Biological Chemistry About Us Our Science Giving People Faculty & Staff Graduate Students Postdoctoral Fellows Education Graduate Program Postdoctoral Education Medical Students Resources Graduate Program Home Research Biological Chemistry: Home Biological Chemistry: Education Biological Chemistry: Education > Graduate Program The Department of Biological Chemistry is proud of the accomplishments of all our students — from our first graduate, Itzak Fischer, PhD (1981), a molecular biologist who is chair of the Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy at Drexel University's College of Medicine, to our current students working on their doctoral degrees. Our graduates have gone on to hold faculty positions across the country as well as management positions in industry around the globe. We encourage alumni to stay and keep in touch with the department with any updates. Please contact our graduate program coordinator, Barbara Shainberg (bshainbe@uci.edu). For detailed information about our graduate program or direct admissions, please contact: Kyoko Yokomori, PhD, graduate advisor Barbara Shainberg, graduate program coordinator Graduate Program Information Biological Chemistry Graduate Student Handbook 2023-2024 (PDF) Biological Chemistry Graduate Student Directory 2023-2024 (PDF) Graduate Program in Cellular and Molecular Biosciences (CMB) First-Year Course Recommendations for CMB Graduate Program (PDF) Graduate Student Forms/Deadlines Graduate Division Filing Deadlines Dissertation/Advisement Committee Meeting Report (PDF) Conflict of Interest Policy (PDF) Course Offerings Current Topics in Cancer Genomics (BC207, offered spring quarter, course director Dr. Rémi Buisson. View the course catalogue) Epigenetics in Health and Disease (BC225/NB230, offered fall quarter in the odd year, course directors Dr. Marcelo A. Wood and Dr. Kyoko Yokomori. View the course catalogue.)