Goals and Expectations

499 home page, contains the current guide- and deadlines

Example proposal:

• Jonathan Sutley (B499 Winter 2012-Spring 2013)

Example thesis:

• Kris Wu (B499 Fall 2012-Winter 2013)

Advice from previous students:

• Radhika Shankar (B499 Fall 2012-Winter 2013)

Goals and Expectations

General graduate student advice:

• Laws of Herman (Herman, 2007 Nature)
• Ten Simple Rules (Gu and Bourne, 2008 PLoS Biology)
• Importance of Stupidity (Schwartz, 2008 J Molec Cell)
• Quick Guide to Organizing Computational Projects (Noble, 2009 PLoS Comp Biol)
• How to Pick a Graduate Advisor (Barres, 2013 Neuron)
• Q&A with Gyorgi Buzsaki (2013, Current Biology)

Example thesis:

• Lauren Long (UConn)

(See the resources above.)

Goals and Expectations

Example thesis proposal:

• Eric Carmichael (Winter 2013-)

Goals and Expectations

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