Join
The Nielsen Lab is located at 4134 Valley Life Sciences Building at UC Berkeley.
We are currently recruiting new postdocs and students for the lab.
If you are passionate about any of the areas of research
discussed
here and
interested in joining the lab, then please send an email
to
Rasmus.
The Nielsen Lab is committed to supporting diversity in our field.
We encourage BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ scholars to apply and we will work
to support you in the lab.
Visitors
We often host self-funded visitors
interested in joining us for collaborative research for a shorter or
longer period. For UC Berkeley rules for visiting researchers,
please see
here.
Postdoctoral fellows
We are seeking new postdocs in all areas of research,
but we are particularly interested in researchers with a strong background
in computation and statistics and interested in methods development.
Graduate Students
Graduate students in the lab join from three different programs
at UC Berkeley:
- Computational
Biology.
This program is suitable if you have a mixed background in biology and
computation/statistics and you think a
program with rotations between different labs in the first year is preferable.
- Integrative
Biology. This
program is suitable if you have a strong background in biology and
you are not interested in lab rotations.
- Statistics.
This program is suitable if your undergraduate degree is in statistics or math with an
emphasis on probability and statistics, and if you want to pursue rigorous training
in statistics during your graduate studies.
Undergraduate Students
We welcome undergraduate students
interested in pursuing mentored research. Most of the work in our lab is at the
intersection of computer science, statistics, and biology. We are looking for
students who are interested in our research topics and enthusiastic about doing
research. Specific requirements will vary depending on what projects are currently
available, but most of our work is computational. We have found that students who
have no prior programming experience don't get very much from the experience,
so if you are interested in participating in a computational project, you will
need to be able to program well in at least one language such as Python. You
can prepare by taking an introductory computer science or data science course
such as CS 61A or Data 8. If you are coming from a statistics
or computer science background, we recommend taking at least one course in
evolutionary biology. Detailed expectations for undergraduate mentees and
their mentors are available
here. If
you are interested in getting involved in our research,
check
URAP for
availability or email
Rasmus
Nielsen with your research CV and a short statement about your
interest and goals for the lab.