DRB Program Overview

The DRB graduate curriculum is designed to provide students with a fundamental content expertise in cell and developmental biology, while emphasizing key transferrable skills necessary for rigorous and effective experimental analysis.  Traditional full semester courses in Cell Biology (CB201) and

DRB Overview
Developmental Biology (CB207) are complemented by a variety of short courses in experimental methods (DRB330), applied biology (CB309qc), and experimental design and analytics.  As you transition to full time thesis research, you can participate and present your work-in-progress at multiple DRB events, including the recruitment poster session, the annual retreat, and the student-faculty seminar series.  We support career and professional development training by career info-courses and many other resources offered through the GSAS Harvard Integrated Life Sciences (HILS) and Division of Medical Sciences (DMS) programs.