Sasha ZIll

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INFORMATION FOR INTERESTED STUDENTS

DOCTORAL PROGRAM

Students in the lab obtain their Ph. D. degrees by fulfilling the requirements of the Biomedical Sciences program at Marshall University. The Biomedical Sciences web page with information about the doctoral program is http://meb.marshall.edu/graduate/ and applications for the program are available at http://musom.marshall.edu/graduate/admissio.htm. or by contacting Marlene Gruetter at:

Marshall University School of Medicine
1542 Spring Valley Drive
Huntington, WV, 25704
Phone: 304-696-7326
Fax: 304-696-7171.

The graduate catalogue is available at http://www.marshall.edu/www/gradcat/. The Biomedical Sciences program has areas of emphasis so that training and requirements are in specific departments. Graduate students in my lab receive their degrees with an area of emphasis of Neuroscience (Anatomy). The web page of the Department of Anatomy, Cell and Neurobiology is http://meb.marshall.edu/ana/index.htx and the web page for the Neuroscience program is http://www.marshall.edu/neuron.

FORMER GRADUATE STUDENTS

My former graduate students are either doing post doctoral fellowships (Angela Ridgel, Adam Noah http://www.adamnoah.com) studying locomotion/robotics or are practicing medicine (Greg Larsen). They are proof that it is possible to get a degree in my laboratory (typically within 4-5 years) and have a productive life after graduate training.

STARTING IN THE LAB

Research is the process of developing ideas that are testable. The process is centered in laboratory work and, as an advisor, I think that graduate students should get into the laboratory as soon as possible. I therefore encourage students who come to the lab to begin work even before their course work is complete. A good idea for a prospective student is, therefore, to communicate with me with a goal of developing potential projects, although I am open to trying just about any experiment that is not likely to be fatal.