Application for PhD in the Bruce Lab
Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver Canada
Deadline to apply: midnight Nov 15, 2024
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Please indicate your experience with any of the following:
Microinjection, such as CRISPR-Cas9 or RNAi
Working with embryos (harvesting, dissecting, manipulating, etc)
Working with your hands under a microscope
Working with invertebrates like millipedes, beetles, crustaceans, etc (formal or hobby)
PCR
Gel electrophoresis
RNA work (extraction, transcription, purification, etc)
Troubleshooting experiments when things aren't working
Imaging on a confocal microscope
Image processing with Adobe Photoshop or ImageJ
Bioinformatics (BLAST, CRISPR sgRNA design, transcriptome/genome assembly, etc)
Please describe any experience you have working in a molecular biology lab. Briefly describe the project, mentioning the skills you checked above. Please specify whether this was for a course or independent study in a research lab, how many months you worked, and what your role was in the project (400 words maximum)
Please list any scientific articles you have published. Indicate whether preprint or published, which journal, and whether you are 1st author or co-author. Note: Publications are not required. I understand that some fields (like evo-devo!) take longer to publish in
Number of times you have presented at a conference. Indicate poster or oral, and which conference
Have you taken an Evolution course or a Developmental Biology course? If so, what grade did you earn?
A PhD is a full-time job in itself. Can you work a full 40 hour week, with occasional night or weekend work?
Why do you want to do a PhD? What are your career goals? (200 words maximum)
What interests you about my research, and this project in particular? Note that you will occasionally handle the 1" millipedes with your bare hands (they don't bite or sting, they just curl up or try to walk away), so please mention your comfort level with this, and any previous experience handling other "bugs" (400 words maximum)
Have you worked on a team project before? Describe your role and the roles of the other people on the team (200 words maximum)
As a PhD student, you will be expected to train, mentor, and support undergraduate student researchers, often from backgrounds, cultures, and religions that are different from your own. Describe your experiences working with and/or training people who are different from you, including women, First Nations, 2SLGBTQIA, BIPOC, low-income, and non-traditional students, and students who are the first in their family to earn a Bachelor's degree. If you have trained others, may I contact them for a reference? (400 words maximum)
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