Hi Angela,
Actually, I think that you are right now in the best scenario to gain some experience in molecular skills. When I finished my degree, I didn’t have any experience with molecular tools. I got an initiation into the scientific career fellowship in Spain. During one year, I collaborated with my former lab in different projects and I was trained in a diverse set of molecular tools. It was a great experience! Finally, I applied for a doctoral fellowship combining field and molecular work. And now, molecular work is present in most of my works! Therefore, I think that you are in the right moment to explore this pathway. I think that you should take a look to labs working on interesting questions for you. I don’t know if you have fellowships to make a stay in a lab. If not, you could contact with the principal investigator and explore alternative options (e.g., lab technician...). I think that this previous experience could be very useful for your future. If you are thinking in a PhD, you can also write a project incorporating a part focused on molecular work. I don’t know what your interests are, but if you want, I could help you with this part giving you some feedback. Good luck! Best Antonio On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 8:14 AM, Angela Trenkle <angelatren...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello everyone, > I am a recent graduate and since I've been applying to jobs, I've > noticed that the majority of them ask for skills in molecular biology. I do > not have any of this under my belt and I was wondering if anyone here had > any suggestions on how I could gain some experience in this area. Thanks! > -Angela Trenkle > -- Dr. Antonio R. Castilla Integrative Biology University of Texas at Austin 401 Biological Laboratories http://www.antoniorcastilla.com/
