Particular emphasis is placed on a combined education in these two disciplines for a better understanding of the regulatory mechanisms involved in cellular transformation and immunological cell response. Crossbreeding these disciplines allows development of entirely new approaches to studies of oncogenes and immunologicaly competent cells, while fostering the development of translational research in cancer. Uniquely, this program requires trainees to become proficient in the basics of both immunology and molecular oncology; students are then directed to focus in one of these two areas with strong emphasis on cancer-related projects. Thirty faculty members from the Departments of Pathology, Cell Biology, Biochemistry and Microbiology participate in this program.