-: Find someone who can help you navigate all
of the technical aspects
of finding a lab, so find a mentor,
that could be a grad student
how just a few years ahead of you
and has done this before
or go and find a professor who you can speak to
about your interests
and let them help you guide
as to what labs to join.
Certainly try to get hints on experience.
In my field, I think any research experience
in biochemistry or chemistry
is going to be very helpful,
so I have undergraduates in my laboratory
who are in their first year of college
and they're now getting hints on experience
in my lab and I think that's very important.
Also, if you think you're passionate about something,
until you test it out,
you really have no good way of knowing,
so, really try to get that experience.
Email a professor.
Go to the website, see what professors
are working on, go to their personal web pages.
See what they've published recently.
If that's something that you find interesting
and then try to talk to them.
I know many professors,
many of my colleagues will take time
to meet with students
who are still trying to figure out
if this research is the right one for them
and try to get their foot in the door,
get some, what bench experience.
I know many colleagues of mine
are very open to sharing their time with students,
so certainly track down a professor
and get them to either place you with a graduate student
in their lab or post doc who can help mentor you.