Research Experience

Graduate School
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<p>I am an undergrad bio major that wants to get a Masters in a bio-related field.</p>

<p>However, my research experience thus far as been in chemistry, biochemistry and pharmacology labs. Does the type of lab I have experience in affect my chances of being admitted into, say, an immunology or pathology lab (or maybe conservation--I haven't decided yet)?</p>

<p>I'm really interested in the research I've gotten to do thus far in the chemistry and pharmacology labs and I've had no such luck finding a spot in a bio lab at my school. Plus, the university where I do research isn't the university I attend. The latter has extremely limited resources and the former is a research university with a lot of options available so it's easier getting research opportunities there than at my current school.</p>

<p>(I also plan on applying to a NASA internship for next summer at NASA Glenn and for some NSF internships as well that are more related to bio if that helps).</p>

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<p>No, it shouldn’t matter as long as it’s a little related. I did most of my undergrad research in developmental psychology, but I’m getting my PhD in health psychology.</p>

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<p>An immunology professor at one of my top choice schools said pretty much the same thing as juillet. He told me a biology lab would be better than a chemistry or physics lab because the techniques would be more applicable, but most anything in biology would be fine.</p>