Current Member Resources
Important Forms and Documents for Current Trainees
- Trainee Requirements for Certificate
- Rotation and Lab Selection Guidance
- Lab Selection Form
- Internship Approval Form
- Graduate Certificate webpage (guide and form for certificate in Protein Biotechnology)
- Individual Development Plan (IDP) Help
- Trainer Guidelines Jan 2022
Funding Statement
- Please use this language in publications to acknowledge the support of the NIH and NIGMS:
- “Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under award number T32GM008336”
Program Guidelines
Requirements for a graduate certificate in Protein Biotechnology:
- Complete three laboratory rotations
- Participate regularly throughout WSU career in monthly Forum meetings, annual Symposia, and other program events
- Successfully complete an external biotech internship
- Finish required courses, which often also count towards a Ph.D. degree:
- Protein Biotechnology − MPS/MBIOS/CHE 574 (3 cr)
- General Biochemistry I − MBIOS 513 (3 cr)
- 3 specifically titled 1-credit modules from Topics in Biomedical Experimentation – 564
- Responsible Conduct in Research (1 cr), listed as a module in “BIOMEDSCI 564”
- Experimental Design (1 cr), listed as a module in “BIOMEDSCI 564”
- Biomedical Ethics (1 cr), listed as “PHIL 564”
- Finish one of the available elective courses:
- Cellular Bioengineering – BIO_ENG 550 (3 cr)
- Biochemical Engineering – CH E 560 (3 cr)
- Biofilms – CH E 581 (3 cr)
- Molecular Dynamics Simulations for Bioengineers – CHE 581-07
- Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry − CHEM 543 (3 cr)
- Reaction Enzyme Mechanisms − CHEM 544 (3 cr)
- Special Topics and Projects in Electron Microscopy – E MIC 586/587 (3 cr)
- Postharvest Biology and Technology – HORT 518 (3 cr)
- Cell Biology – MBIOS 501 (3 cr)
- Advanced Molecular Biology − MBIOS 503 (3 cr)
- General Biochemistry II − MBIOS 514 (3 cr)
- Immunology − MBIOS 540 (3 cr)
- General Virology − MBIOS 542 (3 cr)
- Bioinformatics − MBIOS 578 (3 cr)
- Plant Molecular Genetics − MPS 525 (3 cr)
- Molecular Genetics of Plant and Pathogen Interactions – PL P 535 (3 cr)
- Design and Analysis of Biomedical Experiments – VET_PH 505 (3 cr)
- General and Cellular Physiology − VET_PH 555 (3 cr)
Participating Departments
- Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering
- Molecular Plant Sciences
- Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology
- School of Molecular Biosciences
- Department of Chemistry
- Immunology and Infectious Disease (VMP and Allen SGAH)
