A Sampling of Careers in Biology
Biology Department & Biology Graduate Students
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 six exciting seminars featuring speakers who are at the top of these respective fields.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/biology/www/biology/iap.html
Contact: Thomas Schwartz, 68-480, x2-3851, tus@mit.edu
Biotechnology
N. Aziz, T. Soliman, C. Lockshin, R. Myers, P. Weigele
Join us for short talks and a question and answer session with scientists who have made the jump into industry at companies such as Novartis, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, New England Biolabs, and Vitrimark, Inc. What is it like?
What's the best place for you? Startups, medium biotech, or big pharma?
Thu Jan 7, 02-03:30pm, 68-181
Careers in Law
Megan Gustafson, John Li, Gayathri Srinvasan
What kinds of opportunities exist for PhDs in law-related professions? What are these careers like and are they right for me? Come hear from three PhD scientists who are bridging science and law through careers in a law firm, a biotechnology company, or an academic research center.
Fri Jan 8, 01-02:00pm, 68-181
Careers Outside the Box
Rocco Casagrande, Nina Dudnik, Connie Chow, Melina Fan
Leverage your PhD to tackle exciting challenges that require thinking outside the box. Learn how a Biology Department graduate used his degree as a biological weapons inspector for the United Nations. Be inspired by a former biologist who started her own nonprofit to forward important advances in science development worldwide. Open your mind to creative career options that build on your experiences in the lab.
Fri Jan 15, 01-02:30pm, 68-181
Science Communication and Publishing
Brian Plosky, Angela Egglestron, Lissa Harris, Emily Singer
The future of science depends on dissemination of scientific knowledge, both within the scientific community and beyond it to larger society. Learn about publishing jobs at scientific journals and at publications for a broader audience. Learn what it's like to be a science journalist. Come find out what
skills you need for a career in science communications.
Thu Jan 21, 02-03:30pm, 68-181
Science Education and Outreach
Susan Heilman, Alice Rushforth, Catherine Wolf, Megan Rokop
Interested in teaching science without the bench work and grant writing that comes with a professorship? Come learn about science education from teachers in the classroom and the community. Hear about teaching high school versus
college. Learn about doing educational outreach at a museum or an institute.
Tue Jan 26, 03:30-05:00pm, 68-181
Science Policy
M. I. Freedhoff, P. Frumhoff, K. Myers, D. Gallahan
Major decisions are made in Washington that affect our research budgets, health care, and environment. As scientists we can get involved in the policymaking process and provide valuable expertise and analysis to some of the big questions of our day. Come meet PhD’s who make science policy on Capital Hill, implement policy at the NIH, and advocate for science-based, responsible policy at a nonprofit think tank.
Fri Jan 29, 01-02:30pm, Whitehead Auditorium
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Introduction to Quantitative Biology
Taught by Biology and Computational & Systems Biology Depts
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 30 participants.
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
This class will introduce the use of mathematics, statistics and quantitative methods for data analysis in biological research.
No knowledge of programming required
Contact: Dr. Mandana Sassanfar, 68-270, x2-4371, mandana@mit.edu
Day 1: Biochemistry
Taught by Biology and Computational & Systems Biology Depts
Mon Jan 4, 09am-05:00pm, 46-3310
Day 2: Genetics
Taught by Biology and Computational & Systems Biology Depts
Tue Jan 5, 09am-05:00pm, 46-3310
Day 3: Computational Biology
Taught by Biology and Computational & Systems Biology Depts
Wed Jan 6, 09am-05:00pm, 46-3310
Day 4: Statistics
Taught by Biology and Computational & Systems Biology Depts
Thu Jan 7, 09am-05:00pm, 46-3310
Day 5: Protein Folding
Taught by Biology and Computational & Systems Biology Depts
Fri Jan 8, 09am-05:00pm, 46-3310
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Repair of Basic Laboratory Equipment
Charles Moses
Tue Jan 12, Thu Jan 14, 05-07:00pm, 68-077
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Prereq: none
Sponsored by Graduate Women in Science.--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 disassemeble, 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. Session starts at 7:00 p.m. in Project Lab, Bldg 68.
Contact: Brenda Minesinger, 68-641, x3-4721, bminesin@mit.edu
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Seminar Series on Self-Assembling Biological Systems
Prof. Thomas Schwartz
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: none
Self-Assembly of macromolecules, notably proteins, is of central importance for any living cell. These self-organized systems come in an astonishing number of flavors and many we are just beginning to appreciate. Technically often challenging to study, this series highlights some of the most recent findings from a broad spectrum of these systems.
Contact: Prof. Thomas Schwartz, 68-480, x2-3851, tus@mit.edu
Yeast prions: unexpected biology and surprising structures
Susan Lindquist, Professor of Biology, HHMI Investigator, Whitehead Institute
Tue Jan 19, 11am-12:00pm, Broad Auditorium
The Structure of a Novel COPII Tubule
Scott Stagg, Asst Professor, Dept of Chemistry & Biochem, Florida State University
Mon Jan 25, 11am-12:00pm, Broad Auditorium
Hexagonal Assemblies of the HIV-1 Capsid and its Restriction Factor, TRIM5alpha
Wes Sundquist, Prof. of Biochemistry, Dept of Biochemisty, University of Utah
Tue Jan 26, 11am-12:00pm, Broad Auditorium
Follow Nature's Lead: Designer Self-assembling Peptides
Shuguang Zhang, Assoc Director, Center for Biomed. Eng., MIT
Thu Jan 28, 11am-12:00pm, Whitehead Auditorium
From Nuclear Pores to Biofilms - a study of biological filters
Katharina Ribbeck, Asst. Professor, Department of BE, MIT
Fri Jan 29, 11am-12:00pm, Whitehead Auditorium
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Taking the Next Step in Academic Science
Biology Postdoc Association & Biology Graduate Students
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: Thomas Schwartz, 68-480, x2-3851, tus@mit.edu
Finding a Postdoc
Angelika Amon, Dennis Kim, Christine Phillips
Are you interested in doing a postdoc? Want to learn an industry postdoc? Come hear about the details of interview/application from professors and someone who just secured a post-doc position. Find out what makes a good postdoc candidate from a faculty perspective.
Mon Jan 11, 01-02:30pm, Whitehead Auditorium
Family and Science
M.Laub, D.Jarosz, N.Zizlsperger, C.Drennan, J.Koubova
Join us for a discussion of the challenges of raising a family while pursuing a career in science.
Tue Jan 19, 02-03:30pm, 68-181
Finding a Faculty Position
David Page, Iain Cheeseman, Lars Dietrich
Looking for that professorship is a daunting process. What do search committees look for? Where do you find information? What should you do at an interview? What are the pitfalls? Come find out from faculty at different career stages who have experienced all aspects of the process.
Wed Jan 20, 01-02:30pm, 68-181
Postdoc Bootcamp
Panel of speakers
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.
Fri Jan 22, 01-02:30pm, 68-181
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Writing and formatting your thesis: don't let WORD get you down
Lourdes Aleman
Wed Jan 13, 04-05:00pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Single session event
Are you writing your thesis this year? This one-hour interactive tutorial led by a recent PhD graduate will illustrate some simple shortcuts you can take in Microsoft Word to make thesis formatting a breeze (automatically generating/updating table of contents, applying consistent formatting throughout the document, etc.), saving you many precious hours. Room where the workshop will be held has 20 PC's available on a first-come first-serve basis or you can bring your own laptop.
Contact: Lourdes Aleman, NE48-308, 715-5348, laleman@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Libraries
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