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: dwstill@csupomona.eduYoungsook You: yyou@csupomona.edu

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