Training Opportunities in Virology in Madison

The faculty of the MVP have a long tradition of commitment and excellence in training graduate students and postdoctoral researchers. Currently there are over 140 doctoral and postdoctoral trainees in the Madison Virology Program. The Virology Faculty receive approximately 9 million dollars in extramural support from various agencies including the National Institutes of Health. In addition there are a number of NIH training grants available both to doctoral and postdoctoral trainees. All members of the Madison Virology Program participate in the weekly Molecular Virology Seminar Series in which trainees, faculty and invited outside virologists speak. Trainees can choose from a number of excellent graduate courses in virology. The training opportunities represent extraordinary breadth in virology research yet the cohesive program provides a highly interactive community with common interests.

Postdoctoral Training Opportunities: Postdoctoral training opportunities are available in most laboratories participating in the MVP. Interested candidates should contact the individual faculty directly. A number of postdoctoral traineeships are available from an NIH-funded postdoctoral training grant.

Graduate Student Training: There are several mechanisms by which students interested in a Ph.D. degree in virology may obtain admission to graduate school. Most Madison Virology program faculty are members of the Cell and Molecular Biology Program (http://www.cmb.wisc.edu).Virology is one of eight focus areas of the interdisciplinary CMB graduate program. Students who matriculate through CMB have the broadest choice of virology labs from which to choose to do their training.

Other graduate programs with virology faculty clusters include: Biochemistry which has an emphasis in structure and function (http://www.biochem.wisc.edu) Microbiology which has an emphasis in pathogenesis (http://www.microbiology.wisc.edu), Oncology which has an emphasis in tumor virology and virus cell interactions (http://mcardle.Oncology.wisc.edu), Plant Pathology which has an emphasis in plant viruses (http://www.plantpath.wisc.edu), and the School of Veterinary Medicine which has an emphasis on the pathogenesis of animal as well as human viruses (http://www.vetmed.wisc.edu/vetweb/default.aspx?tabid=30&tabindex=0).