M.S. AND PH.D DEGREE OPPORTUNITIES IN INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY. The Department of Integrative Biology at Oklahoma State University is recruiting graduate students for Fall 2020 admission to join a collaborative and productive degree program. The Department of Integrative Biology takes an integrative approach to research in organismal biology, focusing on increasing our knowledge of organisms and their environments through studies ranging from the molecular to the ecosystem level. We have three inclusive areas of study: evolution, ecology, and environmental stress, which we define quite broadly. Among other areas, we conduct studies in conservation ecology, genomics, neurobiology, behavioral ecology, environmental toxicology, science education, ecosystem studies, and physiology. Graduate Teaching Assistantships with competitive stipends are regularly available.

Oklahoma State University is located in Stillwater, a thriving college community with a low cost of living, diverse restaurants, a thriving music scene, air service through American Airlines, and close proximity to both natural and major metropolitan (Tulsa and Oklahoma City) areas.

Information on applying to our graduate program can be found here: http://integrativebiology.okstate.edu/graduate-program/admission-procedure. For questions regarding the application process, please contact our departmental Graduate Coordinator, Dr. Jen Grindstaff (jen.grindstaff@okstate.edu). The application deadline is February 1, 2020.  Evaluation will continue after that date, but students are encouraged to apply as early as possible.

Come join the McCullagh Lab, starting January 2020! Masters and PhD students welcome! Postdocs may be recruited based on availability of funding. The McCullagh lab is interested in understanding how the brain uses sound information provided by the ears to determine the location of a sound. We investigate this question using several different strategies:

1. Studying different model organisms to see how they use the brain to localize sound. (Examples: Naked Mole Rats, Frogs, Horses, etc.)
2. Using disease models that are known to have difficulties with sensory information (Examples: autism and Fragile X Syndrome)
3. Use modern techniques to manipulate the brain and see what happens to sound information processing (Examples: optogenetics, etc.)

 

*For more information or to express interest contact elizabeth.mccullagh@okstate.edu