The Molecular Immunology & Microbiology (MIM) discipline offers Ph.D. students a unique training experience in research areas involving molecular, cellular, and systems analyses of the immune system in both health and disease, with particular emphases on microbial infections, autoimmunity and cancer. The primary goal of the MIM discipline is to train immunologists and microbiologists to enter successful careers in academia, industry or government.
Our curriculum is designed to provide students with the fundamental concepts, problem solving skills, and advanced insights necessary to navigate successfully through their research projects.
Acceptance into the IBMS program requires a bachelor's degree with a final GPA of 3.0 or above and 3 letters of recommendation
Dynamic, well-funded faculty from numerous basic science and clinical departments with common research interests.
Investigators use multi-disciplinary approaches to solve a wide variety of biomedical problems, often resulting in important outcomes that translate into important clinical insights.
Students receive a stipend of $30,000. Tuition, fees, and basic student health insurance are covered by the program.
Typical graduates fill postdoctoral research positions in universities, biotech or pharmaceutical companies, or government research laboratories before pursuing their first independent professional position.
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Molecular Immunology & Microbiology is a discipline of the Ph.D. in Integrated Biomedical Sciences program.
Students receive a stipend of $30,000. Tuition, fees, and basic student health insurance are covered by the program.
Graduation, student, faculty and institutional statistics for the Integrated Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program.
Nu Zhang, Ph.D.
Molecular Immunology and Microbiology Discipline Director
210-567-3973
zhangn3@uthscsa.edu
Elizabeth Spillmann, M.Ed.
Molecular Immunology and Microbiology Discipline Coordinator
210-567-3952
spillmanne@uthscsa.edu
Michael Berton, Ph.D
IBMS Program Director
berton@uthscsa.edu
Donna Navarro, MS
IBMS Assistant Director
navarrod3@uthscsa.edu
"I feel comfortable asking any faculty member for help in experiments beyond my area of expertise and my peers in other labs are a constant source of help in, and outside, the lab."Sergio Cepeda, 4th year student