Hi all. Just looking at it "tactically" what would you do in the following situation: I know I want to do PhD in Drosophila molecular genetics. Should I do my final year project in similar lab, or lab with same focus but different organism (yeast perhaps), or same organism but different theme (organogenesis or something)?

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Try and do your final year project in something similar, if you want to stay at the same uni especially, its def good to get your feet under the table in the department you eventually want to work with for your phd! Also you can try and continue the work of your project for your phd, if it is offered at a uni and can get the funding.

if you want to do mol bio, go with a project that is in mol bio. This will give you the practical experience, and once you have the techniques, you can apply them to different organisms.

it is definately a good idea to do a project in the same area, this is what I have done and am now going to do a PhD in my project supervisors lab! so it is definately worth picking a supervisor in your area of interest as you never know where it might lead!!

Do whatever you're interested in. If you do the same thing as you would for a PhD project, you have a background. If you do something for a final year project and something different for a PhD, you are reading around and wide reading looks good.