the Mayo Graduate School has sent the following information to the chemistry department.
Are you seeking Ph.D. training for a career that
melds the unparalleled thrill of discovering basic biological mechanisms with
the excitement of translating those findings into the novel therapies for human
diseases? The Mayo Graduate School attracts outstanding students from
across the world for a variety of reasons:
Exceptional Student
Outcomes
Examples of our
student’s successes include -
• Tremendous productivity during student
training—Ph.D. (and M.D./Ph.D.) students graduating in the last 20 years
averaged 5.6 publications, with publications in some of the very best journals
in the world (e.g., Molecular Cell, Nature Immunology, Nature Genetics,
Nature Cell Biology, PNAS, Neuron, Journal of Cell Biology, Journal of
Biological Chemistry, Genes & Development, Nature Biotechnology).
• More than 90% of students go on to academic
postdoctoral training at top-notch institutions.
• Former students now have careers as leaders
in academia and industry.
• Funding of a highly competitive,
peer-reviewed NIH pre-doctoral pharmacology training grant (T32GM072474)
• Students complete Ph.D. training in an
average of 5.2 years.
Committed Mentors
Our faculty members
are committed to fostering the intellectual development of students into future
leaders in biomedical science (as demonstrated by our student outcomes!).
Our world-class investigators and mentors receive a total annual research
budget of over $500 million every year. Students receive exceptional and
focused mentorship and benefit from our outstanding 1:1 student-to-faculty
ratio.
Cutting-Edge Research
Our research program
in pharmacology is firmly rooted in basic science research that integrates
across the disciplines of biochemistry, molecular biology, genetics,
physiology, structural biology, materials science, genomics, bioinformatics,
proteomics, and systems pharmacology. The goals of these programs are to
discover the basic mechanisms of disease and to translate these findings into
novel therapies.
• Cancer Biology and Therapeutics – Discover the molecular underpinnings that
drive cancers and new approaches to treat these diseases
• Regenerative Medicine – Harnessing bioengineered
stem cells as an individualized in vitro platform to discover,
diagnose, and ultimately treat mechanisms of degenerative diseases such as
cardiomyopathy.
• Pharmacogenomics and Genetics – Employ cutting-edge genetic technologies to
discover, at the molecular and genetic levels, why humans have vastly different
responses to drugs
• Drug Discovery—Use supercomputers and chemistry to discover
and develop mechanism-based drugs
• Neurobiology and Genetics of Addiction—Develop sophisticated genetic models and
methods to understand and treat addictive behaviors
• Cardiovascular Biology and Therapeutics—Identify molecular mechanisms and genetic
defects that contribute to heart disease and develop improved therapies
Full Student Financial
Support
- Annual stipend of $26,750 per
year
- Full tuition scholarships are
given to all admitted students (valued at $24,000 per year)
- Tuition scholarship and stipend
are guaranteed by Mayo Graduate School for 5 years
To Apply
Applications are due
by December 1, 2013. (Be sure to indicate MPET as your first choice!) http://www.mayo.edu/mgs/phd-admissions.html
To learn more about
the MPET program and mentor’s research programs http://www.mayo.edu/mgs/mpet.html
