1. Internships / USDA & Still Lab

2. USDA probably has a job for every discipline

3. http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?navid=INTERN_SCHOLAR &navtype=RT&parentnav=CAREERS Applying for USDA Internships 1. Create Account

4. http://www.usajobs.gov/studentjobs/ Students and Recent Graduates Educational Employment Note: many require specific courses to be eligible. Plan ahead!!! - see following slides for examples.

5. http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/standards/group-stds/index-Group.asp

6. http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/standards/group-stds/gs-prof.asp

10. http://www.ars.usda.gov/sp2UserFiles/Subsite/careers/CareerBas ics2009Edition-ScienceCareersPublication.pdf 2.Upload your C.V. (but read this PDF first!) Chapter 2: Marketing Yourself

11. Graduate School 1.Plan Now a)Pre-requisites for grad school b)Prepare for, and take GRE 2.High GPA is a given 3.Requires more than high GPA a)Get Research Experience b)Where? i.Still lab? ii.Other University?

12. Still lab funded by USDA, NSF, ARI Paid Research Training Develop skills: o Basic laboratory o Basic molecular biology o Advanced molecular biology o Genetic mapping skills o Conventional & molecular marker breeding o Bioinformatics Career Opportunities Internships o USDA Salinas o UC Davis Genome Center & Seed Biotechnology Center Activities o Site visits to USDA ARS stations and UC campuses USDA HSI : “Sowing the Seeds for the Next Generation of Plant Breeders”

13. Principal and Co-Principal Investigators David W. Still, PI Youngsook You, Co-PI o Department of Plant Sciences, Cal Poly Pomona Collaborators Ryan Hayes o USDA ARS – Salinas Kent Bradford Richard Michelmore o University of California, Davis Still lab – continued

14. Still lab: http://www.csupomona.edu/~stilllab/index.shtml e-mail: David Still: dwstill@csupomona.edu Youngsook You: yyou@csupomona.edu http://www.csupomona.edu/~stilllab/index.shtmldwstill@csupomona.eduyyou@csupomona.edu More information: