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Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Neurosciences
The Department of Neurobiology no longer maintains its own PhD Program. Students entering laboratories of faculty in the Department are primarily admitted through the Neuroscience Interdepartmental Program (NSIDP). The NSIDP is one of eighteen Graduate Programs in Biosciences at UCLA. The NSIDP has an independent admissions process and an independent curriculum, but all programs share some of the administrative structures.
Neurobiology Faculty are actively involved in all teaching and educational activities of this graduate program and, in particular, play a leadership role in the “Focused Areas of Research” (FARs), including “Learning and Memory,” “Neural Development, Degeneration and Repair,” and “Synapses, Cells, and Circuits.” Please consult the website and do not hesitate to contact Dr. Felix Schweizer, Director of the Neurosciences IDP and Vice-Chair for Education (felixs@ucla.edu) or Ms. Jenny Lee, Graduate Advisor (jenniferl@mednet.ucla.edu) for further information.
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NEUROBIOLOGY 199 CONTRACT INSTRUCTIONS
Departmental 199's are a 'next step' in pursuing undergraduate research. Although the specific rules and prerequisites for 199's vary by department, the 199 in general is intended as an upper-division research course that allows students to work on an independent research project under the guidance of a faculty mentor. Many students choose to pursue 199s in the labs that they previously participated in 99s with, but this is not necessarily a requirement to enroll in a 199. Review the syllabus for additional expectations and always review the impact a NEURBIO 199 will have with your Departmental Major academic advising staff.
Step 1. Print off Neurobiology 199 contract from MyUCLA.
Step 2. Print and attach lab safety test certification to your contract before turning in.
Step 3. Get your Faculty Mentor to sign the MyUCLA contract.
Step 4. For the Neurobiology Chair’s Signature, email your signed MyUCLA contract to the Neurobiology Department Chair’s Assistant, Ms. Catherine Weston (CWeston@mednet.ucla.edu) and allow up to 24-48 hours for processing. You will receive an email once the contract is signed by the Chair of the Neurobiology Department.
Step 5. Submit your 199 contract to the Registrar’s Office via MyUCLA Message Center before Friday at 4:00pm of Week 2 to be enrolled. Contracts enrolled after Friday of Week 2 are subject to a Late Add fee. Review your Study List to confirm that you have been enrolled in the contract course.
Graduate Programs in the Biosciences (GPB)
Graduate Programs in Bioscience is a consortium of 11 home areas and their affiliated PhD programs, organized to provide the best possible research training and professional development for graduate students pursuing PhDs in the life and biomedical sciences.
UCLA/Caltech Medical Science Training Program (MSTP)
MSTP students entering through the David Geffen School of Medicine must join a GPB home area and will be subject to requirements of that Program as modified by agreements between the MSTP program and the home area.