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Applying
to the Lab:
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Chapel Hill has a terrific scientific environment and the area is
widely
viewed as a great place
to live [1]
[2] [3] [4].
We've got a fast growing C. elegans community
and
an exceptionally strong cytoskeletal
dynamics community in the area.
The lab is well equipped for standard techniques and is very
well equipped for live microscopic imaging. People in the lab
generally work more independently than in typical
cell,
molecular, and development labs, producing a lab environment that is
diverse,
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Postdoc
applicants
A
postdoctoral position is currently available. If you are considering
applying, please contact Bob as early as possible to begin discussing
your ideas
for
projects. Projects that further develop current lines of work in the
lab are
suitable, but so are projects that address completely unrelated
questions -- so
long as the lab is well-equipped for what you'd like to pursue.
Postdocs in the
lab do independent projects, although in a lively and interactive
atmosphere, with continual input from Bob and the rest of the lab.
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Grad
school applicants
Students apply to UNC's Biological & Biomedical
Sciences Program, a flexible program that allows students
to
do lab rotations in medical school departments as well as in
Biology during their first year. Students in this program join a
department after the first year, and for most students who join the
lab, this department will be Biology. All admitted students are
guaranteed funding support for five
years from the program and from lab grants. The lab
is also associated with three training programs
that contribute to funding existing students.
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Undergraduate applicants
We
do basic
research that identifies new mechanisms in cell and developmental
biology. The lab takes on one undergraduate at a time, starting at the
middle of their junior year or earlier, for intensive training to carry
out an independent research project. We are especially interested in
training students who can commit to conducting research each semester
until graduation and students who are considering pursuing research as
a career. Research can be conducted for course credit during fall and
spring, and funding is often available to support full-time paid
research for the summer. To apply, please read the Biology Department's
undergraduate
research pages and send a resume to Bob Goldstein. |
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