• CMB provides students the opportunity to work with more than 170 CMB faculty trainers in over 40 different departments, on a campus known for interdepartmental cooperation and collaboration.
  
  
• Faculty trainers and students are arranged in ten research Focus Groups based on common scientific interests and strengths of the Program.

Cancer Biology
Cell Adhesion & Cytoskeleton
Developmental Biology
Immunology
Membrane Biology & Protein Trafficking
Molecular and Genome Biology of Microbes
Plant Biology
RNA
Transcriptional Mechanisms
Virology

• Due to the diverse nature of most research areas and the cross-fertilization among Focus Groups, many faculty and students participate in the activities of multiple Focus Groups.
  
  
• In fact, most CMB faculty trainers have designated a primary and a secondary Focus Group affiliation. These affiliations are indicated in two ways:
  1. In the listing above, each faculty trainer will be included based on their Primary and Secondary Focus Group affiliations
  2. Primary and Secondary affiliations will also be noted on the trainer’s individual listing found on the faculty directory page.
• The Focus Groups, while not formalized by departmental assignments, function through the participation of students and faculty at regular presentations, and by the participation of the faculty on Thesis Committees of many students in the group.
  
  
• The Focus Group structure allows students to explore the breadth of research across campus while accessing the expertise of each individual trainer.