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Program Information
Program Co-Directors: Doug Soltis and Maurice Swanson
Program Coordinator: Samantha Brooks
The University of Florida Genetics Institute is a multi-college, multi-faceted research center which offers the a degree program leading to the Ph.D. in Genetics and Genomics. Minimum requirements for this degree are available in the Graduate Degrees section of this catalog.
What defines the Genetics & Genomics Graduate Program is the philosophy that good geneticists are integrative geneticists, who incorporate many different subfields of genetics into their work. Accordingly, faculty interests and graduate research opportunities include a wide range of areas: advances in gene therapy, understanding the maintenance of genetic variation, understanding plant immune responses, developing improved algorithms for identifying regulatory motifs in DNA sequences, and the challenges of bioethics to strategies for controlling malaria. Due to the fundamental nature of genetics in the life sciences, our training program is distributed across several colleges at UF, including but not limited to the College of Medicine, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the College of Agricultural and the Life Sciences, and the Florida Museum of Natural History.
Graduate Program Overview
First Year:
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PCB 5065 | Advanced Genetics | 4 |
| GMS 6231 | Genomics and Bioinformatics | 3 |
| GMS 5905 | Special Topics in Biomedical Sciences | 1-4 |
| BCH 6415 | Advanced Molecular and Cell Biology | 3 |
| GMS 6221 | Ethics in Genetics | 1 |
| GMS 6290 | Genetics/Genomics Program Graduate Seminar (begins in the first semester and continues throughout students’ graduate careers) | 1 |
| ANG 7979 | Advanced Research | 1-12 |
The first year core training is the research rotation program, in which students “rotate” through three labs in a minimum of two colleges. Rotations are critical to selecting a graduate advisor: they provide a hands-on opportunity to participate in the research being conducted in a lab, and a mutual opportunity to evaluate fit between advisor and prospective student.
Second Year:
- Individual program of courses and requirements is developed in consultation with major professor and dissertation committee
Admission Standards: Prospective students should have strong backgrounds in biology and other hard sciences. Exceptional students with other backgrounds will also be considered. The research statement required as part of the application has a particularly important part in the admissions decision. Each applicant must describe his/her research interests, so that Graduate Faculty can evaluate knowledge of the discipline, fit to the program, and ability to articulate and motivate an interesting research problem. The required Letters of Recommendation are also extremely important in helping identify applicants with exceptional aptitude for genetics, and with research experience and promise.
Contact the Genetics and Genomics Graduate Program by email, UFGI-Info@ad.ufl.edu or by phone, 352-273-8100.
For more information, visit our website: http://www.ufgi.ufl.edu.
Degrees Offered with a Major in Genetics and Genomics
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Doctor of Philosophy - Clinical and Translational Science
Requirements for these degrees are given in the Graduate Degrees section of this catalog.
Genetics and Genomics (Medicine) Courses
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| AGR 6322 | Advanced Plant Breeding | 3 |
| ANG 6532 | Molecular Genetics of Disease | 3 |
| ANG 7979 | Advanced Research | 1-12 |
| ANG 7980 | Research for Doctoral Dissertation | 1-15 |
| BCH 6415 | Advanced Molecular and Cell Biology | 3 |
| BCH 7410 | Advanced Gene Regulation | 1 |
| CAP 5510 | Bioinformatics | 3 |
| CAP 5515 | Computational Molecular Biology | 3 |
| CIS 6930 | Special Topics in CIS | 3 |
| COT 5405 | Analysis of Algorithms | 3 |
| FOR 6934 | Topics in Forest Resources and Conservation | 1-4 |
| FOR 7979 | Advanced Research | 1-12 |
| FOR 7980 | Research for Doctoral Dissertation | 1-15 |
| GMS 6012 | Human Genetics | 1 |
| GMS 6013 | Developmental Genetics | 1 |
| GMS 6014 | Applications of Bioinformatics to Genetics | 1 |
| GMS 6015 | Human Genetics II | 1 |
| GMS 6920 | Genetics Journal Colloquy | 1 |
| GMS 7979 | Advanced Research | 1-12 |
| GMS 7980 | Research for Doctoral Dissertation | 1-15 |
| HOS 6201 | Breeding Perennial Cultivars | 3 |
| PCB 5065 | Advanced Genetics | 4 |
| PCB 5615 | Molecular Evolution and Systematics | 4 |
| PCB 6528 | Plant Cell and Developmental Biology | 3 |
| PCB 7979 | Advanced Research | 1-12 |
| PCB 7980 | Research for Doctoral Dissertation | 1-15 |
| STA 5325 | Fundamentals of Probability | 3 |
| STA 5328 | Fundamentals of Statistical Theory | 3 |
| STA 6166 | Statistical Methods in Research I | 3 |
| STA 6167 | Statistical Methods in Research II | 3 |
| STA 6208 | Basic Design and Analysis of Experiments | 3 |
| STA 6329 | Matrix Algebra and Statistical Computing | 3 |
| STA 6934 | Special Topics in Statistics | 1-4 |
| STA 7979 | Advanced Research | 1-12 |
| STA 7980 | Research for Doctoral Dissertation | 1-15 |
| ZOO 6927 | Special Topics in Zoology | 1-4 |
| ZOO 7979 | Advanced Research | 1-12 |
| ZOO 7980 | Research for Doctoral Dissertation | 1-15 |
College of Medicine Courses
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| GMS 5905 | Special Topics in Biomedical Sciences | 1-4 |
| GMS 6001 | Fundamentals of Biomedical Sciences I | 5 |
| GMS 6003 | Fundamentals of Graduate Research and Professional Development | 1 |
| GMS 6004 | IDP Practical Laboratory | 2 |
| GMS 6008 | Fundamentals of Physiology and Functional Genomics | 2 |
| GMS 6009 | Principles of Drug Action and Therapeutics | 3 |
| GMS 6090 | Research in Medical Sciences | 1-10 |
| GMS 6096 | Introduction to NIH Grant Writing for Biomedical Sciences | 1 |
| GMS 6160 | Introduction to Oral Biology I | 2 |
| GMS 6161 | Introduction to Oral Biology II | 2 |
| GMS 6193 | Research Conference in Oral Biology | 1-3 |
| GMS 6405 | Fundamentals of Endocrine Physiology | 1 |
| GMS 6406 | Fundamentals of Pulmonary/Respiratory Physiology | 1 |
| GMS 6408 | Fundamentals of Renal Physiology | 1 |
| GMS 6411 | Fundamentals of Cardiovascular Physiology | 1 |
| GMS 6415 | Fundamentals of Gastrointestinal Physiology | 1 |
| GMS 6491 | Journal Club in Physiology | 1 |
| GMS 6780 | Addiction: Neuroscience and Trends | 3 |
| GMS 6845 | Clinical & Translational Research Practicum | 3 |
| GMS 6865 | Quantitative Literacy for Translational Research | 2 |
| GMS 6875 | Ethical and Policy Issues in Clinical Research | 2 |
| GMS 6895 | CTS Journal Club | 1 |
| GMS 6903 | Manuscript and Abstract Writing for Clinician/Scientists | 2 |
| GMS 6905 | Independent Studies in Medical Sciences | 1-10 |
| GMS 6910 | Supervised Research | 1-5 |
| GMS 6940 | Supervised Teaching | 1-5 |
| GMS 6971 | Research for Master's Thesis | 1-15 |
| GMS 7093 | Introduction to Clinical and Translational Research | 2 |
| GMS 7877 | Responsible Conduct of Biomedical Research | 1 |
| GMS 7944 | Practicum in Biomedical Science Education | 3 |
| GMS 7950 | Fundamentals of Biomedical Science Education | 2 |
| GMS 7979 | Advanced Research | 1-12 |
| GMS 7980 | Research for Doctoral Dissertation | 1-15 |