Lab Rotations
During the first year, students will be required to complete two or three laboratory rotations according to their interest. Laboratory rotations may be for a full semester or 10 weeks for students that choose to do three rotations. Students doing rotations will need to enroll in the laboratory rotation course. If a student has not chosen a major professor after two semesters, they may enroll in an additional summer rotation. Rotations have several purposes. The foremost is to help the students choose a compatible major professor and an exciting research project. A second purpose is for students to develop necessary technical skills. Students will be evaluated by the host professor and the Graduate Advisor will assign a grade to each student at the end of the semester.
The Graduate Student Advisor (or another designated member of the committee) will serve as course director for laboratory rotations. Early in the Fall semester of each year the course director will contact all program faculty and arrange for interested faculty to give brief presentations of their research to incoming students. Students will then consult with individual faculty that interest them and arrange for a rotation. The student will submit a rotation form cosigned by the sponsoring faculty to the course director within two weeks of the beginning of the semester.
Cancer Biology Ph.D. Program
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, MRC-4 East
12902 Magnolia Drive
Tampa, Florida 33612
Phone: 813-745-6876
E-mail: CancerPHD@moffitt.org
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