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Research in Biomedical Sciences (Masters Lab Rotation) - MSBS 593A
Finding a mentor:
Finding a mentor:
Students find a research lab and mentor in one of the ways listed below. In all cases, students should contact the potential mentor(s) by Email. Remember to be appropriately formal in your Email and include a brief description of why you are contacting the potential mentor, why you are interested in their lab, when you hope to start the rotation, and something about yourself (undergraduate major, school, research experience, etc.). The Email should be one or two paragraphs; however, you should feel free to attach a resume. It is wise to contact several lab heads at once, although each potential mentor should receive a separate Email addressed specifically to them.
1. A student might become interested in a particular lab after hearing the lab head give a lecture or seminar (eg. in Seminar in Biomedical Sciences, Dental Seminar, etc.). The student can contact the lecturer/seminar speaker directly and request to talk with them about the possibility of doing a rotation.
2. A student with an interest in a particular topic might identify potential mentors by perusing faculty descriptions listed in the tracks of the Multidisciplinary PhD Program (http://njms.umdnj.edu/gsbs/prospective_students/multidisciplinary_phd.cfm). The three primary tracks of the Multidisciplinary PhD Program are divided into subdisciplines so that students with an interest in infectious disease would first go to the III3 (Infection, Immunity and Inflammation) track and follow the link to the Infectious Disease subdiscipline. In the same way, a student with an interest in cancer would go to the MBGC track (Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cancer) and follow the link to the Cancer Biology subdiscipline. Each subdiscipline lists associated faculty and their interests, as well as links with further information. Students with an interest in dental research can look in the Oral Biology listings in the III3 track; however, Dr. Elias Eliav takes rotation students in his dental lab but is not listed there – you need to find him separately, perhaps by talking with the Dental Scholars advisor, Dr. Vince Tsiagbe.
3. Students can find more clinical research by looking at faculty in individual clinical science departments at NJMS (http://njms.umdnj.edu/departments/index.cfm); however, the rotation must involve some research and not simply be a shadowing experience.
4. Students who need further direction or have been unable to identify a mentor by other means can contact can contact one of the Departmental Master’s Coordinators listed below.
Departmental Masters Rotation/Thesis Coordinators
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: Dr. Mukund Modak, modak@umdnj.edu
Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine: Mr. Serge Salganik, salganse@umdnj.edu
Integrative Neurosciences: Dr. Amjad Ilyas, ilyasaa@umdnj.edu
Interdisciplinary Program: Dr. Padmini Salgame, salgampa@umdnj.edu
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics: Dr. Stephen Garrett, garretst@umdnj.edu
Molecular Pathology and Immunology: Dr. Frederick Coffman coffmafd@umdnj.edu
Oral Biology: Dr. Vincent Tsiagbe, tsiagbvk@umdnj.edu
Pharmacology and Physiology: Dr. Martha Nowycky, martha.nowycky@umdnj.edu