We are often open to taking motivated undergraduate students to help us with screens to discover new genes controlling development in model and non-model organisms! More on undergraduate research opportunity at Extavour Lab
Learn next-generation sequencing, high-throughput gene expression, and classical genetics techniques. Contact Cassandra if you are interested!
We are accepting applications from motivated and independent prospective Ph.D. students to join ongoing projects or develop new ones. Our work is multidisciplinary and can combine molecular biology, biochemistry, classical genetics, experimental embryology, and advanced live imaging – you should be prepared to become a multidisciplinary scientist! All projects should be at least somewhat related to our primary research foci (see Research), but students will be encouraged and expected to contribute to project development as their interests evolve.
Interested students should email Cassandra Extavour with a brief statement of research interests.
Students can join the lab as Ph.D. candidates through a variety of graduate programs:
- The Organismic and Evolutionary Biology (OEB) Ph.D. training program
- The Molecules, Cells and Organisms (MCO) Ph.D. training program
- The Systems Biology Ph.D. training program
All of these PhD programs include advanced coursework and teaching opportunities, and benefit from the stimulating academic environment provided by close ties with neighbouring labs in several departments. All programs provide stipend, full tuition, and benefits.
Because the OEB department only accepts candidates whose interests can be matched with a faculty member, interested applicants should email Cassandra Extavour directly before applying to the OEB graduate program.
The MCO program require students to rotate through at least two labs before finally joining one. Students interested in working in the Extavour lab as a member of this program are encouraged to contact Dr. Extavour before applying or upon acceptance to the MCO program.
The deadline for applications is generally in the middle of December of each year, for entry in the following academic year. See the following links for information on how to apply:
Independent, motivated postdocs interested in joining current projects or developing their own projects within the framework of the lab foci should contact Cassandra Extavour via email with a brief statement of research interests or project proposals. Experience in at least one of the fields from which we draw our current experimental approaches (including but not limited to developmental genetics, molecular biology, zoology, evolutionary biology, biochemistry, phylogenetics, cell biology, molecular evolution, quantitative imaging, systems biology, bioinformatics including genomics and transcriptomics, reproductive biology…) is desirable but not absolutely required.
