Recognizing the need for highly trained scientists conversant across disciplines, the University of Washington and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have collaborated to create an interdisciplinary research program, the Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate Program (MCB).

For more than 15 years, MCB has combined the strengths of the FHCRC together with ten top UW departments --from Biochemistry to Pharmacology-- in order to foster an innovative and flexible graduate training program.

Joined recently by the Institute for Systems Biology and the Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, MCB offers a broad range of opportunities for research in all areas of biomedical science.

Domestic Applications: All MCB Program application materials must be submitted online by December 1.

International Applications: All required application materials must be received in Graduate Admissions Office by November 1. The MCB Program application must be complete and submitted online by November 1.

For more information on how to apply, see our Applications page.

Dissertation Announcements

Daniella Bianchi-Frias
Nelson Lab, will defend her dissertation titled "Studies of Normal Variation and the Aged Microenvironment in the Prostate: Implication for Prostate Cancer"
Date: Thursday, December 10, 2009
Time: 2:00 PM
Location: Pelton Auditorium, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Helena Christiansen
Peter Byers Lab, will defend her dissertation titled "Fibrillar Collagens and Their Chaperones in Disease: A Tale of Kinky Tails and Brittle Bones"
Date: Thursday, December 10, 2009
Time: 12:00 PM
Location: T-739, Magnuson Health Sciences Center

Ashwin Unnikrishnan
Tsukiyama Lab, will defend his dissertation titled "Dynamic Changes in Histone Acetylation Regulate Origins of DNA Replication"
Date: Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Time: 2:00 PM
Location: Pelton Auditorium, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

Sarah Mahoney,
Tapscott Lab, will defend her dissertation titled "DNA Methylation in Skeletal Muscle Development and Rhabdomyosarcoma"
Date: Monday, November 23, 2009
Time: 10:30 AM
Location: Pelton Auditorium, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

Michael Boyle
Berg Lab, will defend his dissertation titled "Temporal and spatial regulation of morphogenesis during Drosophila egg chamber development"
Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Time: 10:00 AM
Location: Aquatic & Fishery Sciences Auditorium/Room 102

Laura Sycuro
Salama Lab, will defend her dissertation titled "The Molecular Determinants of Helicobacter pylori's Cell Shape and their Role in Virulence"
Date: November 12, 2009
Time: 2:00 PM
Location: Pelton Auditorium, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Paul Grant
Moens Lab, will defend his dissertation titled "The Roles of Polarity in Zebrafish Facial Motor Neuron Migration"
Date: Thursday, October 15, 2009
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: Pelton Auditorium, Weintraub Building, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

Audrey McConnell
Stoddard Lab, successfully defended her dissertation titled "Engineering Gene Repair Reagents from the I-Anil Homing Endonuclease"
Date: Friday, September 11, 2009
Time: 2:30 PM
Location: Pelton Auditorium, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

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