Graduate Programs and Facilities

The medical colleges at Michigan State University share the basic science departments, which have a large group of diversified faculty offering students well-developed research programs.  Graduate programs offered in the DO-PhD Program are: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Cell and Molecular Biology, Genetics, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Neuroscience, Pharmacology & Toxicology, and Physiology and the interdepartmental program Integrative Toxicological Sciences, Philosophy/Bioethics, Medical Anthropology, and Epidemiology. Other Ph.D. programs at MSU will be considered on an individual basis. Each of the basic science departments  has a large amount of space, some occupying entire buildings. The basic science departments contain laboratories featuring modern sophisticated equipment.  

The Research Technology Support Facility (RTSF) Cores provide technical and analytical support for Biomedical and Agricultural research at Michigan State University in Genomics, Structural Biology, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, and Mass Spectrometry. The RTSF Genomics Core provides single gene to genomic scale DNA sequencing services, DNA fingerprinting and genotyping, quantitative PCR, microarray printing and analysis.  The Macromolecular Structures Core conducts protein sequencing, HPLC purifications, and synthesizes custom oligonucleotide and peptides. The Proteomics Core offers high-throughput mass spectral protein identification and determination of protein expression patterns. The Mass Spectrometry Core uses an array of mass spectral techniques for small molecule identification as well as analyses and for Metabolomic profiling. The Bioinformatics Core has staff specialists who assist in the computational analysis and presentation of Genomic, Proteomic and other complex datasets.

The Macromolecular Computing Facility in the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology serves researchers within the department as well the larger MSU scientific community. Specially equipped to aid in the study and teaching of molecular structure determination, bioinformatics, and evolutionary and systems biology, the facility also serves as a gateway to advanced computing equipment, while offering several computers and programs for the development of more general graphical and office presentations.