Department of Developmental

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Graduate Programs in the School of Biological
Sciences, UC Irvine
R. Michael Mulligan, Prof. Associate Dean
Department of Developmental Cell Biology School
of Biological Sciences University of
California Irvine, CA 92697-2300
email rmmullig_at_uci.edu
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UC Irvine Minority Science Program Received
Presidential Award for Excellence NSF-PAESMEM
Organization Award
Strategic Interventions in K-12 to Graduate
Program
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Graduate Outreach Recruitment Retention Strategy
UCI Minority Graduate Research Conference
Promote UCI
Recruitment Weekends Perqs (Housing)
Recruit the Best Students
Competitive Edge Summer Program
Enriched Initial Experience
NIH-MBRS NIH Training Grants (T32) GAANN NSF
pre-doc
Continued Fellowship Support
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UCI Minority Graduate Research Conference in
Biomedical Sciences

• One day program to promote graduate
• research opportunities at UCI,
• advertised SACNAS, ABRCMS, Partnerships
• 100 participants from BS MS programs
• Travel funding for 12 students (San Francisco to
  Puerto Rico), students screened to match UCIs
  programs,
• Application, recruitment matriculation tracked
• Program Agenda Keynote Speaker, Tour, Faculty
  Luncheon, Faculty Student Panels, Grad Program
  Research Opportunities, Application

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Graduate Program Recruitment Weekends

• Th Dinner with Faculty
• Fri Orientation Overview
• Track Faculty Representatives
• Lunch- Faculty Grad Students
• Interview/Recruit with Faculty (3)
• Facilities Open House
• UCI Micro Array Facility Optical Biology Core
  Facility
• Robotic Facility Transgenic Mouse Facility
  NMR facility X-Ray Crystallography
• Integrated Nanosystems Research Facility
• Sat Poster Session
• Lunch
• Graduate Housing, Recreational Facilities
• Visit Local Beaches, Parks with Grad
  Students, Dinner with Students

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Competitive-Edge Summer Program in Biological
Sciences (NSF-AGEP/NIH-MBRS)

• Summer fellowships (15 students) prior to the
  1st quarter entering graduate program
• Group experience with peer cohort
• Advanced intro to UCI
• faculty, campus resources
• Acquisition of critical skills
• rotation in research lab
• journal club
• faculty lectures
• workshops
• Summer stipend
• Mentoring

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URM Graduate Recruitment in the School of
Biological Sciences
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URM Cohort Assessment Retention, Advancement to
Candidacy and Publication Record
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Continued Fellowship Support Pre- Post-doc
Training Grants in Bio Sci Medicine

• Project Title Pre-docs
  Post-docs
• Synthesis/Struct. Biol. Macromolecules 12
• Training Program in Neural Plasticity 3
• Develop Mechanisms in Congenital Defects 1 2
• Training Program in Cell and Mol Neurosci 4
• Biomedical Informatics Training Program
  20 6
• A Training Program In Carcinogenesis 4 8
• Molecular Biology of Eukaryotic Viruses 3
• Training in the Neurobiology of Aging 3 5
• GAANN Department of Education 5
• MBRS Program NIH-NIGMS 5
• Stem Cell Research Training Grant 8 4
• Training Grant in Exercise Science 6
• Immunology 3 1
• Medical Scientist Training Program 6
• Total 77 32

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NIH Training Grant ReportingMentor, Trainees,
Period Training _at_ UCI, on TG, Funding Sources
(Total period at UCI), Current Position
Title/Current Institution
Report of all trainees during the previous 10
year period 37 Training Faculty, 34 Post-doc
Trainees, 29 Pre-doc Trainees

• Carcinogenesis Training Grant PI Hung Fan
• Entry for Training Faculty Nancy Albritton
• Student UCI TG Prior Degree Funding
  Sources Current Position
• Gavin M. (Post) 98-03 11/98-9/00 Ph.D. NIH CA
  78858 Research and
• Stanford Univ. NCI 5 T32 CA09054
  Development
• NIH NS 39310 Scientist
• NIH CA 91216 Invitrogen,
• NIH GM 57015 San Diego, CA
• Joseph S. (Pre) 96-02 1/00-12/02 BS UC Irvine NCI
  5 T32 CA09054 Postdoc Fellow
• NIH NS 39310 Vollum Institute
• NIH GM 57015 HHMI Univ Oregon