Sackler Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences
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The Sackler Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences at the NYU School of Medicine is a division of the Graduate School of Arts and Science of New York University, leading to the Ph.D. degree and, in coordination with The Medical Scientist Training Program, combined M.D./Ph.D. degrees. The Institute sets the policies for its admissions, curriculum, stipend levels, student evaluations and Ph.D. requirements.
In The Chronicle of Higher Education's 2007 Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index, the Sackler Institute ranked as the number 8 Biomedical Sciences program, nationally. Four of the Sackler Institute's programs also ranked in the top ten of their respective disciplines.
In their first year, all students take half of their course work in a core curriculum (biochemistry, cellular and molecular biology, cell signaling, bio-informatics and genetics) and the remainder in a wide variety of electives. First year students are also required to complete at least 3 three-month lab rotations. By the end of the first year, students must select a thesis mentor and program. Then, after becoming a member of a specific program, students must meet the academic requirements of that program. At the end of the second year, Sackler students must also pass qualifying examinations before moving on to thesis research.
The average time to degree at the Sackler Institute is 5.4 years.
The Sackler Institute’s faculty consists of >180 faculty members at the Medical Center whose appointments are in basic science or clinical departments, as well as associated faculty located at the main campus (Applied Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Sciences, Center for Neural Science and Physics).
In The Chronicle of Higher Education's 2007 Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index, the Sackler Institute ranked as the number 8 Biomedical Sciences program, nationally. Four of the Sackler Institute's programs also ranked in the top ten of their respective disciplines.
Curriculum
Sackler Institute's degree programs are:- Biomedical Imaging
- Cell & Molecular Biology
- Computational Biology
- Developmental Genetics
- Parasitology
- Microbiology
- Molecular Oncology & Immunology
- Molecular Pharmacology
- Neuroscience & Physiology
- Pathobiology
- Stem Cell Biology
- Structural Biology
In their first year, all students take half of their course work in a core curriculum (biochemistry, cellular and molecular biology, cell signaling, bio-informatics and genetics) and the remainder in a wide variety of electives. First year students are also required to complete at least 3 three-month lab rotations. By the end of the first year, students must select a thesis mentor and program. Then, after becoming a member of a specific program, students must meet the academic requirements of that program. At the end of the second year, Sackler students must also pass qualifying examinations before moving on to thesis research.
The average time to degree at the Sackler Institute is 5.4 years.
Facilities
The Sackler Institute is housed at the Langone Medical Center, which also houses the NYU School of Medicine, Tisch Hospital, the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine and the Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine.The Sackler Institute’s faculty consists of >180 faculty members at the Medical Center whose appointments are in basic science or clinical departments, as well as associated faculty located at the main campus (Applied Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Sciences, Center for Neural Science and Physics).
Faculty
- Rodolfo LlinasRodolfo LlinásRodolfo R. Llinás PhD is a neuroscientist. He is presently the Thomas and Suzanne Murphy Professor of Neuroscience and Chairman of the department of Physiology & Neuroscience at the NYU School of Medicine...
, Professor of Neuroscience and Physiology - Martin J. BlaserMartin J. BlaserMartin J. Blaser, MD is the Frederick H. King Professor of Internal Medicine, Chairman, Department of Medicine, and Professor of Microbiology at New York University School of Medicine. He is an established researcher in microbiology and infectious diseases...
, Professor, M.D., 1973, established the Foundation for Bacteria