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  1. Here's two cents from someone who did a Ph.D. in the Immunology program at Berkeley: I had a really great experience there. Yes, it's a small department, but the training program is excellent and the professors are very well regarded in the field. As several people have mentioned, Berkeley is much more student-oriented than Harvard, and in many ways the small size of the Immunology group was a plus--I got to know several professors very well, not just my own mentor, and benefited from their expertise (and recommendation letters!) throughout grad school. Also, with regard to 'virus guy's assertion that there is little Virology research being done at Berkeley--this just isn't true (maybe his info is out of date)? There are several Immuno professors doing virology (Laurent Coscoy, Dave Raulet) as well as several more professors (like Britt Glaunsinger and Jennifer Doudna) who are primarily in other departments but are affiliated with MCB/Immunology, so MCB grad students can work in their labs. With regard to the overall reputation of the program--all I can say is that I had no trouble getting a postdoc and am now at UCSF.
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