Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences

Dissertation Writing Groups

The Office of Graduate Diversity Initiatives’ (@ogdiuf) dissertation writing groups is a great opportunity to get serious about writing! The deadline to register and join a group is on January […]

BMS Student Places 2nd in University Three Minute Thesis Competition

Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Three Minute Thesis (3MT) is a research communication competition developed by the University of Queensland in Australia. It challenges graduate students to make a compelling presentation […]

Save the Dates: 2nd Annual Distinguished Lecture Series

The Distinguished Lecture Series is an initiative developed by students in the Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences. The aim of this event is to bring prominent researchers to UF to […]

Varsha Sundaresan Wins 2018 Alec Courtelis Award

Varsha Sundaresan, member of the Lei Zhou laboratory and Cancer Biology concentration won 2nd place in the UF competition for the Alec Courtelis Outstanding International Student Award. Dear UFIC Community, […]

Society grant-funded symposium on translational cell biology a huge success

The Sunshine State made good on its name on a clear, late September day as over 160 scientists at all career stages from across the state of Florida and beyond […]

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Program Mission: Scholarship & Research

The mission of the Biomedical Sciences program is to provide a predoctoral educational experience that will train experimentalists and scholars for a wide range of careers.

The educational goals are to promote biological literacy by providing core and advanced curricula covering key chemical, biological and genetic principles using molecular, cellular and physiological approaches, and to promote scholarship in biomedical science through mentored, original research.