Research Opportunities in MCB

This page is updated regularly.

URA/USRA/MCB-SRA summer positions are advertised in January of each year, while GTA positions are advertised a few months before the beginning of each semester. Additional Information will be posted here and/or on the MCB Homepage during those application periods.

Undergraduate Research Opportunities:

Opportunities for URAs (Undergraduate Research Assistantships), USRAs (Undergraduate Student Research Awards), and *MCB-SRAs (MCB Summer Research Awards) will be posted here when available.

Graduate Research Opportunities:

• A fully funded PhD graduate student position is available in 2026 in the lab of Dr. Priyanka Pundir - posting details.
• Dr. Georgina Cox Lab is hiring a Postdoctoral Fellow to study E. coli efflux networks and cell envelope components in antimicrobial resistance. View the full position description.
• Dr. Yang Xu's lab is actively recruiting motivated undergraduate and graduate (MSc and PhD) students. Interested candidates are encouraged to contact her.
• A Graduate Student position is available in the laboratory of Dr. Melanie Alpaugh - Alpaugh Lab Posting Details (PDF), posted on April 9th, 2024
• A Post-Doctoral Research position is available in the laboratory of Dr. Cezar Khursigara and Dr. S. Balamurugan - Khursigara and Balamurugan Lab Posting Details (PDF), posted on April 5, 2022