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Admission Requirements
Applicants are expected to have at least a
bachelor’s degree emphasizing biological or physical sciences with
courses in calculus, organic and physical chemistry, biochemistry,
genetics, and cellular and molecular biology. Results of the Graduate
Record Examination (GRE) General Test and TOEFL scores where necessary
must be submitted with the application. Results of the subject test in
biochemistry, cell, and molecular biology (B22) or biology (B24) is
advisable. Three letters of recommendation from former instructors or
research advisers must be submitted to the program chair.
Program Requirements
The “core” of this program is a specialized course
of study during the student’s first graduate year, which includes the
following:
• A year-long course,
The Molecular Biology of the Cell, taught by a selection of faculty from
the different departments;
• Five laboratory rotations of 10 to 12 weeks each pursuing
individually designed research projects in the laboratories of different
CMNS faculty members. (These rotations broaden students’ technical
skills and introduce them to dissertation research opportunities in the
laboratories of the individual faculty members.); and
• Twelve credit hours of course work determined by the
department with which the student is affiliated.
The program additionally allows the student to focus
on cellular biology, molecular biology, or neurobiology by
• Permitting students
to take half of their credit hours from CMNS-designated courses
irrespective of department;
• Designing the PhD qualifying examination with at least 50
percent cellular biology, molecular biology, or neurobiology material;
and
• Organizing a dissertation research committee to include CMNS
faculty members from any department when their expertise is relevant to
the student’s dissertation research.
Advanced course work (after completion of the
“core”) will be individually tailored to each student with advice
from the CMNS graduate committee and the student’s PhD committee. The
qualifying examination will be given jointly by the CMNS faculty and the
student’s department. The student then must complete an original
research project, write a dissertation on this research, and defend it
before his or her PhD committee.
CMNS faculty and students meet for biweekly research
seminars where both faculty and students present in-depth discussions of
their current projects and experimental problems. These seminars provide
intellectual stimulation, technical education, and mutual support to
enhance the research experience of CMNS students.
Selected Courses
Cell Biology
BOT 617 Biological Electron Microscopy (3)
BOT 674 Plant Growth and Development (3)
HORT 614 Cellular Genetics of Crops (3)
MICR 641 Ultrastructure of Cells (3)
MICR 655 Advanced Virology (3)
PMP 620 Plant Biochemistry (3)
REPR 603 Biology of Gametes, Fertilization, and Embryos (2)
Molecular Biology
BIOC 624 Protein Interactions (2)
BIOC 730 Phage, Plasmids, and Recombinant DNA (2)
BIOP 633 Nucleic Acids (2)
GENE 680 Molecular Genetics (3)
MICR 625 Advanced Immunology (3) MICR 661 Regulation of Gene Expressions
in Microorganisms (3)
MICR 671 Advanced Microbial Genetics (3)
PMP 673 Organization and Expression of the Plant Genome (3)
PMP 680 Methods in Plant Molecular Biology (3)
Neurobiology
PHRM 640 Neuropharmacology (2)
PHYL 606 Human Neurophysiology (2)
PHYL 607 Membrane Physiology (2)
PHYL 615 or ZOOL 615 Introduction to Axonology (3)
PHYL 642/642L or ZOOL 642/642L Cellular Neurophysiology (3)/Neurophysiology
Laboratory (2)
PSY 631 Comparative Psychology (3)
PSY 634 Physiological Psychology (3)
Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology
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2538 McCarthy Mall
Honolulu, HI 96822
Tel: (808) 956-4602
Fax: (808) 956-4707
Faculty
*R. G. Gillespie, PhD (Chair)--evolution and conservation of native
Hawaiian invertebrates
*L. Arita-Tsutsumi, PhD--behavioral ecology of insects
*S. K. Atkinson, PhD--reproductive biology of marine animals
*R. L. Cann, PhD--conservation genetics and molecular evolution
*G. D. Carr, PhD--plant biosystemics, cytogenetics, hybridization and
speciation
*S. Conant, PhD--conservation biology, life history and ecology of
Hawaiian birds
*C. C. Daehler, PhD--invasive plants, plant-insect interactions
*H. G. de Couet , PhD--developmental and molecular evolution
*L. A. Freed, PhD--evolutionary ecology, behavioral ecology and
conservation biology
*G. H. Goldstein, PhD--physiological plant ecology and terrestrial
ecology
*J. K. Grace, PhD--behavioral/chemical ecology of isoptera and urban
insects
*M. G. Hadfield, PhD--larval biology of marine invertebrates,
conservation and demography of Hawaiian tree snails
*D Haymer, PhD--molecular evolution
*J. A Hunt, PhD--molecular evolution
*V. P Jones, PhD--insect population ecology
*K. Y. Kaneshiro, PhD--sexual selection and biology of small populations
*S. C. Keeley, PhD--plant molecular systematics and evolution
*R. A. Kinzie, PhD--aquatic ecology, coral reefs, and tropical streams
*C. H. Lamoureux, PhD--biology of pteridophyte and tropical forest
ecology
*T. W. Lyttle, PhD--population genetics and chromosome evolution
*R. H. Messing, PhD--behavioral ecology of insect parasitoids and
biological control
*C. W. Morden, PhD--molecular systematics and evolution of plants and
algae
*J. D. Parrish, PhD--ecology of aquatic (marine) communities, fishery
biology
*M. A. Ridgley, PhD--human-environment systems analysis: modelling and
evaluation of social-environmental interactions
*G. K. Roderick, PhD--population biology, genetics and evolution
*C. M. Smith, PhD--physiological ecology of marine macrophytes, marine
ecology
*L. E. Sponsel, PhD--human ecology in tropical forests and deforestation
*J. S. Stimson, PhD--population ecology
*A. D. Taylor, PhD--population ecology
*A. Teramura, PhD--environmental stress physiology, global climate
change, ecosystem analysis and biodiversity
*L. Wester, PhD--plant geography, biogeography of islands, human-plant
relationships
*C. Womersley, PhD--environmental physiology, biochemical adaptation,
parisitology
*D. Woodcock, PhD--vegetation and climate
Affiliate Graduate Faculty
A. Allison, PhD--systematics and population biology
A. Asquith, PhD--insect systematics and conservation
W. W. Au, PhD--sensory biology of cetaceans
R. J. Cabin, PhD--experimental investigations of the ecological dynamics
of alien plant species invasions and native plant restoration efforts
within the Hawaiian Islands.
E. W. Campbell III, PhD--applied and basic herpetology, invasive species
management, conservation biology, and predator ecology
R. H. Cowie, PhD--evolutionary biology and conservation of land and
freshwater snails
N. L. Evenhuis, PhD--systematics and evolution of Diptera
J. Ewel, PhD--ecosystem processes in terrestrial communities
K. Ewel, PhD--wetland ecology and systems ecology
D. Foote, PhD--ecology and conservation of native Hawaiian insects
F. G. Howarth, PhD--evolutionary biology of cave ecosystems and insect
conservation
L. L. Loope, PhD--conservation biology, plant ecology
J. E. Maragos, PhD--human impact on marine ecosystems and coral reefs
S. E. Miller, PhD--systematics and biogeography, especially of
Lepidoptera
D. Ragone, PhD--Pacific Island ethnobotany, especially conservation and
use of traditional crops, focus on breadfruit
B. A.Wilcox, PhD--ecosystem conservation biology
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