Hello Fellow students!


I am a 1+3 Phd student about to select a Lab for my PhD. My current most attractive option
is in a lab which uses chick embryos. However, I have this (maybe unfounded) feeling that the chick may not be viewed as a 'relevant' or current tool for research. I wondered if any of you might have more knowledge/experience on this? Does it even matter which model I use? Or might a post doc supervisor use that to prejudice against me based on the idea working with chicks has not given the right skills set for mice/drosophila work? Or am I just talking crazy!?
All advice appreciated.

I'm not a lab based person, but in the building where I used to be based there was a PhD student using chicks. She got good publications out of her work, and went on to walk into a post doc immediately after she finished. I'm not 100% sure what she does now but I think it's using mice rather than chicks so don't think it's held her back.

Plus the fly food really smells. i used to have to hold my breath whenever i walked along what I called 'fly corridor' but people who work with flies do say you get used to it. I don't believe them!