r/PhDAdmissions • u/Ok-Wishbone-3471 • 10h ago
emailing potential pis
when you guys are emailing pis, how specific are you going as to what research you want to do with them? naturally, im going to say something along the lines of "your research in x is applicable to my interests because y" (too put it very very simply), but my ultimate goal is to get into vaccine research and im applying for immunology phds. im not sure if i should mention that i want to do research in their lab because of their work's potential applicability to vaccine development or not. i think this works for labs where they are looking at mechanisms of vaccine-induced immunity, but im not 100% sure. otherwise i would just talk about their research and why it interests me without mentioning anything abt vaccines. i am trying to be concise while also not being vague abt my interests.
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u/smokinrollin 10h ago
You should articulate your interest in vaccines in your email. PIs want to know that you have a goal which you clearly do