Doe Lab values
Rigorous science
- Quantitative
- Transparent data within lab
- All published data publicly available
Mentoring
- Individualized mentoring to support diverse personalities and career goals
- Mentoring both during and after time in lab
- Strong record of peer-peer mentoring
- Opportunities to mentor both local and national undergraduate students through work-study and REU programs
- Supportive of trainees desiring diverse career paths
Diversity and inclusion
- Anti-racist goals
- LGBTQ positive
- Disability positive
- Motivation and enthusiasm > GPA or GRE scores
- 10 rules for building an antiracist lab (click here)
Teamwork
- Lab members support each other
- Collaborative not competitive culture
- Supportive of group projects
Training
- Grad coursework available (includes Python, Matlab, R…)
- Methodology includes molecular, genetics, genomics, optogenetics, cellular, and behavioral approaches
- Training in grant writing
- Training in review of scientific articles
- Support for one local and one national meeting per year
Life/work balance
- Supportive of healthy life/work balance
- Scientists with children (or planning children) are welcome
- Multiple on-campus daycare programs
- Easy access to hiking, biking (road/mountain), skiing, beaches, old growth forests, running trails, etc.
- Strong local food culture (organic farms, CSAs, etc)