TrainingCancer Biology Training Program
The goal of the Cancer Biology Training Program (CBTP) is to provide an interdisciplinary training environment for pre-doctoral students who wish to pursue a career in cancer research.
CBTP faculty are members of the IU Simon Cancer Center, a matrix organization with an extensive range of cancer efforts and activities. Faculty preceptors represent the Departments of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Cellular & Integrative Physiology, Medicine, Microbiology & Immunology, Medical & Molecular Genetics, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Pediatrics, Pharmacology & Toxicology, Surgery, and Urology.
Ongoing NIH-, ACS-, and DOD-funded research programs are focused in Breast Cancer, Hematopoiesis, Microbiology and Immunology, Experimental and Developmental Therapeutics, Cancer Prevention and Control, and Tumor Microenvironment and Metastases.
The CBTP is designed to enhance the training received in any individual laboratory or department. Trainees are exposed to a broad range of cancer-related research encompassing both basic and clinical aspects of the disease. CBTP pre-doctoral students fulfill the requirements of their individual basic science departments and complete the cancer biology minor. Pre-doctoral CBTP trainees attend both a basic science and a clinical seminar series, cosponsored by the IU Simon Cancer Center, and participate and present in the monthly meeting of trainees and in the IU Simon Cancer Center's annual Cancer Research Day.
Support for training pre-doctoral students isprovided by the IU Simon Cancer Center. These CBTP stipends are available on a competitive basis for trainees conducting their research in the laboratory of a CBTP preceptor.
For additional information about the Cancer Biology Training Program, please see the menu of options to the left. If questions remain, please contact Dr. Hari Nakshatri at hnakshat@iupui.edu or 278-2238.
The application deadline is May 17, 2013.