<p>Are there any famous biology/biochem/neuro/molecularbio/bioengineer labs at UCSB? If so can you list any or provide websites? Thank you :)</p>
<p>The Institute of Collaborative Biotechnology: [ICB</a> - Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies](<a href=“http://www.icb.ucsb.edu/]ICB”>http://www.icb.ucsb.edu/)</p>
<p>I am not a science major, hopefully a science major would be willing to provide you with other info.</p>
<p>Ask me about the Business Econ program, I’ll tell you everything. :)</p>
<p>Marine Science Institute: [homepagemacphotoshop[/url</a>]
Center for Stem Cell Biology and Engineering: [url=<a href=“http://www.stemcell.ucsb.edu/]Center”>http://www.stemcell.ucsb.edu/]Center</a> for Stem Cell Biology and Engineering at UC Santa Barbara](<a href=“http://www.coastalresearchcenter.ucsb.edu/]homepagemacphotoshop[/url”>http://www.coastalresearchcenter.ucsb.edu/)
Neuroscience Research Institute: [Neuroscience</a> Research Institute](<a href=“http://www.nri.ucsb.edu/]Neuroscience”>http://www.nri.ucsb.edu/)
Center for the Study of Macular Degeneration: [Center</a> for the Study of Macular Degeneration (CSMD)](<a href=“http://www.csmd.ucsb.edu/]Center”>http://www.csmd.ucsb.edu/)</p>
<p>This is a list of all the Research units in UCSB in an alphabetical order. Check out what relates to your interest.
[UCSB</a> Research Centers and Units](<a href=“http://www.ucsb.edu/research/alpha/index.shtml]UCSB”>http://www.ucsb.edu/research/alpha/index.shtml)</p>
<p>those are great questions ;)</p>
<p>Go to the ICB website, check out people and you will find a huge list of the researchers/professors in the program. Once you are in UCSB, start contacting each of them and see if they have any work for you as an undergrad. Take your transcript with you and show it to them and let them know that you are very dedicated and would do any kind of work to assist them in their project. It is important to let them know that your primary goal is to learn. You will never know what kind of help they need. If they ask you to be a computer technician in their lab, do it. It will get your foot in the door. If they ask you to assist one of their PHD students, do it. Just be open to what they ask, even if they ask you to clean petri dishes for a month. lol, I would do it. </p>
<p>I don’t know if ICB is looking for undergrads, and there is nothing wrong with working with the other institutes as well. </p>
<p>For example: [url=<a href=“http://www.stemcell.ucsb.edu/people/]People[/url”>People | William K. Bowes Laboratory for Stem Cell Biology and Engineering | UC Santa Barbara]People[/url</a>]
Do you notice how they have all the faculty’s email addresses and phone numbers? After you admit to UCSB, contact them after your first quarter (mainly after you settle down and get some good grades to show for). Ask them politely if they have any work, don’t pester them. Stay in touch with the ones that you think are nice and you would enjoy maintaining relations with. If you don’t land anything, keep asking them once every quarter and visit them during their office hours. Study up on what their research is on and go and discuss with them (show them that you want to learn).</p>
<p>Its all about maintaining relations, having the drive to learn and being motivated. If not in the beginning, you will get an opportunity to participate in something later on.</p>
<p>Professors are very approachable. It also depends on how you approach them and how busy their particular day is. I landed my first Lab Technician position when I approached a professor outside a rest room. I saw him inside and I was waiting for him outside the door. I just straight up asked him if he had any work for me to do. He hired me in 5 mins cus he really needed someone to help him out (his former lab tech just graduated at that time). </p>
<p>My room mate last year is an Anthropology major. He talked to a bunch of professors in the Anthro department (emailed them, visited them during office hours and etc.) Bunch of them didn’t need any help and they told him they can’t help him. I think the forth professor he contacted, needed some help with scanning bones. Which apparantly is a big deal in Anthropology. That was his foot in the door. After that it was a smooth sailing for him. He got involved with a lot of research, went on some expedition in Europe over the summer. </p>
<p>But dont forget, grades are the most important thing. My room mate was maintaining a 3.6 gpa while he was doing all this.</p>
<p>I hope some science major would help you two out with these questions. They would have more credibility, especially if you find someone who did some real time research. </p>
<p>Why don’t you two visit the campus and talk to some advisors and professors. They would be of good help.</p>
<p>Go to the designated department’s site, they should have the advisors’ contact infomation there.</p>
<p>Example:
<a href=“Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology | University of California, Santa Barbara”>Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology | University of California, Santa Barbara;
<a href=“http://www.lifesci.ucsb.edu/mcdb/department/services/academic/advising.php[/url]”>http://www.lifesci.ucsb.edu/mcdb/department/services/academic/advising.php</a>
<a href=“http://www.chem.ucsb.edu/undergraduate/advisors.shtml[/url]”>http://www.chem.ucsb.edu/undergraduate/advisors.shtml</a></p>
<p>If you have any questions, just call the Campus’s admissions number and ask them to help you find an advisor.
Their number is 805-893-2881. When I was new to UCSB I would call them for every academics related questions. They were very helpful to me.</p>
<p>Good job. Good luck.</p>