Post-doctoral Studies
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Santa Clara County (Stanford, Palo Alto, Mountain View, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, Cupertino, San Jose)
San Mateo County (Menlo Park, Redwood City, Belmont
Application process
Please examine the research interests and laboratory descriptions available from the Department Faculty page. If you are interested in working in someone’s lab, contact the lab head directly.
The Office of Postdoctoral Affairs maintains a list of open postdoctoral positions. This site also provides useful information to those considering postdoctoral positions at Stanford.
This is an off-campus housing option within a few miles of campus.
Finding housing
Most postdocs live off campus. Some may manage to find on-campus housing through the graduate housing lottery, but that is not a guarantee. More commonly, postdocs live in the nearby cities of Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Mountain View, Redwood City and Sunnyvale. See the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs housing page for more information. http://postdocs.stanford.edu/handbook/housing.html
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/rde/cgi-bin/drupal/housing/
Community Housing - Phone: 650-723-3906 - Location: 630 Serra Street #110 http://www.stanford.edu/dept/rde/chs
Housing Assignments - Phone: 650-725-2810 - Location: 630 Serra Street #110 http://www.stanford.edu/dept/rde/has
Non-Stanford Resources in the surrounding cities-Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Mountain View, Redwood City and Sunnyvale can be found on the following links.
www.padmapper.com
Craigslist.com
roommates.com
apartments.com
San Jose Mercury News at http://mercurynews.kaango.com/
San Francisco Chronicle & Examiner at http://marketplace.sfgate.com/
Palo Alto Weekly and other community newspapers at http://www.fogster.com
Getting started in the Department
The Office of Postdoctoral Affairs has a lot of good information for new postdocs:
http://postdocs.stanford.edu/incoming_scholars/
http://postdocs.stanford.edu/scholars/
You will also receive emails from Wendy Christensen packed with all the information you need to get started, which will include the following documents. You can find versions of all of these in the right sidebar of this page:
“Prior to Arrival”: Info on creating a Stanford ID, patent agreements, HIPAA, training needs, etc
“Welcome to the Department”: Info on payroll, getting keys, internet access, ID cards, benefits enrollment, required trainings, useful contact info, maps, parking, and way more. You can find a link to the latest version of the “Welcome to the Department” document in the right sidebar. Feel free to contact Wendy with any concerns or questions!
“First Day”: Info on required documents to bring to orientation, getting building access, etc
Resources
- Postdoc Office. https://postdocs.stanford.edu/
- Postdoc Benefits. https://postdocbenefits.stanford.edu/
- Grant Writing Academy https://vpge.stanford.edu/resources/grant-writing-academy
- Individual Development Plan http://postdocs.stanford.edu/idp/
- Postdoc Exchange email list https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/postdoc-exchange
- SURPAS Diversity & Inclusion Committee
- https://med.stanford.edu/diversity/programs/diversity-activity-groups-and-events/surpas-diversity-inclusion-committee.html
Seminar Series
There are many regular seminar series on campus that postdocs choose to attend. Some of the most popular include:
Current Issues in Genetics, with faculty/student/postdoc talks every Friday. See CIG schedule.
Frontiers in Biology, with external speakers every Wednesday hosted by the Departments of Genetics, Developmental Biology, and Biochemistry
Center of Law and the Biosciences lunchtime talks. See CLB events calendar or subscribe to the listserv
Evolgenome (organized by CEHG). See CEHG website or subscribe to the listserv
Teaching and Mentoring Academy Events. See TMA website or subscribe to the listserv
Discussing Developmental Data (3D). See events schedule
Biomedical Seminars. See events schedule or subscribe to the listserv
Postdocs along with faculty, trainees and staff participate in department activities like Saturday morning hikes.