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Interested in joining the Hoekstra Laboratory?

We are interested in working with motivated and scientifically curious graduate students, postdocs, undergrads, and research staff who are broadly interested in mammalian evolutionary genetics, development and/or neurobiology.  Our lab provides a highly collaborative environment and opportunities for interdisciplinary research. Lab members have a diversity of interests (from population genetics to neuroethology), expertise (from bioinformatics to neurophysiology), and experience (the majority of lab members have never worked with mice prior to joining the lab!), and lab members come from all over the world (from Uruguay and Germany to Hawaii and Kentucky). There are lots of ways to “fit” into our lab group. The primary focus that unites us is our love of science!

Graduate Students

**The Hoekstra Lab is currently not accepting Graduate Students.**

The Hoekstra lab accepts graduate students from several life sciences programs at Harvard (e.g., OEB, MCO, PiN, BBS, Biophysics, SysBio); see links below. While your experience in the lab will be the same, different PhD programs are focused on different scientific areas and have different requirements.

 

For students interested in applying to our laboratory through the OEB program, reaching out to faculty before submitting your application is highly recommended. Please email Hopi a CV and a brief cover letter including the following information:

·      your scientific background and research experience

·      your general scientific interests 

·      how your think your interests match with the lab

·      please feel free to explain any extenuating circumstances

 

If you don’t hear back within a week, send a reminder with a cc to the Lab’s Admin Coordinator, Nikki!

 

If you are interested in applying to a graduate program full details can be found below:

Organismic and Evolutionary Biology (OEB) 

Molecules, Cells and Organisms (MCO) 

Program in Neuroscience (PiN) 

The Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS)

Biophysics

Systems Biology (SysBio)

 

Rotation students:

If you have already joined a graduate program at Harvard and are interested in a rotation in the Hoekstra lab, please email Hopi a CV and a brief cover letter including the following information:

·      your scientific background and research experience

·      your general scientific interests and how those may match with the lab

·      any goals for your rotation (e.g. learn a skill, gain mouse experience, exposure to evolutionary approaches)

 

If you don’t hear back within a week, send a reminder with a cc to the Lab’s Admin Coordinator, Nikki!

Postdoctoral Researchers

**The Hoekstra Lab is currently not accepting Postdoctoral Researchers.**

If you are interested in pursuing a postdoc in the Hoekstra lab, please email Hopi a CV and brief cover letter including the following information:

·      a brief description of your graduate dissertation work

·      your scientific interests and career goals

·      how you think the Hoekstra lab is a good fit for those interests and career goals

·      a general idea of what you might want to work on in the lab (doesn’t have to be specific!)

 

Please also have one recommendation letter sent directly to Hopi on your behalf. If there is space available, candidates who seem to be a good fit will meet virtually with Hopi and then may be invited to visit the lab for a formal interview.

 

If you don’t hear back within a week, please send a reminder with a cc to the Lab’s Admin Coordinator, Nikki!

 

If you are interested in applying for a fellowship please consider some of the opportunities on the Funding Opportunities for Postdoctoral Scholars list compiled by FAS Research Administration Services.

Undergraduates

**The Hoekstra Lab is currently not accepting Undergraduate Students.**

We usually have several Harvard undergraduates work in our laboratory during the school term and often a few more over the summer (including interns from other universities or programs). Undergrads typically are teamed up with a graduate student or postdoc mentor and assist with projects – from molecular experiments to behavioral assays.  Students who have worked in our lab gain increasing independence over time, have presented their work at scientific meetings, and/or been an author on a publication. Undergraduates have gone on to prestigious PhD programs, medical school, biotech/industry, conservation biology positions and a diversity of other programs and professions (see Lab Alumni page).

 

If you are interested in exploring opportunities in our laboratory, please email Hopi with the following information:

·       name, year and concentration

·       a brief description of your interests

·       why you want to work in the Hoekstra lab

·       your availability to conduct research

 

If you don’t hear back within a week, please send a reminder with a cc to the Lab’s admin, Nikki!

 

If you are interested in applying for a fellowship or research program to support your stipend and/or research project in the Hoekstra lab, please have a look at some of the opportunities below, and we can discuss further.

 

Harvard Based Undergraduate Research & Fellowships Funding: 

 

Non-Harvard Based Funding:

 

Staff

We occasionally hire Research Technicians to assist with lab management, animal care and established research projects in our laboratory. Most technicians commit to at least 2 years, but we occasionally hire technicians to help over the summer or shorter time scales. While relevant skills are a bonus, the most important criteria are being organized, meticulous, reliable and responsible.

 

If the Hoekstra lab is actively hiring a Research Assistant/Technician, we may place a job posting here:

Harvard site

HHMI site