Internships / USDA & Still Lab
USDA probably has a job for every discipline
http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?navid=INTERN_SCHOLAR&navtype=RT&parentnav=CAREERS
Applying for USDA Internships
1. Create Account
http://www.usajobs.gov/studentjobs/
Students and Recent Graduates Educational Employment
Note: many require specific courses to be eligible. Plan ahead!!! - see following slides for examples.
http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/standards/group-stds/index-Group.asp
http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/standards/group-stds/gs-prof.asp
http://www.ars.usda.gov/sp2UserFiles/Subsite/careers/CareerBasics2009Edition-ScienceCareersPublication.pdf
2. Upload your C.V. (but read this PDF first!)
Chapter 2: Marketing Yourself
Graduate School
1. Plan Now a) Pre-requisites for grad schoolb) Prepare for, and take GRE
2. High GPA is a given
3. Requires more than high GPA a) Get Research Experience b) Where?
i. Still lab?ii. Other University?
Still lab funded by USDA, NSF, ARI
• Paid Research Training• Develop skills:
o Basic laboratory o Basic molecular biologyo Advanced molecular biologyo Genetic mapping skillso Conventional & molecular marker breedingo Bioinformatics
• Career Opportunities
• Internships o USDA Salinas o UC Davis Genome Center & Seed Biotechnology Center
• Activities o Site visits to USDA ARS stations and UC campuses
USDA HSI : “Sowing the Seeds for the Next Generation of Plant Breeders”
Principal and Co-Principal Investigators • David W. Still, PI• Youngsook You, Co-PI
o Department of Plant Sciences, Cal Poly Pomona
Collaborators• Ryan Hayes
o USDA ARS – Salinas
• Kent Bradford • Richard Michelmore
o University of California, Davis
Still lab – continued
Still lab: http://www.csupomona.edu/~stilllab/index.shtml
e-mail: David Still: [email protected] You: [email protected]
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