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: Amy Keating, 68-622a, x2-3398, keating@mit.edu
Editing and Publishing
Dorit Zuk, Jodi Hirschman
Dorit Zuk, Ph.D., Editor, Molecular Cell & Jodi Hirschman, Ph.D., Scientific Curator, Saccharomyces Genome Database. Writing and Editing is rapidly becoming a popular career for those of us in science. What jobs are out there? What skills do you think you'll need? Where do you find out more information? Come hear from those in the field and what they think you need to do, to do what they do!
Thu Jan 19, 12-01:30pm, 68-121
Careers in Law
Joanna Wu & Ignacio Perez de la Cruz
Joannu Wu, Ph.D., J.D., Associate Ropes & Gray, Ignacio Perez de la Cruz, Ph.D., Patent Agent, Ropes & Gray. Thinking of using logical reasoning and scientific framework that you honed in graduate school to leverage a career in Law? Come hear scientists who've blazed those trails!
Tue Jan 24, 12:30-02:00pm, 68-181
Entrepeneurship & Venture Capital
Woody Sherman, Ph.D., McKinsey Consulting
Got an idea and want to make it into a company? MIT is famous for producing great ideas from basic research and translating concepts into businesses. Come hear from someone who has made that happen!
Wed Jan 25, 12:30-02:00pm, 68-181
Biotech
Adam Tomasi, Rachel Meyers, Thomas Keating
Adam Tomasi, MIT Sloan School of Management, Rachel Meyers, Ph.D., Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Thomas Keating, Ph.D., AstraZeneca. 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!
Thu Jan 26, 12:30-02:00pm, 68-121
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Proteomics and Protein Technologies
Prof. Amy Keating
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: none
We welcome to our IAP series world leaders in proteomics and protein science from the Boston area. Talks will describe a wide range of cutting edge technologies and large-scale approaches for characterizing the proteome, as well as strategies for interpreting and using the resulting data.
Contact: Prof. Amy Keating, 68-641, x2-3398, keating@mit.edu
Quantitative Proteomic Analysis of Cellular Signaling Networks
Forest White, Ph.D., MIT Division of Biological Engineering
Wed Jan 11, 03:30-04:30pm, Whitehead Auditorium
Proteomics in Biology and Medicine
Steven A. Carr, Ph.D., Broad Institute
Fri Jan 13, 03:30-04:30pm, Whitehead Auditorium
Interactome Networks
Marc Vidal, Ph.D., Dept of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
Tue Jan 17, 03:30-04:30pm, Whitehead Auditorium
Systems-Based Approaches to Studying RTK Signaling
Gavin MacBeath, Ph.D., Harvard Department of Chemistry
Thu Jan 19, 03:30-04:30pm, Whitehead Auditorium
Protease Substrate Discovery using Quantitative Proteomics
Saskia Neher, Ph.D, MIT Department of Biology
Fri Jan 20, 03:30-04:30pm, Whitehead Auditorium
Functional Proteomics for Biomarker and Target Discovery
Joshua LaBaer, M.D., Ph.D.,
Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology and Institute of Proteomics, Harvard Medical School
Tue Jan 24, 03:30-04:30pm, Whitehead Auditorium
Towards in vivo Structural Biology: A Model of the Septin Complex Determined by FRET Microscopy
Kurt Thorn, Ph.D., Bauer Center for Genomics, Harvard Univ.
Wed Jan 25, 03:30-04:30pm, Whitehead Auditorium
Protein Engineering & Biomedicine
K. Dane Wittrup, Ph.D., MIT Div of Biological Engineering
Thu Jan 26, 03:30-04:30pm, Whitehead Auditorium
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Repair of Basic Laboratory Equipment
Charles Moses
Wed Jan 11, Wed Jan 25, 06-08:00pm, 68-077
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: none
Engineer Charles Moses will conduct a course on repair of laboratory equipment, geared toward but not limited to beginners. Equipment will include: electrophoresis units, spectrophotometers, motors on shakers and centrifuges, etc. General topics will also include: assessing the tools required to disassemble, fix and reassemble a piece of equipment; tool quality; and rational disassembly of equipment when the function of some component is not known. Bring broken equipment on which to practice.
Contact: Shartoka Godzina, 68-641, x3-4721, sgodzina@mit.edu
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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: Amy Keating, 68-622a, x2-3398, keating@mit.edu
Finding a Faculty Position
Tania Baker, Dan Bolan, Veronica Godoy-Carter
Looking for that professorship is a daunting process. What do search committees look for? Where do you find more about jobs? What questions should you ask? What do you need to keep in mind? Come find out from faculty from MIT and other local universities who have experienced both sides of the fence!
Wed Jan 11, 12-01:30pm, 68-181
Life as a Postdoc at MIT
Group discussion
Marilyn Smith, Fred Crowley, Shawn Foley, Janet Fischer - a.k.a. Postdoc-Boot-Camp! Are you wondering what it means to be a postdoc at MIT? What benefits are you eligible for? What is your exact status and how does that impact your time here? The questions and more will be addressed by a panel of speakers focusing on issues for postdocs. If you've just come to MIT, be sure to come and get some facts.
Thu Jan 12, 12-01:30pm, 68-181
Balancing Family and Science
Group discussion
Jill Crittenden, Charlie Whittikar, Melissa Kosinski-Collins, Mary Quick Stewart - 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.
Wed Jan 18, 12:30-01:30pm, 68-181
Grant Writing/R01s
Steve Bell, Troy Littleton
Steve Bell, Ph.D., MIT Professor & Troy Littleton, Ph.D., Associate Professor, MIT - Getting grants is critical to both starting and maintaining your research lab. Come hear from faculty who have been through the process from both the application and the decision-making side.
Fri Jan 20, 01-02:00pm, 68-181
Women in Science
Group discussion
Andrea McClatchey, Ph.D., Elba Serrano, Ph.D., Nancy Hopkins, Ph.D., and Aurora Burds Connor, Ph.D., -Growing numbers of women in science have greatly advanced progress in research in stellar leaps; however, there are still specific challenges faced by women in academic science even today. Faculty will share with us their experiences.
Mon Jan 30, 12-01:30pm, 68-181
Academic Teaching Positions
Tracey Ware
Tracey Ware, Ph.D., Program Director, Nuclear Medicine Technology, Department of Biology, Salem State College-- 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 hear how this juggling act really happens!
Thu Feb 2, 12:30-02:00pm, 68-121
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