The Program in Biomedical Sciences (PIBS)

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PIBS requirements for first year students are flexible--thus allowing students to concentrate on research rotations and the selection of laboratories. Students design course schedules compatible with training programs in which they are interested and begin recommended coursework based on the guidance of faculty academic advisors.

PIBS Curriculum Guide

Core Course Requirements & Descriptions for Affiliated Ph.D. Programs - Updated 8-29-2007

Course Syllabi

PIBS 501-503
Cell Biology 530
Human Genetics 541
Biological Chemistry 550

Registration (for current PIBS students)

Wolverine Access

2007-2008 PIBS Deadlines and Due Dates (for current PIBS students)

July
2	Rotations begin for July start students
5	Mentor selection(s) due (at the latest)

August
24	Immunology Student Picnic
24-25	BioChem Retreat, Kellogg Biological Station, Gull Lake
27-28	PIBS Orientations
27-29	PIBS Academic Advising for Fall Students
30	Bioinformatics Kick-Off Event
30	PIBS Welcome Meeting
30	PIBS Welcome Picnic, Island Park
31	Rackham Orientation, Rackham Auditorium

September
4	Fall Classes Begin;DEADLINE for beginning fall rotations
4	CMB 27th Annual Symposium & Poster Session
5	MIP Fall Welcome
7	Microbiology & Immunology Fall Picnic
10	CMB Student Seminar: First Session
11	Pharmacology Retreat, Michigan League
14	Fall Registration worksheet and rotation advisor selections due (at the latest)
14-16	CDB Departmental Retreat, Kellogg Biological Station
16	MIP Department Fall Picnic
20	Fall Awards Ceremony
27	125 Years of Physiology at Michigan, BSRB
28	MIP Graduate Research Day BSRB
28-29	Human Genetics Retreat

October
23	CMB/HG Short Course: W. James Nelson, Stanford University
29	CMB/HG Short Course: Lee Niswander, University of Colorado
30	Optional second half rotation begins

November
6	CMB/HG Short Course: M. Angela Nieto, Inst. Neuroscience
9	Molecular & Cellular Pathology Research Symposium
13	CMB/HG Short Course: Eric G. Neilson, Vanderbilt University

December
14	Winter registration worksheet and rotation advisor selections due

Winter Term 2008
Jan. 2	Classes begin; deadline for beginning winter rotations
Feb. 25	Optional second half rotation advisor selections DUE
Feb. 8-10 / Mar. 7-9	PIBS Recruitment Weekends
Apr. 16-18	Spring rotation OR thesis mentor selection (Students who began on July 2, 2007 should declare a mentor and departmental affiliation at this time.)

Spring Term 2008
Apr. 29	DEADLINE for beginning spring rotations or permanent departments (at the latest)
Jun. 4	Thesis mentor selections due for those students who began on September 4, 2007

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