Safety First
Your health and safety are more important than your research. This includes adhering to all (wet and dry) lab safety codes, as well as maintaining your physical and mental health.
ASU Environmental Health and Safety Training: https://cfo.asu.edu/ehs-training
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All lab members are strongly encouraged and mentored to apply for funding. Some funding opportunities listed here.
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Postdocs
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Postdocs in my lab will be excellent colleagues and mentors to the other members of the lab. Postdoctoral applicants are expected to apply for external funding, with mentorship. If you are interested in joining my lab as a postdoc, please read through the research projects in the lab, and the following expectations and responsibilities, then email me 1) your curriculum vitae, and 2) one page cover letter describing your research interests and background.
My responsibilities to postdocs:
- Assist with identifying and writing postdoctoral fellowships
- Develop project ideas, including independent projects that can be taken with the postdoc
- Interpret results
- Proof-read manuscripts
- Discuss future career goals (e.g., do you want to teach, go into academia, continue in research?), and plan ways to facilitate these goals
- Support travel to at least one meeting per year
- Meet regularly to discuss progress & pitfalls
Expectations of postdocs:
- Participate in weekly lab meetings
- Prepare for our regular progress/pitfalls meetings and a follow up email of progress and goals
- Write and submit manuscripts
- Proof-read manuscripts from other lab members
- Apply for external funding (either individual postdoc fellowships or contributing to larger lab grant writing)
- Maintain a set of lab notes, including directories of data, annotated codes & versions, detailed methods. These need to sufficient to reproduce results without additional instructions.
- Attend departmental seminars
- Participate in general lab responsibilities (servers, maintain common areas, taking turns hosting visitors)
- Be available in the lab/office for a minimum pre-arranged set of hours to facilitate interactions
- Optional, but preferred: Mentor at least one undergraduate student
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Graduate Students
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Graduate students in my lab will be trained in bioinformatics and genomics techniques, studying sex chromosome evolution and sex-biased processes. Students will be trained to be excellent colleagues and mentors to the other members of the lab. Graduate students are expected to apply for external funding, and can expect to spend typically 4-6years to complete a PhD. If you are interested in joining my lab as a graduate student, please read through the research projects in the lab, and the following expectations and responsibilities, then email me 1) your CV, and 2) one page cover letter describing your research interests and background.
My responsibilities to graduate students:
- Assist with identifying and writing graduate student fellowships (before and during PhD)
- Develop project ideas
- Interpret results
- Proof-read and contribute to writing of manuscripts
- Discuss future career goals (e.g., do you want to teach, go into academia, continue in research?), and plan ways to facilitate these goals
- Support travel to at least one meeting per year
- Meet weekly to discuss progress and pitfalls
Expectations of graduate students:
- Participate in weekly lab meetings
- Prepare for our regular progress/pitfalls meetings and a follow up email of progress and goals
- Maintain a set of lab notes, including directories of data, annotated codes & versions, detailed methods. These need to sufficient to reproduce results without additional instructions.
- Write and submit a pre-doctoral fellowship proposal and/or contribute preliminary analysis to a full grant proposal.
- Write and submit manuscripts
- Proof-read manuscripts from other lab members
- Regularly attend departmental seminars
- Present a poster or talk of research progress at conference at least once a year.
- Participate in general lab responsibilities (servers, maintain common areas, taking turns hosting visitors)
- Be available in the lab/office for a minimum pre-arranged set of hours to facilitate interactions
- Optional, but preferred: Mentor at least one undergraduate student
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Undergraduates
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I really enjoy working with undergraduate research students (see my current and past students here). There are many projects in bioinformatics and computational biology for undergraduate students. Undergraduates in my lab are expected to commit at least 10 hours a week for one semester (Fall, Spring, or Summer term), and may continue upon mutual agreement. If you are interested in joining my lab as an undergraduate researcher, please read through the research projects in the lab, and the following expectations and responsibilities, then email me 1) your CV, and 2) one page cover letter describing your research interests and background.
My responsibilities to undergraduate students:
- Preparing a structured project
- Analyzing and interpreting results
- Proof-read and contribute substantially to writing results
- Discuss future career goals (e.g., do you want to teach, go into academia, continue in research?), and plan ways to facilitate these goals
- Meet weekly to discuss progress and pitfalls
Expectations of undergraduate students:
- Participate in weekly lab meetings
- Prepare for our regular progress/pitfalls meetings and a follow up email of progress and goals
- Maintain a set of lab notes, including directories of data, annotated codes & versions, detailed methods. These need to sufficient to reproduce results without additional instructions.
- Present a short talk of research background and/or results to the lab once a semester.
- Be available in the lab/office for a minimum pre-arranged set of hours to facilitate interactions