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Finding a Lab

The table below is a non-exhaustive list of opportunities for undergraduate students to do research with BSCD faculty and PIs, reported by the researchers themselves. Some of these opportunities may have been filled, some opportunities will have not been captured in this list. Scroll right to view the different categories and details.

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Phoenix Biology - 2025 Research Opportunity Database

	Contact Information	Research Focus	Global & Public Health	Immunology	Microbiology	Cellular & Molecular Biology	Developmental Biology	Cancer Biology	Bio-Chemistry	Translational Medicine	Clinical Research	Ecology	Animal Biology	Evolution	Computational Biology / Medicine	Nuerobiology	Genetics / Genomics	Stem Cell Regeneration	Psychology, Psychiatry, and Behavioral Neuroscience	Marine Biological Labratory	Biological or Medical Imaging	Health Services and Outcomes Research	Radiology	Website	Paid	Work Study	Volunteers	Independent Study	Remote or In Person

Stephen Kron	skron@uchicago.edu	Senescence, DNA Repair, Metabolism	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	https://cancerbio.uchicago.edu/program/faculty/stephen-j-kron	Y	Y	Y	Y	in person
Jocelyn Malamy	jmalamy@bsd.uchicago.edu	Wound Healing in a Jellyfish Model System	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	https://voices.uchicago.edu/jocelynmalamylab/	-	Y	Y		in person
David Zemmour	zemmour@uchicago.edu	T-Cell Immunology, Single Cell and Spatial Genomics, Human and Mouse, Physician-Scientist	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	zemmourlab.uchicago.edu	Y	Y	Y	Y	in-person or remote
Rima McLeod	rmcleod@uchicago.edu	Toxoplasmosis, Human Biology, Parasite-Host Interface, Biochemistry Medicines, Immunogenetics/Immunology Vaccines; International Public Health	Y	Y	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	see bsd, committe on immunology etc	-	-	Y	-	Remote, In-person
Cathy Pfister	cpfister@uchicago.edu	marine ecology	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	https://pfisterlab.uchicago.edu/	Y	Y	-	-	in person
Anita Chong	achong@uchicago.edu	Immunology of Pregnancy and Transplantation rejection/tolerance	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	https://surgery.uchicago.edu/faculty/anita-s-chong-phd	Y	Y	Y	-	in person
Sam Sisodia	ssisodia@bsd.uchicago.edu	Molecular mechanims of Alzheimer's disease; role of the microbiome	-	-	Y	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	http//voices.uchicago.edu/drsisodialab	Y	Y	Y	-	in person
Ada Weinstock	adaweinstock@uchicago.edu	Obesity, cardiovascular diseases and immunity	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	https://weinstocklab.owlstown.net/	Y	Y	-	Y	In person
Geoffrey Greene	ggreene@uchicago.edu	breast cancer, steroid receptors, drug discovery	-	-	-	-	-	Y	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	https://benmay.uchicago.edu/faculty/geoffrey-greene-phd	Y	Y	-	-	in person
Amittha Wickrema	awickrema@uchicago.edu	Blood research pertaining to cancer and non-cancer	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	https://med-faculty.bsd.uchicago.edu/Default/Details/7241	-	-	Y	-	In-person
Sean Pitroda	spitroda@uchicago.edu	Metastasis, radiation, immunotherapy, splicing, clinical biomarkers, bioinformatics	-	Y	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	https://profiles.uchicago.edu/profiles/display/8615139	Y	Y	Y	Y	in person
Ilaria Rebay	irebay@uchicago.edu	signaling networks, cell fate specification, morphogenesis, Drosophila development	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	https://voices.uchicago.edu/rebaylab/	-	-	-	Y	in person
Maria-Luisa Alegre	malegre@uchicago.edu	Transplantation immunology	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-
Micah Prochaska	mprochas@bsd.uchicago.edu	Red blood cell transfusion, Patient-reported outcomes, hospital medicine	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-		-	Y	Y	-
Willard Sharp	wsharp@uchicago.edu	Cardiac arrest, mitochondrial injury in heart and brain following ischemia/reperfusion injury	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	Y	-	in person
Bill Green	wgreen@uchicago.edu	Neuroscience, cell biology of neurons and synapses	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		Y	Y	Y	-	In-person
Susan Rowell	susanrowell@bsd.uchicago.edu	Traumatic brain injury, coagulation, hemorrhage	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	Y	Y	remote and in person
Satish Chitneni	schitneni@uchicago.edu	Molecular Imaging, Cellular & Molecular Biology, Cancer Biology	-	-	-	Y	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	https://biologicalsciences.uchicago.edu/faculty/satish-chitneni-phd	-	Y	Y	-	In person
Ashish Premkumar	premkumara@bsd.uchicago.edu	Clinical Research, Fetal therapy, prenatal diagnosis, second and third trimester abortion	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	https://obgyn.uchicago.edu/faculty/ashish-premkumar	-	-	Y	Y	remote and in person
Lin Shen	linshen@uchicago.edu	Immunology, TCR signaling, autoimmunity, immune tolerance	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	https://biologicalsciences.uchicago.edu/faculty/lin-shen	Y	Y	Y	-	In person
Kenneth Bader	baderk@uchicago.edu	Biomedical acoustics, Focused Ultrasound Therapies	-	Y	-	-	-	Y	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	baderlab.uchicago.edu	Y	Y	-	Y	In person
Emily Rogalski	erogalski@uchicago.edu	Neurobiology, Clinical Research, Aging, Dementia, Alzheimer's, Primary Progressive Aphasia, SuperAging	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	https://haarc.center.uchicago.edu/	-	Y	Y	Y	In person
Jon Staley	jstaley@uchicago.edu	Mechanism and Regulation of Pre-mRNA Splicing, Evolution, Cellular & Molecular Biology, Cancer Biology, Genetics / Genomics, Bio-Chemistry, Computational Biology	-	-	-	Y	-	Y	Y	-	-	-	-	Y	Y	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	https://voices.uchicago.edu/staleylab/	Y	Y	Y	Y	In person
Phillip LoSavio MD	plosavio@uchicagomedicine.org	Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Clinical Research, Translational Research	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/find-a-physician/physician/phillip-losavio	-	-	Y	-	remote
Barbara Kee	bkee@bsd.uchicago.edu	Transcription factor networks controlling natural killer cell development and and anti-tumor or anti-viral functions.	-	Y	Y	Y	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	https://voices.uchicago.edu/bkeelab/	Y	Y	Y	-	In-person
Jean Toby Greenberg	jgreenbe@uchicago.edu	plant-microbe interactions, plant signaling, genome editing	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	https://micro.uchicago.edu/program/faculty/jean-greenberg	Y	Y	Y	-	In-person
Stephanie Groman	sgroman@uchicago.edu	Neuroscience, addiction, decision making	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	www.gromanlab.com	-	Y	Y	-	In person
Ahmed Hamimi	ahmed.hamimi@bsd.uchicago.edu	Cancer Imaging within the abdomen and pelvis	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-		-	-	Y	-	Remote, In person
Marcelo Nobrega	nobrega@uchicago.edu	Genetics of human diseases	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	Y	Y	-	In person
Kay Macleod	kmacleod@uchicago.edu	Mitochondrial dysfunction in cancer	-	-	-	Y	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	https://macleodlab.uchicago.edu/	Y	Y	Y	-	In person
Lixing Yang	lixingyang@uchicago.edu	Cancer genomics	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	yanglab.me	Y	Y	Y	-	Remote, In person
Hae Kyung Im	haky@uchicago.edu	Statistical genetics and genomics	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	hakyimlab.org	-	-	Y	-	In person
Kaloyan (Kal) Tsanov	ktsanov@uchicago.edu	Metastasis, Genetics, Epigenetics, Tumor Microenvironment, Pancreatic Cancer, Gastric Cancer	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	https://profiles.uchicago.edu/profiles/display/53010247	Y	Y	Y	-	In person
Sara Gaines	sara.gaines@bsd.uchicago.edu	Microbiome and vascular disease	-	-	Y	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	Y	Y	-	In person
Marion Henry	mcwhenry@bsd.uchicago.edu	Pediatric Surgery outcomes research	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-		-	-	Y	-	Remote, In person
Janane Rahbani	janane.rahbani@bsd.uchicago.edu	Cancer Biology and Metabolism	-	-	-	Y	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	https://jananerahbanilab.com/	Y	Y	Y	-	In person
Andrew Koh	akoh@uchicago.edu	Cell plasticity, Chromatin noise, Adaptation, Immunology	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	kohlab.uchicago.edu	-	Y	Y	-	In person
Neil Shubin	nshubin@uchicago.edu	Evolution, Paleontology, Developmental Biology	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	Y	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		Y	Y	Y	-	In person
Hena Patel	henapatel87@gmail.com	Cardiovascular disease in women; cardiac imaging	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-		-	-	Y	-	Remote, In person
Prateek Sharma	prateek.sharma@bsd.uchicago.edu	Vascular Medicine, Endovascular/Interventional Cardiology, and Acute/Chronic Pulmonary Embolism	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	Y	Y	-	Remote, In person
Molly Erickson	merickson1@uchicago.edu	Cognition, psychosis, EEG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	Y	-	-	https://www.ericksonmapslab.com/	-	-	Y	-	In person
Nathan Schoettler	nschoettle@bsd.uchicago.edu	Asthma, immunology and genetics	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	https://voices.uchicago.edu/schoettlerlab/	-	Y	Y	-	In person
Hening Lin	linh1@uchicago.edu	drug discovery, biochemistry, cell signaling, immunology, cancer	-	Y	-	-	-	Y	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	voices.uchicago.edu/lingroup	-	-	Y	-	In person
Victoria Prince	vprince@uchicago.edu	Zebrafish Developmental Biology	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	Y	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	https://voices.uchicago.edu/princelab/	Y	Y	Y	-	In person
Oni Basu	onibasu@uchicago.edu	single-cell 'omics, patient/ disease heterogenity, host-microbe interaction; in vitro disease modeling	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	https://wordpress.uchospitals.edu/basu-lab/	-	-	Y	-	In person
Lawrence Hunter	lehunter@uchicago.edu	computational biology / natural language processing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=58cKLg4AAAAJ&hl=en	Y	Y	Y	-	Remote
Heather Whitney	hwhitney@uchicago.edu	Computer-aided diagnosis of medical imaging (including AI, phantom development and evaluation, collaboration with clinicians on clinical tasks)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	https://whitneylab.uchicago.edu/	-	-	Y	-	In person
Anna Volerman	avolerman@uchicago.edu	Equity focused work that applies community engaged research and implementation science to reduce health disparities (asthma, mental health, community violence) as well as research to promote biomedical workforce diversity	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	Y	-		Y	Y	Y	-	Remote, In person
Ellie Heckscher	heckscher@uchicago.edu	Motor circuits--development, evolution, function	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	https://heckscherlab.uchicago.edu/	-	-	Y	-	In person
Tareq Kass-Hout	tkasshout@uchicago.edu	Stroke, vascular and interventional neurology	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	Y	Y	-	Remote, In person
Mark Applebaum	mapplebaum@peds.bsd.uchicago.edu	Neuroblastoma, cancer biology	-	-	-	Y	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	Y	-	In person
Lilly Immergluck, MD, MS	limmergluck1@uchicago.edu	antibiotic resistance	-	Y	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	data lab; basic science/micro lab	Y	Y	Y	-	Remote, In person
Lindsay Schwartz	lindsay.schwartz@bsd.uchicago.edu	pediatric, adolescent, and young adult cancer; outcomes research	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-		-	-	Y	-	Remote, In person
Urs Schmidt-Ott	uschmid@uchicago.edu	evolution and development	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	https://schmidtottlab.uchicago.edu/	-	Y	-	-	In person
Emma Brett	ebrett@bsd.uchicago.edu	Substance use (tobacco, alcohol, cannabis),behavioral and pharmacological interventions, cancer prevention and health equity	-	-	-	-	-	Y	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	Y	-	https://voices.uchicago.edu/brettbreathelab/	-	-	Y	-	In person
Clifton Ragsdale	cragsdale.uchicago@gmail.com	cephalopod biology	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	https://ragsdalelab.uchicago.edu/	-	Y	-	-	In person
Jignesh Unadkat	jignesh.unadkat@bsd.uchicago.edu	Clinical Research in Plastic Surgery, Hand Surgery	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery \| Department of Surgery \| The University of Chicago	-	-	Y	-	In person
Yuval Simons	yuval.simons@uchicago.edu	Population genetics	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	https://www.yuvalsimons.org/	Y	Y	Y	-	Remote, In person
Arlene Chapman, MD	achapman1@bsd.uchicago.edu	PKD	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-
Zewdi Tsegai	ztsegai@uchicago.edu	human evolution, joint function, biomechanics, primates, anatomy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	tsegailab.com	Y	Y	Y	-	Remote, In person
David Satzer	dsatzer@uchicago.edu	Neurosurgery, neuromodulation, epilepsy, intracranial EEG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	https://profiles.uchicago.edu/profiles/display/47773818	-	-	Y	-	In person
Zhuzhu Zhang	zhuzhuzhang@uchicago.edu	genomics, epigenetics, neuroscience, bioinformatics	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	Y	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	https://zhanglab.odoo.com/	-	-	Y	-	In person
Lauren Carley	lcarley@uchicago.edu	Plant ecology, evolution, and genetics	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	Y	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	carleylab.uchicago.edu	Y	Y	-	-	In person
Laura Dickens	ldickens1@bsd.uchicago.edu	Diabetes in pregnancy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	Y	-	Remote, In person
Myles Castro	myles.castro@bsd.uchicago.edu	HIV-related Research	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	https://www.hivelimination.uchicago.edu/	Y	Y	Y	-	Remote, In person
Megan Huisingh-Scheetz	megan.huisingh-scheetz@bsd.uchicago.edu	Aging and technology	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	https://profiles.uchicago.edu/profiles/display/39342	-	-	Y	-	Remote, In person
Narutoshi Hibino	nhibino@bsd.uchicago.	Cardiac and vascular tissue engineering, Bioprinting, Patient specific surgical simulation using virtual reality, augmented reality, and machine learning	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	hibinolab.com	-	Y	Y	-	Remote, In person
Sarah Keedy	skeedy@bsd.uchicago.edu	Neurocognitive aspects of psychiatric disorders and substances of abuse	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	https://voices.uchicago.edu/censl/	-	Y	Y	-	In person
Camille DeMarco	camilledemarco@bsd.uchicago.edu	Infectious Disease, HIV	-	Y	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	https://www.hivelimination.uchicago.edu/	Y	-	Y	-	In person
Marcus Kronforst	mkronforst@uchicago.edu	Evolution, adaptation, speciation, genomics	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	Y	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	https://kronforstlab.org/	-	-	Y	-	In person
Joel Voss	joelvoss@uchicago.edu	Cognitive, computational neuroscience of human memory and brain stimulation	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	https://cnoir.bsd.uchicago.edu/	-	Y	Y	-	In person
Austin Wesevich	austin.wesevich@uchicagomedicine.org	Health Services Research	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/find-a-physician/physician/austin-wesevich	-	-	Y	-	Remote, In person
Alan Hutchison	Alan.Hutchison@uchicagomedicine.org	Diabetes and Glucose Metabolism in Liver Disease and Post-Liver Transplant - Machine Learning and Patient-facing Observational Trials	-	-	-	Y	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	Y	-	Remote, In person
Noah Mitchell	npmitchell@uchicago.edu	Morphogenesis / quantitative developmental biology	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mitchelllab.uchicago.edu	Y	Y	Y	-	In person
Seppe Kuehn	seppekuehn@uchicago.edu	microbial communities, evolution, microbiomes, enviornmental microbiology, biophysics	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	kuehnlab.org	Y	Y	Y	-	In person
Betsy Cliff	bqcliff@bsd.uchicago.edu	health economics	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	Y	Y	-	Remote, In person
David Meltzer	hospitalistresearch@bsd.uchicago.edu	Social/behavioral and health	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-		-	Y	Y	-	In person
Alejandra Lastra	Alejandra.Lastra@bsd.uchicago.edu	Advanced Respiratory Care- Sleep Disordered Breathing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	https://profiles.uchicago.edu/profiles/profile/24076233. Collaboration with Dr. Phillip LoSavio (ENT) research lab, regular open office hours on Zoom (3rd Fridays of the month 7- 7:50am). Email for link.	-	-	Y	-	Remote, In person
Tenzin Choden	tenzin.choden@uchospitals.edu	GI - inflammatory bowel disease, frailty, sarcopenia, aging	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		Y	Y	Y	-	In person
Esra Tasali	etasali@uchicago.edu	Sleep Medicine and Diabetes, Obesity , Cardiovascular Disease- Clinical Translational Research	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		Y	Y	Y	-	Remote, In person
Marcos Sotomayor	sotomayor@uchicago.edu	Mechanotransduction, Computational and Structural Biology	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		Y	Y	Y	-	In person
Sebastian Pott	spott@uchicago.edu	Gene regulation, epigenetics, genomics	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	https://pott-lab.uchicago.edu/	Y	Y	Y	-	In person

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Most research labs at The University of Chicago welcome undergraduate trainees. Nevertheless, one of the most daunting tasks for an undergraduate student interesting in pursuing research is identifying a mentor and lab in which to perform research. Here are a few approaches:

Possible steps for finding a lab…

Option 1:

Find faculty in areas that interest you

Choose an area of interest among The BSD Graduate Programs and find Faculty In... to see one sentence blurbs describing the work of faculty in this area. Select a faculty member to learn more about their research and their lab. You can also search for faculty you have met in your classes to learn more about their research.

Prospective biology majors interested in learning more about the variety of labs conducting biological research on campus can attend one or more quarters of the non-credit course BIOS 10098 Pizza with the PIs: Introduction to Biology Research at The University of Chicago. Offered Winter and Spring Quarters.

Option 2:

Phoenix Biology Research Database

The Phoenix Biology Club sends out a brief survey to BSD faculty annually to create a partial list of faculty who are interested in talking to undergraduates about joining their labs.

Phoenix Biology Research Database

CCRF Database

The College Center for Research & Fellowships maintains their own database of research positions - make sure to search within “Biological Sciences Collegiate Division” and verify that listings are up-to-date.

CCRF Research Database

Reach Out

Email faculty members whose work interests you to let them know that you are interested in training in their lab, if there is space, and ask if they are open to meeting with you. Understand that faculty lead complicated lives, and in some cases will not respond to your email. Do not be discouraged, but have backup plans if you receive no response or the lab is full.

“… I overcame this hurdle only when an upperclassman currently working in a lab … told me something along the lines of "yeah you can literally just straight up cold-email them.” Most PIs are actually quite happy to receive interest from undergraduates. Worst-case scenario, the few that actually are too busy, they just won't respond. Nobody's gonna blacklist you for sending an email saying you're interested."
- Cailey Riggs, Researcher for Mitchell Lab & La Riviere Lab

Option 3:

BSCD Fellowships

Some BSCD Fellowships place students in labs. Follow the link above and read on individual programs. Accompanying the Handshake applications is more information about whether or not the program matches you with a mentor and lab as part of their enrollment process.