What you should expect:

TRAINING IN BEING A PROFESSIONAL SCIENTIST SO THAT, BY THE END OF YOUR DEGREE, YOU'LL BE COMPETETIVE ON A NATIONAL LEVEL INCLUDES:

My trying to get you support (not guaranteed)

Advice on:

- What are topics of interest - What are do-able projects - Courses to take - Background reading, experimental design, and statistical analysis

Training in various areas and techniques, including:

- behavioral observation and analysis - behavioral ecology - reproductive biology - physiological ecology - anatomy (general and neuro) - endocrinology (reproductive and neuro) - animal surgery - histology - immunocytochemistry - radioimmunoassay

General help with your project (discussion on planning, execution, and statistical analyses)

Some background info. on how science works (politics)

Interaction

Introductions to helpful people

Advice on giving professional talks and on writing publications and grants

What I expect:

Commitment to do a project well and honestly

Much work (sometimes beyond the call of duty)

Taking proper and humane care of research animals (maintenance, handling, surgery, and sacrifice)

Independent background reading and thinking (e.g. I will not hold your hand!)

Scheduled communication (if there's a problem, let's discuss it before it gets worse)

Patience (I want to help, but I have commitments too - let's have scheduled sessions for advice, bullshitting, etc.

Sometimes you'll have to help out with general lab projects

You to write a grant and try to get independent funding

You to give a talk(s) at national meetings

You to write a publication(s)

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