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The Sinclair Lab is
always growing and changing - please check back regularly for
opportunities.
Undergraduate
- If you are an undergrad in Biology and would like to
volunteer with the Sinclair lab, please contact
Dr. Sinclair to see if we have any opportunities. We
expect our undergrad volunteers to be dedicated and reliable -
but we
also promise to make it a rewarding experience. **We
would particularly like to hear form 2-3 students able to
volunteer their time during summer 2012**
Honours/Graduate
- We are looking for a PhD student to work on
epithelial transport at low temperatures (see MacMillan
& Sinclair 2011a, 2011b
and MacMillan
et al. 2012 for background). The project has
considerable scope for creativity, and could include everything
from classical physiology to cutting-edge high-throughput
sequencing. There is considerable scope to take an
evolutionary approach to this question. The start date
will be May or September 2013, and is
unfortunately only open to Canadian Citizens and Permanent
Residents. The ideal student will have a strong academic
background in some area of biology, an interest in insects, and
outstanding written and oral communication skills in
English. Please contact
Dr. Brent Sinclair to initiate informal discussion.
- In general, please read the pdfs
on Ray Huey's pages about graduate study
before contacting me - they give you a good idea of what to
expect.
Please do not contact me unless you have a genuine
interest in,
and some understanding of, what I do. Reading some
papers
might be a good start. I'm afraid I'll delete without
reply
(or worse - reply with sarcasm to) generic emails that are
clearly part of a mass-mailing.
- I plan to be on sabbatical for the 2012-2013
academic year. As such, I will not be taking on
undergraduate
thesis or NSERC USRA students. If you are interested in an
honours thesis project for the 2013/2014 academic year, please contact me by email in late 2012 or
early 2013.
- Students interested in an NSERC USRA in 2013 should contact
me by email in early November 2012.
Postdoctoral fellows
with a competitive publication record in international journals and
who
are prepared to apply for their own fellowships are welcome to contact
me
at any time. Note that at this time I do not have any funding for
post
docs, so you will have to find your own funds.
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