# Training in Cell and Molecular Biology

> **NIH NIH T32** · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · 2021 · $390,103

## Abstract

Abstract
The University of Virginia is consistently ranked within the top 3 public universities and has a traditional
strength in the areas of cell and molecular biology, where it had discoveries as central as the
mechanism of G-protein signaling, development of the histone code concept and the identification of
Map Kinase. For 35 years the interdisciplinary Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Program (CMB),
whose 86 faculty from 12 departments and three schools, has been bringing together the best
biomedical graduate students and faculty from across the grounds to generate a training forum that
complements classroom and laboratory experience. Students join an inclusive program in their second
year and remain associated with the program until they graduate. The training focuses on the second
and third years of Ph.D. training employing tools that guide students through the transition from class
knowledge to independent thinking and practical use of the scientific method. The CMB program
intensifies this transformative period by nurturing the students through a series of poster sessions, data
clubs, retreats, writing classes, mixers, and symposia to expose the students to outstanding multi-
disciplinary science from around the university. The program also builds professional skills through
mentor training, workshops on both scientific rigor and reproducibility and ethics, volunteer
opportunities in the Charlottesville community, and consistent exposure to emerging topics that affect
the biomedical community. Our goal is well rounded PhD trainees that can both employ the scientific
method to complex problems and also master the professional skills required for the numerous scientific
career choices of the 21st century. The past success of our trainees in both academic and nonacademic
scientific careers demonstrates that the CMB program prepares students to become leaders of
biomedical sciences.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10090229
- **Project number:** 1T32GM139787-01
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
- **Principal Investigator:** P. TODD STUKENBERG
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $390,103
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2021-07-01 → 2026-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10090229

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10090229, Training in Cell and Molecular Biology (1T32GM139787-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10090229. Licensed CC0.

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