Molecular Biology Program -
Academic Freedom Statement
Statement from the Molecular Biology Program Regarding Academic Freedom and Conflict of Interest and How it Pertains to Graduate Student Education
The free and open exchange of ideas and results is an important feature of research in the Molecular Biology Program at the University of Utah. In this spirit, no graduate student should be assigned to a thesis research project where the results obtained will be unreasonably restricted from full public disclosure. Restrictions including intellectual property reviews and collaborator/corporate reviews of manuscripts are allowable under the auspices, where appropriate, of the Technology Transfer Office. Full public disclosure includes thesis committee meetings, presentations in formal and informal local seminars (research-in-progress meetings), local, national and international meetings, and appropriate publications. For further information please visit the Conflict of Interest web page for the University of Utah at: http://www.admin.utah.edu/ppmanual/2/2-30.html.