A Sampling of Careers in Biology
Biology Postdoc Association
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: none
MIT Biology is proud to present the IAP Program "Sampling of Careers in Biology". This program will cover non-traditional paths for Biology PhD's. Please join us at five exciting seminars featuring speakers who are at the top of these respective fields.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/biology/www/biology/iap.html
Contact: Chris Burge, 68-233, x8-5997, cburge@mit.edu
Sponsor: Biology
Science Administration/Project Manager in Academia
Adrian J. Ivinson, Becky Ward, Kerstin Lindblad-Toh
Like the bottom line of getting good science done? The rise of large, multi-institute consortia has created a new class of career for PhD's: science administration. Interested? Come and find out more from the leaders in this new field!
Wed Jan 12, 11am-01:00pm, 68-121
Careers in Consulting/Law
Group discussion
Gwen Acton, Kristina Bieker-Brady, Joannu Wu, Nancy Levy, Aaron Schwartz.
Thinking of using the logical reasoning and scientific framework that you honed in graduate school to leverage a career in Law or Business Consulting? Come hear scientists who've blazed those trails!
Wed Jan 19, 11am-01:00pm, 68-121
Biotech/Pharma
Group discussion
Fiona Murray, Kevin Madden, Rajesh Ranganathan, Rachel Meyers
Join us for short talks and a question and answer session with scientists who've made the jump into Biotech and Pharma. Thinking of making the jump? What's the best place for you? Startups? Big Pharma? Medium Biotech? Come meet folks in all sectors of the scientific industry!
Fri Jan 21, 11am-01:00pm, 68-181
Science Policy
Luba Katz, Brad Smith, Tim Leshan, Joann Boughman
What is Science Policy? How does it impact the lives and research of scientists? What are the differences between the private and public policy sectors? Come meet folks who've decicated their lives to policy work!
Wed Jan 26, 11am-01:00pm, 68-181
Science Writing and Publishing
Katja Brose, Gretchen Halpert
Do you secretly like writing? Afraid to talk about it or admit it to friends and family? Come meet people who have made scientific writing and publishing their lives!
Thu Jan 27, 11am-01:00pm, 68-121
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Introduction to Clinical Neuroscience
Thomas Byrne
Tue Jan 11, 10am-12:00pm, E25-111
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
This talk is an overview of the course which will be offered during spring semester. Taught by a neurologist, the seminar is designed to study how the human brain works in health and disease and emphasizes clinical cases. The anatomy & physiology that give rise to movement, sensation, vision, memory and emotion are reviewed. fMRI which shows brain activity when we see, move a finger, read, experience emotion or perform mental arithmetic will be discussed. Disorders such as dyslexia, amblyopia, emotional and memory disorders are studied. Critical periods in development are discussed. Readings will be chiefly from Neuroscience, by Purves et al and from journal articles.
Web: http://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/9/sp05/9.91
Contact: Thomas Byrne, NE20, tnbyrne@mit.edu
Sponsor: Brain and Cognitive Sciences
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Summer Scholars Program in Biomedical Optics and Bioinformatics and Integrative Genomics
Martha Gray, Thomas Deutsch, Zak Kohane
Mon Jan 10, 04-05:00pm, E25-101
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
The HST Summer Scholars Program offers an opportunity for motivated undergraduates to gain research experience in biomedicine and bioengineering. Next summer, HST is offering two programs, one in Biomedical Optics and one in Bioinformatics. This IAP workshop describes some of the education and research projects being carried out at MIT and Harvard-affiliated teaching hospitals that will be accepting paid interns.
Undergraduates who will have completed their sophomore year by June 2005 and who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents are eligible to apply for admission to the program, which runs from June 13 to August 12, 2005. We invite any interested undergraduate including underrepresented minorities to apply.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/hstsummer/index.html
Contact: Sarah Griffith, E25-518, sgriffit@mit.edu
Sponsor: Health Sciences & Technology
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Taking the Next Step in Academic Science
Biology Postdoc Association
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: none
MIT Biology is also offering a selection of roundtables on the practice of science, navigating academia, and balancing it all with a life outside the lab.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/biology/www/biology/iap.html
Contact: Chris Burge, 68-233, x8-5997, cburge@mit.edu
Sponsor: Biology
Life as a Postdoc at MIT
Group discussion
Marilyn Smith, Fred Crowley, Shawn Foley, Janet Fischer, Dirk Holste - If you have been confused about your status as a postdoc at MIT (such as the difference between a 'fellow' and an 'associate'), then this session is for YOU! Come listen to representatives from the MIT administration who will share their insight!!
Fri Jan 7, 11am-01:00pm, 68-181
Balancing Family and Science
Group discussion
Nir Hacohen, Cathy Wu, Lior Wolf, Daniela Tropea, Mariela Zirlinger, Shay Artzi - Minipreps, check. Pipette tips, check. BLAST search, check. Kids....kids?...We've got a group of scientists who will share with us how they are balancing the load of research science with the responsibilities of raising a family.
Mon Jan 10, 11am-01:00pm, McGovern Auditorium
Women in Science
Jackie Lees, Angelika Amon, Andrea McClatchey
There are a growing number of women in academic faculty and industry positions, but there are still specific challenges that are faced by women in science today. Come hear from MIT faculty and postdocs about their experiences and ask them questions that concern you!!
Fri Jan 14, 11am-01:00pm, 68-181
Grant Writing, R01s and K/transitional awards
Bob Weinberg, Vamsi Mootha
Come find out the scoop on some of the "big" awards like R01s that you'll be looking for when you score that faculty position and some of the transitional awards available to senior postdocs to aid them in starting up their own labs.
Tue Jan 18, 11am-01:00pm, McGovern Auditorium
Finding a Faculty Position
Carl Novina, David Sabatini, Thomas Schwartz
So, you want to be a professor? Like jackets with elbow patches? Faculty from MIT and other universities will discuss the hiring and searching process with their own experiences from both sides of the fence!
Mon Jan 24, 11am-01:00pm, 68-121
Academic Teaching Positions
Jennifer Hood-Degrenier, Tracey Ware
Being a faculty member at a liberal-arts college has its own difficulties. Balancing the teaching load with the growing desire for departments to require outside scientific funding is a tricky task. Come meet and talk with faculty who have chosen this exciting and engaging career.
Tue Jan 25, 11am-01:00pm, 68-181
Thesis Writing, Choosing a Postdoc Lab, and Writing Successful Postdoc Fellowships
Steve Bell, Amy Keating
Finishing up? Looking around for a postdoc lab? Need to find some $$? Come talk to Faculty and postdocs about how to jump that hurdle of graduation!
Fri Jan 28, 11am-01:00pm, 68-181
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The Healer's Art: Awakening the Heart of Medicine
Nancy Oriol, Harvard Medical School, Mary Kraft
Thu Jan 6, 13, 20, 27, 07-10:00pm, B. Waterhouse Room, Gordon Hall, HMS Campus
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: none
Enrollment now closed
Learning how to preserve and strengthen your own humanity, your sense of a physician's work, and your ability to handle loss, grief, and remain open-hearted may make the difference between professional burnout and a rich fulfilling life. We will be talking about meaning and service, sharing loss, finding healing, strengthening our personal commitment and uncovering the spiritual dimensions of the practice of medicine for ourselves. Class format includes both presentation and small group discussion in a discovery model around the topics. Come prepared to share, learn, and grow! Jointly sponsored by the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, and Harvard Medical School.
Contact: Patricia Cunningham, (617) 432-1738, pcunningham@hms.harvard.edu
Sponsor: Health Sciences & Technology
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The New Biology of RNA
Professor Chris Burge
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: none
This series will highlight recent developments in fields of biology relating to RNA. The recent discoveries of RNA interference and microRNAs have identified unexpected new roles for RNA in biological systems. Meanwhile studies of regulatory mechanisms involving RNA, from RNA editing to alternative splicing, are being transformed by new experimental and computational approaches. Find out what the excitement is about and hear from some of the labs that are at the forefront of RNA research.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/biology/www/biology/iap.html
Contact: Chris Burge, 68-223, x8-5997, cburge@mit.edu
Sponsor: Biology
Systematic Identification and Analysis of Exonic Splicing Silencers
Zefeng Wang (Chris Burge Lab, MIT)
Wed Jan 5, 03:30-04:30pm, McGovern Auditorium
The Mrna Export Machinery is Recruited to the 5' Terminus of Spliced Mrna in a Cap Dependent Manner
Hong Cheng (Robin Reed Lab, Harvard Medical School)
Thu Jan 6, 03:30-04:30pm, McGovern Auditorium
Widespread A-to-I RNA Editing of Alu-containing mRNAs in the Human Transcriptone
Alekos Athanasiadis (Alex Rich Lab, MIT)
Fri Jan 7, 03:30-04:30pm, McGovern Auditorium
Suppressor tRNAs and Site-Specific Incorporation of Unnatural Amino Acids into Proteins
Carolina Koehrer (Tom Rajbhandary Lab, MIT)
Wed Jan 12, 03:30pm-04:30am, McGovern Auditorium
Prospects for Small RNA-based Therapeutics
Phillip Sharp, MIT Center for Cancer Research
Wed Jan 19, 03:30-04:30pm, McGovern Auditorium
RNA Quality Control Mechanisms
Melissa Moore, Brandeis University
Thu Jan 20, 03:30-04:30pm, McGovern Auditorium
RNA Structure: The Early Years
Alex Rich, MIT
Fri Jan 21, 03:30-04:30pm, McGovern Auditorium
Small RNAs Orchestrating the Schedule of Development in a Worm
Victor Ambros, Dartmouth University
Please note the earlier start time, 2:30 pm
Tue Jan 25, 02:30-03:30pm, McGovern Auditorium
TBA
Gary Ruvkum, Harvard/MGH
Wed Jan 26, 03:30-04:30pm, McGovern Auditorium
Functional Analysis of MicroRNAs in C.elegans Development and Human Cancer
Eric Miska (Bob Horvitz Lab, MIT)
Thu Jan 27, 03:30-04:30pm, McGovern Auditorium
MicroRNAs and their Regulatory Roles in Animals and Plants
David Bartel
Fri Jan 28, 02:30-03:30pm, 68-181
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The Quest for Consciousness
Gabriel Kreiman
Fri Jan 7, 14, 21, 28, 10-11:00am, E25-202
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
What is the neurobiological basis of consciousness? This question constitutes one of the most challenging and fascinating problems in Neuroscience. This series will focus on a description and discussion of the search for the neuronal basis of visual consciousness. The discussion will focus largely on the efforts of Francis Crick and Christof Koch, particularly on Prof. Koch’s book (see http://www.questforconsciousness.com/).
For further information, please check web page (see below)
Web: http://ramonycajal.mit.edu/kreiman/academia/classes/ncc/iap_ncc.htm
Contact: Gabriel Kreiman, E25-201, x3-0547, kreiman@mit.edu
Sponsor: Brain and Cognitive Sciences
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