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Weekly School and Career Megathread (self.neuroscience)
submitted 18d ago by NickHalper
This is our weekly career and school megathread! Some of our typical rules don't apply here.
# School
Looking for advice on whether neuroscience is good major? Trying to understand what it covers? Trying to understand the best schools or the path out of neuroscience into other disciplines? This is the place.
# Career
Are you trying to see what your Neuro PhD, Masters, BS can do in industry? Trying to understand the post doc market? Wondering what careers neuroscience tends to lead to? Welcome to your thread.
# Employers, Institutions, and Influencers
Looking to hire people for your graduate program? Do you want to promote a video about your school, job, or similar? Trying to let people know where to find consolidated career advice? Put it all here.
# School
Looking for advice on whether neuroscience is good major? Trying to understand what it covers? Trying to understand the best schools or the path out of neuroscience into other disciplines? This is the place.
# Career
Are you trying to see what your Neuro PhD, Masters, BS can do in industry? Trying to understand the post doc market? Wondering what careers neuroscience tends to lead to? Welcome to your thread.
# Employers, Institutions, and Influencers
Looking to hire people for your graduate program? Do you want to promote a video about your school, job, or similar? Trying to let people know where to find consolidated career advice? Put it all here.
Used_Yogurtcloset813 1 points 12d ago
I am currently a neurobiology major student.
I don't really enjoy any aspect of biology other than neurobiology and neuroscience. I am very motivated to learn about neurons and the brain due to a very personal situation.
However, the main problem I am having is whether or not working within a clinical neurobiology lab would be very similar to how a clinical biology lab works. I spent a summer within a clinical biology lab and I did not like a single thing about it. I also don't even enough any of my biology courses, just my neurobiology classes.
So I'm wondering if anyone knows how similar clinical neurobiology/neuroscience is to clinical biology. They just feel so different due to how neurons are different from other cells and the way to approach them. However, someone told me that working in a neurobiology lab is very similar to working in a molecular biology lab.
edit: only 1/4 of my degree is actually neurobiology classes, which is making think even more that neurobiology is similar to molecular biology.
I don't really enjoy any aspect of biology other than neurobiology and neuroscience. I am very motivated to learn about neurons and the brain due to a very personal situation.
However, the main problem I am having is whether or not working within a clinical neurobiology lab would be very similar to how a clinical biology lab works. I spent a summer within a clinical biology lab and I did not like a single thing about it. I also don't even enough any of my biology courses, just my neurobiology classes.
So I'm wondering if anyone knows how similar clinical neurobiology/neuroscience is to clinical biology. They just feel so different due to how neurons are different from other cells and the way to approach them. However, someone told me that working in a neurobiology lab is very similar to working in a molecular biology lab.
edit: only 1/4 of my degree is actually neurobiology classes, which is making think even more that neurobiology is similar to molecular biology.
Nate-Austin 1 points 16d ago
Hi everyone
I am currently an undergrad at Penn State University who lacks clarity on the specifics of my long term goals.
For the past few years, I’ve had these very crude visions of what I want my legacy to be, and while I feel unsure about the specifics, I have a general sense of what I want to do.
Basically, I want to develop and work with the technology used in non-invasive brain stimulation and use it to transform our dreams into therapeutic experiences.
Here’s a great description of what I envision
I currently have plans to earn a B.S. in Computational Math with a Minor in Neuroscience and then pursue a graduate degree in Computational Neuro.
That plan may seem perfectly plausible to someone as uneducated as myself, but I want to discuss the specifics of how my education will affect my future with people who have similar interests and have established themselves in the field (while I still can!)
If anyone can provide resources, connections, and/or guidance, I would be extremely grateful 🙏
Thank you
SwimminginKoolAid 2 points 16d ago
I hope I might be able to provide some insight.
I am in USA and I earned my B.S. in Neuroscience followed by a graduate degree in related healthcare field.
If you haven't already joined a research lab at Penn, I recommend you look into joining a STEM research lab. Inquire with your professors and look into various research labs at your school. I myself joined a pharmacology lab in undergrad and briefly worked in a mechanical engineering lab following undergrad. By joining a lab you will obtain a better understanding of the day-to-day activitiess of those who are pursuing a M.S. or Ph.D. You may also have opportunities to present research at poster sessions and travel to conferences. There are usually scholarship opportunities with lab research work as well. My undergrad program offered paid summer research scholarships.
Out of my undergraduate neuroscience cohort, a variety of careers were pursued. Several individuals went on to medical or veterinary school while others pursued M.S./Ph.Ds, Dentistry, Therapy fields (PT, OT, SLP), D.O. and nursing programs.
If you are hoping more to develop and work directly with neurotechnology, a M.S. or Ph.D program path sounds logical. My #1 recommendation is to seek out observation, shadow, and volunteer opportunities in the fields/careers that interest you in order to get a first hand look of what a work day looks like in specific fields. Good luck!
I am in USA and I earned my B.S. in Neuroscience followed by a graduate degree in related healthcare field.
If you haven't already joined a research lab at Penn, I recommend you look into joining a STEM research lab. Inquire with your professors and look into various research labs at your school. I myself joined a pharmacology lab in undergrad and briefly worked in a mechanical engineering lab following undergrad. By joining a lab you will obtain a better understanding of the day-to-day activitiess of those who are pursuing a M.S. or Ph.D. You may also have opportunities to present research at poster sessions and travel to conferences. There are usually scholarship opportunities with lab research work as well. My undergrad program offered paid summer research scholarships.
Out of my undergraduate neuroscience cohort, a variety of careers were pursued. Several individuals went on to medical or veterinary school while others pursued M.S./Ph.Ds, Dentistry, Therapy fields (PT, OT, SLP), D.O. and nursing programs.
If you are hoping more to develop and work directly with neurotechnology, a M.S. or Ph.D program path sounds logical. My #1 recommendation is to seek out observation, shadow, and volunteer opportunities in the fields/careers that interest you in order to get a first hand look of what a work day looks like in specific fields. Good luck!
Nate-Austin 1 points 12d ago
Thanks for the insight!
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