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Head of the Department: John E. Cronan, Jr.
B103 Chemical and Life Sciences Lab
601 South Goodwin Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801
(217) 333-1737
E-mail:
microinfo@nicnext.life.uiuc.edu
Graduate Degree Progams
The Department of Microbiology offers graduate programs 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; DNA replication, recombination, and
repair; anaerobic microbiology; the biochemistry and physiology of
methane formation; mechanisms of oxygen toxicity; prokaryote phylogeny,
genomics, 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.
Admission requirements include: a bachelor’s degree with coursework
in biological sciences, chemistry, and physics; Graduate Record Examination
(GRE) scores; international students must attain a minimum paper-based
Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) score of 590 (243 on
the computer-based test) and Test of Spoken English (TSE) score of
55.
Graduate Teaching Experience
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.
Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy
Study programs are flexible and are dependent upon the experience,
interests, and goals of each student.
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