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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]. 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,
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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.
We're especially well equipped for microscopy of living cells (with two
spinning disk confocals in the lab) and for direct manipulations of
embryonic cells, in addition to standard genetic and molecular
techniques.
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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 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 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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