[Nfb-science] Nfb-science Digest, Vol 142, Issue 4

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		Hi Danielle,
I’m in a Computational and Education Chemistry PhD program and my undergrad was in Chemistry. 
I would say it depends a lot on if you pick the right program for you. For some grad programs the only labs you do are teaching and your research while others will show more advanced techniques. You will need to pick a research advisor and ask about the typical tasks they do in their lab then find a way to complete them. 
Make sure to figure out if your department, disability support services, or a mix of the 2 will be expected to help you with Brailled materials and raised line drawings. If not already you need to be seriously familiar with both as it’s not impossible but pretty hard to succeed in chemistry and anything molecular with out those. Sometimes grad students fall in a hole of you’re not quite staff but you’re not quite student so it confuses them who pays for your access tech. Make sure to figure this out beforehand. Make sure if Disability Support is who helps you that they actually know Braille and raised lines because if they have no one who does you might end up paying out of your pocket over the summer to redo an exam like I’m having to as they messed it up not knowing putting bonds in the wrong places makes a different interpretation. Learn what is needed for any qualifying exams or cumulative assessments.
Contact me at crazy4chemistry at att.net
If you want more information.
Good luck!Ashley Neybert 

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Hi everyone,

I'm wondering if anyone has completed a major or minor in fields such
as toxicology, cellular biology, or molecular chemistry? I am
currently looking into graduate programs in the field of Environmental
Toxicology, and considering a program with a concentration of cellular
and molecular toxicology.

I've taken many science courses, but I'm a little concerned about the
accessibility of higher level chemistry and biology courses. I'm
wondering if anyone has successfully completed similar degree
programs? What, if any, accessibility issues did you encounter and
does anyone have suggestions for strategies to meaningly participate
in higher level biology and chemistry labs?

Danielle

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Date: Mon, 21 May 2018 13:02:58 -0500
From: KENNEDY STOMBERG 
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I didn't complete a degree in anything moleclular, but I did take a couple higher-level mrlecular biology classes as part of my degree in neuroscience,  including Genetics and Molecular Neurobiology. Let me know if you want more information about potential accessibility issues. 

Kennedy Stomberg
Research Assistant 
Memory, Language and Cognition Lab 
Coe College 
1220 1st Ave. NE 52402  
Phone: (218)295--2391  

> On May 21, 2018, at 10:09 AM, Danielle Sykora via Nfb-science  wrote:
> 
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I'm wondering if anyone has completed a major or minor in fields such
> as toxicology, cellular biology, or molecular chemistry? I am
> currently looking into graduate programs in the field of Environmental
> Toxicology, and considering a program with a concentration of cellular
> and molecular toxicology.
> 
> I've taken many science courses, but I'm a little concerned about the
> accessibility of higher level chemistry and biology courses. I'm
> wondering if anyone has successfully completed similar degree
> programs? What, if any, accessibility issues did you encounter and
> does anyone have suggestions for strategies to meaningly participate
> in higher level biology and chemistry labs?
> 
> Danielle
> 
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I'm finishing my third year of a computational biology PhD program, during which I have taken some molecular/cellular biology courses (but not labs, as I am computational). The courses were very accessible because they were largely based on reading papers and discussing them. There were some issues with very old papers we read at the beginning of some courses because they were written before the internet was a thing and only scanned copies are available. However, you could easily use an OCR program to read these. 

Kevin
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I didn't complete a degree in anything moleclular, but I did take a couple higher-level mrlecular biology classes as part of my degree in neuroscience,  including Genetics and Molecular Neurobiology. Let me know if you want more information about potential accessibility issues.

Kennedy Stomberg
Research Assistant
Memory, Language and Cognition Lab
Coe College
1220 1st Ave. NE 52402
Phone: (218)295--2391

> On May 21, 2018, at 10:09 AM, Danielle Sykora via Nfb-science  wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm wondering if anyone has completed a major or minor in fields such
> as toxicology, cellular biology, or molecular chemistry? I am
> currently looking into graduate programs in the field of Environmental
> Toxicology, and considering a program with a concentration of cellular
> and molecular toxicology.
>
> I've taken many science courses, but I'm a little concerned about the
> accessibility of higher level chemistry and biology courses. I'm
> wondering if anyone has successfully completed similar degree
> programs? What, if any, accessibility issues did you encounter and
> does anyone have suggestions for strategies to meaningly participate
> in higher level biology and chemistry labs?
>
> Danielle
>
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