Training and Education
Graduate students and research fellows interested in the mechanisms and biology of age-related neurodegenerative disorders as well as translation of knowledge toward biomarker and drug development are welcome to apply for research training positions. Individuals should send a cover letter detailing prior research experiences and accomplishments as well as a brief summary of interests along with a curriculum vitae and two or three references.
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The Translational Cell Biology of Parkinson's Disease Laboratory participates in several educational opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students.
Mayo graduate students are awarded guaranteed five-year internal fellowships with full tuition, stipend and benefits. Candidates interested in pursuing a Ph.D. or M.D.-Ph.D. program in biomedical research at Mayo Clinic should contact the Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.
The laboratory has hosted undergraduate and graduate students through the following research training programs:
- Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF), Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.
- Visiting Graduate Student Program (VGS), Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
- Undergraduate Biomedical Research Internship (U-BRI), University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida.
- Undergraduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement (U-RISE), University of North Florida, Jacksonville.
- Industrial/Professional Experience Placement Programme, Universities of Manchester, York and Leeds, England.
- Master's thesis, University of Antwerp, Belgium.
- Internship Program, Université Paris Cité, France.
- Internship Program, Katholieke Universiteit (KU) Leuven, Belgium.
- Internship Program, Paracelsus Medical University (PMU), Austria and Germany.