Well, dress. You should dress vaguely smart. Remember, you're trying to impress these people. Shirt, tie, trousers. perhaps not a suit. Thing with labs is they tend to be fairly casual places to work. Depends on the person. Do you have a filephoto? See what they're wearing.
In terms of what to decide as a research topic, your masters could prove invaluable, mine certainly did. I changed my mind completely with what I wanted to do. And don't be afraid to ask your lecturers on your masters course if you learn something and want to know more about it as a possible direction - the more information you have, the better.
Ask what previous students are doing now, how many publications they had during the PhD, what support is available from the department, are there any people who don't complete it, and anything that shows you are thinking of the long term aspects of doing a PhD. Good Luck!!
Oh yeah, also try to talk to the other students from the lab on their own and ask how the supervisor is, and what problems they have come across. You need to make a good impression with them because the supervisor will ask what they think of you, and since you'll be working with them it helps if you get along.
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