Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Mail Code L224, BSC 7385
Oregon Health & Science University
3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road
Portland, OR 97239-3098

Tel:503-494-7781
Fax:503-494-8393

Recommended Course Timeline

All BCMB and CON Courses are listed in the quarters in which they are offered. Required courses are bold faced. These courses are not limited to those offered by the department. In addition to all required courses, three elective courses are taken by BMB graduate students.


Year 1
Fall
Winter
Spring
Summer
CON 601
(Rotation)
CON 601
(Rotation)
CON 601
(Rotation)
CON 601
(Research)
CON 605
CON 605
CON 605
CON 605
(Exam)
CON 650
 
 
 
CON 661
CON 663
CON 665 or
CON 667
 
CON 662
CON 664
CON 668
 

 

• Choose thesis mentor from members of the primary and affiliated faculty of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology or from appropriate faculty of one of the basic science departments.

• Form a Research Advisory Committee in the beginning of the Summer term.


Year 2
Fall
Winter
Spring
Summer
BCMB 601
BCMB 601
BCMB 601
BCMB 601
BCMB 607
BCMB 607
BCMB 607
Candidacy Exams
BCMB 619
BCMB 619
BCMB 619
 
Elective
BCMB 620
BCMB 625
 
Journal Club
Journal Club
Journal Club
 

 

• Candidacy examination proposal abstracts due by the middle of spring term.

• Journal clubs: Protein Structure and Function (BCMB 606A), Metals and Membranes (BCMB 606B), Molecular Parasitology (BCMB 606C), Signal Transduction (Cell 606C).

Specific information...

BMB Graduate Program
Graduate Faculty
Applying to OHSU
Graduate Courses
Course Timeline

The BMB Graduate Program Director: David Farrens, Ph.D., farrensd at ohsu.edu or 503-494-0583.

The BMB Graduate Student Coordinator, Jeni Wroblewski, wroblews@ohsu.edu or 503-494-2541.

You can request a brochure and a graduate studies application via our materials request form,
or you can also write us at the BMB address on the left.

 


For more information about the graduate studies program please contact the graduate program director David Farrens, Ph.D., (farrensd at ohsu.edu). Other inquiries can be dircted to Guy Super, department administrator, at superg@ohsu.edu.
Last modified: November 6, 2007.