Join Us
We are always looking for fun, bright, and motivated people to join our group.
Postdocs:
All positions are currently filled. However, if our research is of great interest to you feel free to contact Alex to discuss possibilities.
Graduate Students:
There are two potential routes to joining the Paredez Lab as a graduate student, these include the UW Biology graduate program and the Molecular and Cellular Biology program. To learn more about each program follow the links above to the prospective grad student pages.
Undergraduates:
Many of our full-time lab members are only here because they had great undergraduate research experiences. As you probably know there are far more undergraduates interested in having a research experience than we can accommodate. For that reason I developed a laboratory course, Bio 402 Functional Genomics (Spring Quarter). The primary objective of this course is to provide participants with an authentic (intensive) molecular cell biology research experience. In this course we will gather preliminary data for genes of interest beginning with DNA sequences and ending with protein localization data. You will learn fundamental laboratory skills used by cell and molecular biology researchers in a wide range of fields. These skills include making buffers and solutions, DNA sequence analysis, PCR, agarose gel electrophoresis, ligation independent DNA cloning, chemical transformation of bacteria, sterile culture, plasmid purification, DNA digestion, DNA sequencing, large scale DNA preparation, electroporation, cell culture, protein extraction, SDS PAGE, western blotting, chemiluminescence, cell fixation, immunofluorescence microscopy, image processing and the preparation of data for presentation.
My course will prepare you for independent research in my laboratory and any other molecular laboratory at the UW. Bio 402 is aimed at seniors; however, a few slots are reserved for students to use my course as a leg up in finding a research position. If you are truly committed to the idea of undergraduate research and have done exceptionally well in the intro biology series (Bio 180 and 200) contact me to discuss the possibility of getting the Bio 355 prerequisite waived.
Postdocs:
All positions are currently filled. However, if our research is of great interest to you feel free to contact Alex to discuss possibilities.
Graduate Students:
There are two potential routes to joining the Paredez Lab as a graduate student, these include the UW Biology graduate program and the Molecular and Cellular Biology program. To learn more about each program follow the links above to the prospective grad student pages.
Undergraduates:
Many of our full-time lab members are only here because they had great undergraduate research experiences. As you probably know there are far more undergraduates interested in having a research experience than we can accommodate. For that reason I developed a laboratory course, Bio 402 Functional Genomics (Spring Quarter). The primary objective of this course is to provide participants with an authentic (intensive) molecular cell biology research experience. In this course we will gather preliminary data for genes of interest beginning with DNA sequences and ending with protein localization data. You will learn fundamental laboratory skills used by cell and molecular biology researchers in a wide range of fields. These skills include making buffers and solutions, DNA sequence analysis, PCR, agarose gel electrophoresis, ligation independent DNA cloning, chemical transformation of bacteria, sterile culture, plasmid purification, DNA digestion, DNA sequencing, large scale DNA preparation, electroporation, cell culture, protein extraction, SDS PAGE, western blotting, chemiluminescence, cell fixation, immunofluorescence microscopy, image processing and the preparation of data for presentation.
My course will prepare you for independent research in my laboratory and any other molecular laboratory at the UW. Bio 402 is aimed at seniors; however, a few slots are reserved for students to use my course as a leg up in finding a research position. If you are truly committed to the idea of undergraduate research and have done exceptionally well in the intro biology series (Bio 180 and 200) contact me to discuss the possibility of getting the Bio 355 prerequisite waived.