Jean-Marie Volland, Petra Kranzfelder, and Cristie Donham present at MCDB graduate Friday Noon Seminar on their routes to faculty positions.

Laboratory skills drop-in workshop

Drop-In Lab Skills Refresher Workshop

A Zoom webinar on how to gain laboratory research positions at UCSB, hosted by current undergraduate researchers as well as MCDB graduate students and faculty. 

The MCDB Community Committee invites UCSB biology students to a REU Writing Workshop focused on preparing strong applications for NSF and NIH Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs). These 8-week, paid summer research programs support students exploring research careers, graduate school, or medical school. Participants will receive peer feedback on application materials and guidance from MCDB faculty and students who have successfully secured REU funding. No prior research experience required.

UCSB USS comes to present to grads about navigating and supporting at-risk students

As the quarter winds down and the holidays approach, it’s time for our Annual Biology Cookie Exchange. We’ll gather at 4:00 PM on December 10th in LSB 4301 (click here to add to google calendar) - Please pass this invitation along to all staff, postdocs, techs, researchers of various stripes.

A welcome to the Biology Major for first year undergraduates. Hosted by both Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology as well as Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology Departments.

Zoom Webinar on the nuanced biology of sex.

Come join current biology majors, scholarship staff, and MCDB faculty in a workshop designed to familiarize undergraduate students with strategies for applying to research labs as well as on and off-campus scholarships.