Starting Points and Frequently Asked Questions
How do I, as a graduate student, find my dual mentors?
The LJIS interdisciplinary training program is directed
toward promoting interdisciplinary research. Thus, the best guidance to
new graduate students who are interested in exploring research in an interdisciplinary
area is to discuss your ideas with a faculty mentor in your own department
first. She/he will be your first contact point for establishing an interdisciplinary
research program for yourself.
How can potential postdoctoral candidates learn about possible dual mentors?
As with graduate students, your first contact will be
a faculty member in one of the participating institutions with whom you
are interested in working. Together with this faculty member, potential
postdoctoral fellows can explore possible interdisciplinary projects with
other participating faculty.
How can I, a faculty member at UCSD, TSRI, SDSC or Salk, identify potential
collaborators for interdisciplinary projects, and activity within the LJIS
program?
As a faculty member in one of the above institutions,
it is likely that you are acquainted with one or more of the LJIS Steering
Committee Members. Clearly you can learn more about the program from these
colleagues of yours. We believe this program provides a significant opportunity
to forge interactions among our extensive community in interdisciplinary
areas. One means of exploring potential areas for interactions is to participate
in the "Computational Biology Town Meetings" and frequent Saturday Workshops
that exploring interdisciplinary areas. This was the mechanism by which
most of those closely participating in the LJIS program got together. These
meetings are open to everyone and faculty members are encouraged to attend
and contribute. Specifically, you can learn about others interests as well
as discuss, and possibly organize a Saturday morning workshop around, your
interests. If you wish to be on the Computational Biology Town Meeting
email list you simply need to send mail to listserv@ucsd.edu
the only line of the message should read add [your e-mail address] compbiocom.
Who is eligible as a "faculty" to participate in mentoring
of students in the LJIS Interdisciplinary Training Program?
As noted in our introductory letter all researchers holding
faculty appointments within the participating institutions can serve as
a mentor. In most cases, these individuals will hold regular or adjunct
faculty appointments. However, our goal is to promote interaction across
disciplines and in some circumstances co-mentorship involving senior researchers
with special appointments and equivalent experience will be considered.