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Academic Resources

Local academic programs

  • Basic Sciences Seminar Series. Speakers are prominent scientists invited from leading national and international institutions, and students have lunch with the seminar speaker.
  • Basic Sciences Journal Club. This is a weekly departmentwide journal club with informal presentations by faculty, postdoctoral fellows and students.
  • Research Project Update. This is a weekly departmentwide presentation of progress on individual research projects. Students and postdoctoral fellows present annually, while faculty present biannually.
  • Career-Track Seminar Series. This series provides opportunities for students to explore nonacademic career paths through talks by science-trained visiting professionals from the Phoenix area.
  • Arizona State University (ASU). Located 15 miles from the Scottsdale campus, ASU offers diverse opportunities for formal course work, skills training and collaborative interactions.

Laboratory rotations

Setting up a rotation in an Arizona laboratory is straightforward. First, the student should contact the potential faculty mentor and confirm that there is a mutual interest in a rotation experience. Once the student and mentor have agreed on dates for the rotation, the student should notify Rose Marie M. Taylor at Mayo Graduate School in Rochester, Minn., to initiate paperwork for travel and course work.

The student or mentor should also contact the campus director in Arizona to confirm rotation plans and facilitate local planning for housing, transportation and other logistical details. The campus director is available at any time for consultation with the student about possible mentors and practical considerations for temporarily transferring to Arizona.

Students performing a laboratory rotation in Arizona will be provided with a round-trip airline ticket from Rochester, a comfortably furnished apartment in Scottsdale and a rental car to accommodate local transportation during the rotation. Rotating students are included in all department activities.

Core facilities

  • Animal Facilities (Laboratory Animal Resources Core)
  • Flow Cytometry/Confocal Microscopy Core
  • Histology Core
  • Immunology Core
  • June 7, 2012
  • ART464400