Biotech prep work gets certificate option

Dr. Milli Worku of the Department of Animal Sciences is leading a faculty team which was recently notified that it has received funding from USDA's Cooperative States Research, Education and Extension Service for a new program to prepare SAES graduate students for careers in biotechnology and genomics.



The new biotechnology and genomics program can enroll up to four graduate students at a time, and students accepted into the program will receive financial assistance. The program requires 15 hours of course work in biotechnology and genomics, but many students accepted into the program will be able to concurrently satisfy a majority of the 15-hour requirement with courses which also satisfy requirements for their master's concentrations. Those students in the biotechnology and genomics program working towards an M.S. that includes thesis credit will be required to choose a topic relevant to agricultural biotechnology or genomics. Students in the biotechnology and genomics program also will have to complete at least 25 hours of outreach activities in collaboration with The Cooperative Extension Program.



Drs. Benjamin Gray, Donald McDowell and C. W. Seo will be working with Dr. Worku as a faculty steering committee for the new biotechnology and genomics program. Faculty from all four SAES departments will be working as mentors for students accepted into the program. The broad-based faculty involvement in combination with the high-profile interest in biotechnology and genomics should quickly lead to new entrees for student research work, and internships with government agencies and biotech firms in the private sector.

Posted July 7, 2005 09:17 AM

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