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Career
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| Chapel Hill has a
terrific scientific
environment, and it's a
great place to live [1]
[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
[8]. We've got an exceptionally
strong cytoskeletal
dynamics
community and a growing C. elegans
community. The lab is well
equipped for standard
techniques and especially
well equipped for
microscopy, with plenty of
access to live fluorescence
imaging microscopes
(including two spinning disk
confocals in the lab).
People in the lab generally
work more independently than
in typical cell, molecular,
and development labs,
resulting in a lab
environment that is diverse,
interactive, intellectually
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Postdoc applicants
A
postdoc position is currently
available. If you are
considering applying, please contact
Bob as early as possible to begin
discussing your ideas for projects.
Postdocs
in
the lab usually steer their own
independent projects, although in a
lively and interactive atmosphere,
with frequent input from the whole
lab. 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 you'd be well-equipped here
for what you'd like to pursue.
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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 any
lab in Biology and/or medical school
departments 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
at least five years (the typical
length of a PhD) from the program
and from the lab's grants.
The lab is also associated with multiple 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 - because creative work aimed
at understanding fundamental
mechanisms is a
fascinating, constructive addiction,
and because it's
important. The lab usually takes
on only 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 continue research during
the summer in
a full-time paid position. To apply,
please read the Biology Department's undergraduate research
pages and send a resume to Bob
Goldstein.
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