Program Overview

Overview of the Graduate Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology

The University of Toledo offers a graduate program in Cellular and Molecular Biology, with a focus on training students for a wide range of scientific career opportunities in academia and industry. The program provides in-depth, personalized training from internationally renowned biomedical researchers, with an emphasis on cell biology, molecular biology, genetics, and related areas.

Top Reasons to Study Cellular and Molecular Biology

• Financial support: The majority of master's students and all doctoral students receive tuition waivers and competitive stipends in exchange for working as teaching or research assistants.
• Intensive research training: Students receive one-on-one training, working directly with research mentors, and gain experience with advanced technology and marketable knowledge and skills.
• Internationally recognized faculty: Biology faculty are some of the most productive research faculty at The University of Toledo, receiving external funding and publishing many scholarly articles co-authored by student researchers each year.
• Faculty mentors: To be accepted into the program, students must be approved by a faculty member who will work with them while they earn their degree.
• World-class research facilities: Students have access to the latest technology and resources in the labs at the Bowman-Oddy/Wolfe Hall complex on Main Campus and in the labs on the Health Science Campus, home to the UT Medical Center.
• Network: The Biology Graduate Student Association offers a ready-made support system and study groups, and the Careers in Science Committee hosts events that inform students about jobs and connects them with mentors.
• Teaching opportunities: The University of Toledo's dual degree program allows students who want to become high-school biology teachers to simultaneously earn an M.S. in Biology and an Education degree, which can be completed in 18 months.

Research Areas

Sample research topics in Cellular and Molecular Biology include:

• Cancer biology
• Neuroscience
• Biology of viruses
• Immunology
• Developmental biology
• Molecular parasitology

Career Opportunities

Graduate students who earn an M.S. degree in Cellular and Molecular Biology usually continue their studies in professional or doctoral programs. Others work for pharmaceutical or biotechnology companies and in medical research labs. Alumni of the doctoral program have earned post-doctoral placements at renowned institutions, including:

• Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
• Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
• Duke University, Durham, N.C.
• Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
• Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.
• New York University, New York City
• University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, Calif.
• University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.

Alumni have been hired as researchers, scientists, editors, and professors by companies and institutions such as:

• Abbott Laboratories, Lake Bluff, Ill.
• Cincinnati Childrens Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio
• Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
• Duke University, Durham, N.C.
• GlaxoSmithKline, London
• Novartis International AG, Basel, Switzerland
• Pfizer Inc., New York City
• Pharmacia & Upjohn, London
• Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati, Ohio
• University of Massachusetts
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Application Process

To apply to the graduate program in Cellular and Molecular Biology, students must be approved by a faculty member who will work with them while they earn their degree. The College of Graduate Studies provides full application requirements.