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I don't think you should freak out just yet. I went through the same thing with a few schools where I saw interview invites posted but didn't hear anything at all for several weeks, then out of the blue got invited. I think some programs ask people in rounds and so you might end up hearing from them later than other students. I think it depends on the program whether they accept any students without an interview but the interview is required for all of my programs. Hang in there.

I heard from Emory NGP on Thursday the 13th - though maybe you have as well by now.

Yeah, there are a lot of interesting labs at UVa. I did my undergraduate work in Virginia (W&M) so I was familiar with a few of the professors from collaborations. I want to do more physiology in graduate school - specifically structure-function studies of ion channels and membrane biophysics as part of a larger systems neuro investigation. If you want to talk more about research, you can e-mail me (not sure this thread is appropriate for the topic). I'd like to hear about your interests as well.

The neuroscience graduate program.

That's a good list. I applied to a bunch of schools - eight to be exact (all neuro programs). So far, I'm interviewing at Pittsburgh, UVa, Stony Brook and Emory. Waiting to hear from WashU, NYU Sackler, UAB and UF Gainsville. I like all of the programs, so as long as I get into one, I don't think I will be disappointed. Good luck to you!

thanks, neurogirl11. I'll certainly keep my phone on... Good luck! Brown-NIH GPP (Neuroscience): Feb 28-Mar 3 Columbia CMBS: Jan 21-23 / Jan 28-31 Duke: Feb 4-5 / Feb 18-19 Emory (Neuroscience): Feb 10-12; Feb 24-26 Gerstner Sloan-Kettering: Jan 18-20 Harvard BBS: Feb 10-13 / Feb 24-27 Indiana U IBMG: Feb 3-5 / ??? Johns Hopkins--CMDB: February 10th-13th NYU Sackler Institute Biomedical Sciences: Jan 13-14 / Jan 20-21 / Feb 3-4 / Feb 10-11 OHSU Neuroscience: Feb 6-8 Rockefeller: Mar 3-5 / Mar 10-12 Stanford Biosciences (Chem/Systems Bio): March 3-5 The Scripps Research Institute: Feb 24-26 / Mar 3-5 U Alabama - Birmingham: Jan 13-15 UC Irvine CMB: Jan 27-29 / Feb 3-6 UCLA ACCESS: Jan 29-31 / Feb 12-14 / Feb 26-28 UCSD Biomedical Sciences: Feb 17-20 UCSF TETRAD: Feb 3-5 / Feb 24-26 University of Chicago--Immunology: February 10th-12th U Georgia - Genetics: Jan 27-29 U Maryland - Baltimore Neuroscience: Jan 21 / Feb 11 / Feb 18 UNC BBSP: Jan 27-29 / ??? / ??? USC PIBBS: Jan 13-14 University of Washington Immunology: Feb 17-19 / Feb 24-26 University of Washington Neurobiology and Behavior: Jan 18-19 / Jan 19-20 Wake Forest Neuroscience: Jan 13-15 Watson School of the Biological Sciences: Jan 27-30 / Feb 3-6 Weill Cornell Immunology and Pathogenesis: Feb 16-18 University of Minnesota Neuroscience: March 3-6 University of Pittsburgh CNUP (Neuroscience): Jan. 27-29 or Feb. 3-5 University of Virginia Neuroscience: Feb. 3-5 or Feb. 24-26 Washington University in St. Louis Neuroscience (WashU/WUSTL): Jan 27-29 Stony Brook Neuroscience: late January/early February??

I think I saw one a while back (around mid-December) for WashU Neuro and so I'm going off of that. For NYU, I've seen a couple that are for "Biosciences" and I've seen the Neural Science program posted but I think only one post about the Sackler Neuro program. Either way, it probably won't be long until we hear definitively from WUSTL. Mind sharing where else you've applied? I'm still waiting to hear from several programs.

Yeah, my hopes are certainly diminished at this point, but you never know; I could be in the "maybe" pile. I've got a few interviews coming up so I'm trying to focus on those. It would just be nice to hear one way or the other so I can stop checking the results obsessively and get my life back

Hello, Sorry to be posting a question, but it is related to interviews - does anyone know if all interview invites have been sent out for Washington University Neuroscience and NYU Sackler Neuroscience and Physiology? I am assuming it's the case, but it would be good to know and stop waiting. also: Columbia CMBS: Jan 21-23 / Jan 28-31 Duke: Feb 4-5 / Feb 18-19 Gerstner Sloan-Kettering: Jan 18-20 Indiana U IBMG: Feb 3-5 / ??? NYU Sackler Institute Biomedical Sciences: Jan 13-14 / Jan 20-21 / Feb 3-4 / Feb 10-11 Rockefeller: Mar 3-5 / Mar 10-12 Stanford Biosciences (Chem/Systems Bio): March 3-5 The Scripps Research Institute: Feb 24-26 / Mar 3-5 U Alabama - Birmingham: Jan 13-15 UC Irvine CMB: Jan 27-29 / Feb 3-6 UCLA ACCESS: Jan 29-31 / Feb 12-14 / Feb 26-28 UCSD Biomedical Sciences: Feb 17-20 UCSF TETRAD: Feb 3-5 / Feb 24-26 U Maryland - Baltimore Neuroscience: Jan 21 / Feb 11 / Feb 18 UNC BBSP: Jan 27-29 / ??? / ??? USC PIBBS: Jan 13-14 University of Washington Immunology: Feb 17-19 / Feb 24-26 Wake Forest Neuroscience: Jan 13-15 Washington University in St. Louis Neuroscience (WashU/WUSTL): Jan 27-29 Weill Cornell Immunology and Pathogenesis: Feb 16-18 University of Pittsburgh CNUP (Neuroscience): Jan. 27-29 or Feb. 3-5 University of Virginia Neuroscience: Feb. 3-5 or Feb. 24-26 thanks!

Good point. Well, my background is varied, I've worked a lot with rodent operant conditioning as an undergraduate and had an internship doing a project on cerebellar development and neurotrophin expression in rats experiencing developmental LPS exposure, this project involved a lot of basic techniques from treatment of animals, behavioral testing, dissection, harvesting and fixing brains, sectioning, staining, stereology, confocal microscopy and immunohistochemistry. Additionally, as an undergraduate I helped set up an automated laser ablation system to selectively lesion medullary cells as part of a separate project. This was in a systems neuroscience lab that focused on the neural mechanism of respiration and rhythm generation in a small complex of neurons in the medulla. I took a couple of graduate level courses in applied neuroscience and developed an interest in neurophysiology and electrophysiology (a technique in which I am gaining experience). For graduate study, I think I would like to work on a circuit level project and since I have a lot of experience in different techniques, a systems approach appeals to me most. My current work is in sensory transduction and more specifically, TRP channel function. Ion channel research and membrane biophysics also interest me as a way to understand neuronal behavior and dynamics, this coupled with high-level imaging would be really exciting. I'm working on narrowing my focus but definitely leaning in the direction of physiology as opposed to neurobiology and behavioral or cognitive fields. I have experience with rats, mice, C. elegans and cells so as far as model systems, I'm definitely more interested in mammalian nervous systems. The school I was accepted to was UVa so programs on this level would probably be best for me to look into. For personal reasons, I'd like to be on the west coast though I didn't have much luck out there the last time I applied so I'm open to finding a good program pretty much anywhere (domestic).

Hm, seems like the "where to apply" posts aren't very popular...guess I'll have to do the hard work by myself, heh.

I applied to a bunch of neuroscience programs this past fall and only received one offer (it wasn't a top choice) so I decided I'd hang out another year at my job and see if I can do anything meaningful before next application period. I am quite serious about neuroscience and research as a career but I'm just feeling unsure about which programs to apply to. I went for the flashy names last time and I think I will take a different strategy this time around. Would anyone like to share which programs they think are good and the reasons why? Maybe a bit about what they are looking for in applicants also. I would certainly appreciate it as I gear up for another round of apps. I'm geographically pretty open and probably not a star academic though I am very passionate and have a decent amount of research experience. Thanks!