If you’re a Cal undergrad, please reach out by email and cc your GSI; include who the letter is for, your CV, your personal statement, and the deadline. Please get in contact with your request a minimum of 1 month before the deadline.

No, not at this time.

No, not at this time.

We may have openings for research assistants in 2026. Students seeking summer research through SEED, UC LEADS, Amgen Scholars or the Beckman Scholars programs should contact me directly; other students should apply via the UCB SURF or URAP programs.

PhD- No, not at this time.

MS- Please inquire.

Note: We are not taking Ph.D. students in 2024.

Prospective students should apply to the Cal graduate program of their choice, and list the Lewis Lab as a sponsor of interest in the application. Then reach out by email *after* receiving an offer to interview. In the MCB program, enrolled students complete 3 lab rotations and choose their advisor at the end of the first year in graduate school.

Mammalian fibroblasts; mammalian cancer cells; both primary and iPSC-derived mammalian neurons; and Caenorhabditis elegans

Domestic students are funded by a combination of department support (first 1-3 years), grants, fellowships, and philanthropic gifts. International students are funded by grants, fellowships, and philanthropic gifts.

No. However I ask that each Ph.D. student apply for one predoctoral fellowship and one dissertation fellowship. Regardless of the outcome, thinking deeply about your project(s), communicating your goals in writing, and explaining why your work is important (and therefore worthy of public funds) are valuable exercises.

Active grants from the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, the Sloan Foundation, the Michael J. Fox Foundation, and grants from several private philanthropic foundations.

We are always interested in hearing from prospective postdocs. Please write to Dr. Lewis by email to explain how your previous training led you to be interested in joining our particular group, and what collaborative research opportunities you would like to pursue. Include your CV and contact information for 2-3 references. We receive many requests and thus don’t respond to generic inquiries.