Biotechnology

About the Program

The Designated Emphasis in Biotechnology (DEB) utilizes an experiential learning model to help doctoral students from 29 STEM disciplines develop an understanding of the “business of biotech” and acquire transferable professional skills in entrepreneurship, leadership, team science, project management and science communication. The DEB is an inter-graduate group program that allows Ph.D. students to receive and be credited for training in the area of biotechnology. The UCD Biotechnology Program is the administrative home for this program. The DEB brings together students and faculty from a wide array of STEM disciplines to create an educational ecosystem that promotes collaborative team science, effective science communication for diverse audiences, and an entrepreneurial mindset for tackling complex global challenges across human health, agriculture and the environment.  Currently, about 200 DEB students are drawn from 29 STEM graduate programs and close to 250 DEB faculty trainers provide research mentorship and training oversight for the program. 

Participating Graduate Programs

• Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry
• Animal Biology
• Biochemistry, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
• Biological Systems Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Biophysics
• Biostatistics
• Chemical Engineering
• Chemistry
• Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Computer Science
• Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Entomology
• Food Science
• Horticulture and Agronomy
• Immunology
• Integrative Genetics and Genomics
• Integrative Pathobiology
• Materials Science and Engineering
• Microbiology
• Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Physiology
• Neuroscience
• Nutritional Biology
• Pharmacology and Toxicology
• Plant Biology
• Plant Pathology
• Statistics

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