Lab Rotations

Current Fellowship holders will have to perform 2 rotations of approximately 7 weeks each (half a semester) within the first year. If you do not yet have a lab/mentor, this may help you find one. However, that is not the primary purpose of lab rotations. The reason for the rotations is to familiarize you with a broader array of techniques and ideas than you might experience by working only in one lab/program. This is one fulfillment the “interdisciplinary” nature of our program. For those whose research program will emphasize ASU labs, you might consider a rotation in a more clinically oriented lab at BNI, and vice versa. One justification for the Fellowship support is to relieve you of having to commit 20 hrs/week to a TA so that you have time to do the rotations.

At the end of each rotation, the student will write a short report describing the rotation. This report is to be signed by the student and laboratory leader in whose laboratory the rotation was performed.