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( The story of How I Got Here, which most of you may have already heard more than once. )And I'm now facing a couple of decisions.
The first is which lab/department to join. There are three departments to choose from: Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Cell Biology, or Genetics. I never imagined myself getting a Ph.D. in Genetics (dude, where did Genetics come from? somewhere over in left field...), but the lab I love is a Genetics lab.
The second is, you know, what to do with my life after graduate school, 'cause the plan never included what happened after the Ph.D..
So I finally, just tonight, made a new Plan. The Plan, Version 2.0.
Step 1) Join the Genetics lab.
Step 2) Get Ph.D. in Genetics.
Step 3) Do postdoc in Liz Blackburn's lab at UCSF.
Step 4) Get a faculty job at Berkeley, Stanford, UCLA, or UCSD.
Step 5) Become famous scientist who puts up with teaching requirements.
I hope TA'ing is a good experience for me. Otherwise I might have to scratch steps 4 and 5 and just open a flower shop after my postdoc.
The first is which lab/department to join. There are three departments to choose from: Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Cell Biology, or Genetics. I never imagined myself getting a Ph.D. in Genetics (dude, where did Genetics come from? somewhere over in left field...), but the lab I love is a Genetics lab.
The second is, you know, what to do with my life after graduate school, 'cause the plan never included what happened after the Ph.D..
So I finally, just tonight, made a new Plan. The Plan, Version 2.0.
Step 1) Join the Genetics lab.
Step 2) Get Ph.D. in Genetics.
Step 3) Do postdoc in Liz Blackburn's lab at UCSF.
Step 4) Get a faculty job at Berkeley, Stanford, UCLA, or UCSD.
Step 5) Become famous scientist who puts up with teaching requirements.
I hope TA'ing is a good experience for me. Otherwise I might have to scratch steps 4 and 5 and just open a flower shop after my postdoc.
