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Programs of Study, 1997-1999
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
MICROBIOLOGY
Head of the Department: Charles G. Miller
Correspondence and Information: Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, B103 Chemical and Life Sciences Lab, 601 South Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801; (217) 333-1737; URL: http://www.life.uiuc.edu/micro/home.html
GRADUATE FACULTY
Professors: A. R. Crofts, J. E. Cronan, S. K. Farrand, J. F. Gardner, S. G. Lazarowitz, S. R. Maloy, C. G. Miller, M. J. Plewa, A. A. Salyers, E. W. Voss, C. R. Woese, R. S. Wolfe
Associate Professors: G. J. Olsen, E. R. Vimr
Assistant Professors: D. W. Celander, J. A. Imlay, D. N. Nunn, D. H. Rivier, J. M. Slauch
GRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAMS
The Department of Microbiology offers graduate work leading to the master of science and doctor of philosophy degrees. For both degrees, the program provides a strong basic background in microbiology, microbial physiology, biochemistry, cell biology, molecular genetics, and molecular biology. Students completing the program are qualified for positions in academic, industrial, or government laboratories and particularly for further specialization in a chosen discipline of microbiology and related fields.
Major areas of research interest are gene expression and regulation in prokaryotes and eukaryotes; viral function and development including virus host-cell interactions; membrane biogenesis, including protein insertion; fatty acid and phospholipid synthesis; bacterial pathogenesis and bacteria-host interactions; immunoglobulin chemistry, structure, and expression; anaerobic microbiology; the biochemistry and physiology of methane formation; structure and function of catalytic and regulatory RNAs; mechanisms of oxygen toxicity; mechanisms of photosynthetic energy conversion; prokaryote phylogeny and evolution; and Archae.
ADMISSION
Students electing microbiology as a major for an advanced degree should have had a total of at least 15 credit hours of physical or biological sciences, including general biology or microbiology, chemistry through organic chemistry and biochemistry, and mathematics through calculus.
MASTER OF SCIENCE AND DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
Study programs are flexible and are dependent upon the experience, interests, and goals of each student. Experience in teaching is considered to be a vital part of the graduate program and is required as part of the academic work of all Ph.D. degree candidates.
SPECIALIZATION IN GENETICS
The Department of Microbiology offers an area of specialization in genetics. The program is flexible and provides the student with proficiency in several areas of genetics, including molecular genetics, developmental genetics, and evolutionary and population genetics. Students electing this area should have completed course work in calculus, computer sciences, basic genetics, and biochemistry. The program of study for each student in the specialization is decided individually. Interested students should direct inquiries and applications to the department.
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