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Mike Gold
          Professor and Head
          Dept. of Microbiology
              & Immunology
          University of BC



•Slides will be posted on RSR web site
Hang out with famous scientists   Do cutting edge research




  Spend late nights in the lab       Drink lots of coffee
Go to scientific meetings
GENETICS
 MEDICAL

                          GENETICS


     CELLULAR
AND
                ZOOLOGY

 PHYSIOLOGICAL
SCIENCES


BIOCHEMISTRY
&
      GRAD

                   Programs 
     NEUROSCIENCE

MOLECULAR
BIOLOGY
 in
the
LSI
                            


      CELL
AND
                 MICROBIOLOGY
&

   DEVELOPMENTAL
                IMMUNOLOGY  

      BIOLOGY 

               DENTISTRY
   OTHER

1-Develop critical thinking abilities:
•Analyzing complex problems
•Generating and testing hypotheses
•Analyzing experimental data
•Critically interpreting data
•Developing models
These skills are important for many careers!
UBC - Why Grad School

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UBC - Why Grad School

  • 1. Mike Gold Professor and Head Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology University of BC •Slides will be posted on RSR web site
  • 2. Hang out with famous scientists Do cutting edge research Spend late nights in the lab Drink lots of coffee
  • 3. Go to scientific meetings
  • 4.
  • 5.
  • 6.
  • 7. GENETICS
 MEDICAL
 GENETICS
 CELLULAR
AND
 ZOOLOGY
 PHYSIOLOGICAL
SCIENCES
 BIOCHEMISTRY
&
 GRAD
 Programs 
 NEUROSCIENCE
 MOLECULAR
BIOLOGY
 in
the
LSI 
 CELL
AND
 MICROBIOLOGY
&
 DEVELOPMENTAL
 IMMUNOLOGY 
 BIOLOGY 
 DENTISTRY
 OTHER

  • 8.
  • 9.
  • 10.
  • 11.
  • 12.
  • 13. 1-Develop critical thinking abilities: •Analyzing complex problems •Generating and testing hypotheses •Analyzing experimental data •Critically interpreting data •Developing models
  • 14. These skills are important for many careers!