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".
Web: http://web.mit.edu/biology/www/biology/iap.html
Contact: Michael Laub, 68-580A, x4-0418, laub@mit.edu
Biotechnology
L. Mbow, J. Leeds, S. Calvo, J.Kelly
Are you considering a job in industry, or perhaps starting your own company? What are the main differences between academic and industry labs? Are there labs that are “in between”? Join us for an exciting Q&A session with a panel of scientists who belong to different areas of industry, and decide whether industry is the right choice for you.
Mon Jan 10, 01:30-03:00pm, 68-181
Law Careers Panel
J. Van Amsterdam, M. Gusafson, A. Schwartz, R.McQuade
What kinds of opportunities exist in lawrelated professions? What are these careers like and are they right for you?
Wed Jan 12, 01-02:30pm, 68-181
Science Education & Outreach
M.Kosinski-Collins, E.Miller, M.Rokop, S. Heilman
Really enjoy TAing? Love sharing your passion for science with others? Come hear about careers in teaching science and sharing science education with the public.
Wed Jan 19, 03-04:30pm, 32-155
Consulting/Venture Capital
V. Prabhu, G. Hersch, J. Hou, K. Forrest, B. Booth
The business of Biology is booming! This seminar features capitalists, who finance biological enterprises, and consultants, who suggest the best way to merge Biology with business or non-profit. Come listen and speak with Ph.D.s who have made the transition from bench work to the business world.
Fri Jan 21, 01-02:00pm, 68-181
Science Policy & Govt Jobs
M.Fleury, J.Goodrich, C.McMahon, M. Lebedeva, J. Palmer
Major decisions are made in Washington, D.C. that affect our research budgets, health care, and foods and drugs. As scientists we
can get involved in the federal policymaking process and provide valuable scientific expertise and analysis to some of the biggest questions of our day. Find out what steps to take and what programs are available for Ph.D.s that want to participate in policy decisions.
Reception to follow.
Fri Jan 28, 01-02:30pm, 32-141
Science Writing & Communication
Dr. Sonal Jhaveri, Amanda Yarnell, Dr. Karen Carniol
CORRECT TALK DATE: MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 2011, 1-2:30pm, 68-181
Are you a good communicator? Are you interested in a career in science publishing? Come hear about a variety of careers in science writing and communication.
Sun Jan 30, 01-02:30pm, 68-181
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BIOBASE Training
Courtney Crummett
Wed Jan 19, 02-04:00pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
Learn to use the BIOBASE Knowledge Library (BKL) and Human Gene Mutation Database (HGMD) bioinformatics tools. Interested in finding out what's known in the scientific literature about a particular gene, disease or drug? Want to apply that information to high-throughput data analysis? Learn to search the BKL by topic or multi-gene data sets. Interested in human inherited diseases and their associated mutations? Learn to use HGMD, a comprehensive database on human germ-line mutations associated with disease, to determine whether an identified gene lesion is novel, search for known mutations within a given gene, or search for a type of gene mutation within a chromosomal location. The training room has 20 PC terminals and a large table in the back for laptop use. Wait listed folks will be invited to bring their laptops. Please register at http://info-libraries.mit.edu/events/
Contact: Courtney Crummett, 14S-M48, x4-8290, crummett@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Libraries
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Bioinformatics for Beginners
Courtney Crummett
Tue Jan 11, 10:30am-12:00pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
Wed Jan 12, 03-04:30pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 20 participants.
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Entrez family of databases is the foundation of knowledge for molecular level bioscience research. Class attendees will learn about the organization of and interconnectedness of NCBI databases while focusing on several specific databases. The session is a hands-on practicum and an excellent starting point for people who are new to, or curious about bioinformatics research tools. Participants welcome at any session. Both sessions taught by Bioinformatics Librarian, Courtney Crummett, and Computer Science Librarian, Amy Stout. Please register at http://info-libraries.mit.edu/events/
Contact: Courtney Crummett, 14S-134, x4-8290, crummett@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Libraries
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Biotech business information - for engineers and scientists
Howard Silver
Tue Jan 25, 05-06:00pm, 14N-132
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 25-Jan-2011
Limited to 30 participants.
Single session event
It's not Brain Surgery...it's Market Research. This session will introduce scientists and engineers to information resources that cover biotechnology industries and markets. We will use realistic examples and hands-on exercises with key resources to demonstrate how to match your ideas and discoveries with the opportunities and realities of the marketplace.
The training room has 20 PC terminals and a large table in the back for laptop use. Please register at http://info-libraries.mit.edu/events/.
Web: http://info-libraries.mit.edu/events/
Contact: Howard Silver, 14S-136, x3-9319, hsilver@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Libraries
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Get the most from your "omics" analysis: GeneGo MetaCore Software Training
Courtney Crummett, GeneGo Trainer
Fri Jan 21, 03-05:00pm, 14N-132
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
Attend this IAP session and learn how to use GeneGo's MetaCore,a bioinformatics software tool licensed by the MIT Libraries with support from the Whitehead Institute, the Koch Insitute, and MIT's Department of Biology. MetaCore provides a solution for using "omics" gene lists to generate and prioritize hypotheses. Learn how to work with different types of data (genomics, proteomics, metabolomics and interaction data) beginning with how to upload gene lists and expression data. Use GeneGo software to upload, batch upload, store, share and check data properties and signal distribution; extract functional relevance by determining the most enriched processes across several ontologies; emphasize the role of expression data in your analysis; visually predict experimental results, associated disease and possible drug targets; and compare data sets and work with experiment intersections. The training room has 20 PC terminals and a large table in the back for laptop use. Please register at http://info-libraries.mit.edu/events/ Wait listed folks will be invited to bring their laptops.
Contact: Courtney Crummett, 14S-M48, x4-8290, crummett@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Libraries
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Learn to use IPA during IAP
Courtney Crummett, IPA Trainer
Thu Jan 13, 02-05:00pm, 14N-132 DIRC
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 12-Jan-2011
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
Attend this introductory and hands-on training session and learn how to use Ingenuity Pathways Analysis (IPA), newly licensed by MIT Libraries and friends. IPA is an all-in-one software application that helps researchers model, analyze, and understand complex biological and chemical systems relevant to their experimental data. Researchers can search the scientific literature and find insights most relevant to their experimental data; analyze and build pathways for targets, biomarkers, diseases and biological functions from various data types; compare and contrast across list, pathways, biomarkers and analyses; and share and collaborate with colleagues. The training room has 20 PC terminals and a large table in the back for laptop use. Please register at http://info-libraries.mit.edu/events/ Wait listed folks will be invited to bring their laptops. Need an IPA account? Email ask-bioinfo@mit.edu.
Web: http://libguides.mit.edu/content.php?pid=14149&sid=843471
Contact: Courtney Crummett, 14S-M48, x4-8290, crummett@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Libraries
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Protocols and Methods: Recipes for Successful Research
Howard Silver
Thu Jan 6, 12-01:00pm, 14N-132
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 06-Jan-2011
Limited to 30 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: none
A couple hours in the Library can save you a couple of weeks in the lab. Don’t waste your time reinventing the gelatin sponge-choriallantoic membrane assay. Improve your efficiency by learning strategies for finding published research protocols and methods. This session is a hands-on practicum and an excellent introduction to resources that support bioscience bench research.
Web: http://info-libraries.mit.edu/events/
Contact: Howard Silver, 14S-136, x3-9319, hsilver@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Libraries
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Repair of Basic Laboratory Equipment
Charles Moses
Wed Jan 12, Wed Jan 26, 07-08:30pm, 68-089
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 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. 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 Molecular Approaches to Evolution
Prof. Michael Laub
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: none
January 31, 2011 11am - 12pm Whitehead Auditorium
Web: http://web.mit.edu/biology/www/biology/iap.html
Contact: Prof. Michael Laub, 68-580A, x4-0418, laub@mit.edu
"The puzzling coexistence of antibiotic resistant and sensitive microbes in the natural environment"
Roy Kishony, Associate Professor, Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School
Thu Jan 6, 11am-12:00pm, Broad Auditorium, NE30-1154
"I might like you better if we stuck together: the social biology of sucrose utilization in budding yeast"
Andrew Murray, Professor, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University
Tue Jan 11, 11am-12:00pm, Whitehead Auditorium
"Chromatin dynamics in fungi: from 15 minutes to 1 billion years"
Ollie Rando, Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, U. Mass Medical School
Please note: different starting time
Tue Jan 18, 10-11:00am, Whitehead Auditorium
"Our sex chromosomes: 300 million years in the making"
David Page, Professor, Department of Biology, MIT, Whitehead Institute, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Fri Jan 21, 11am-12:00pm, Whitehead Auditorium
"Origins of quantitative spatiotemporal gene expression variation in Drosophila blastoderm embryos"
Angela DePace, Assistant Professor, Department of Systems Biology, Harvard University
\*\*\* THIS EVENT IS ACTUALLY BEING HELD ON January 31, 2011
Sun Jan 30, 11am-12:00pm, Whitehead Auditorium
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Single-Particle Electron Microscopy
Dr. James Chen
Tue Jan 18, Thu Jan 20, Tue Jan 25, Thu Jan 27, 02-03:00pm, 68-181
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Recent advances in single-particle electron microscopy (EM), and cryo-EM in particular, have enabled structural analysis of macromolecular complexes at sub-nanometer and even near-atomic resolution. Complementary to X-ray crystallography and NMR spectroscopy, single-particle EM is unique in its capability to elucidate the structures of large molecular assemblies in their native states. In this seminar series, I will introduce the theoretical foundation as well as the basic experimental techniques of single-particle EM. The topics will include: the electron microscope instrument, sample preparation, data acquisition, image analysis, model reconstruction, and software hands-on practice. This course will emphasize on basic principles and concept (rather than on math and algorithms), and is open to the entire MIT biology research community (undergraduates, graduates, postdocs and faculty members).
PLEASE NOTE: The January 27 class will meet in Room 68-474.
Contact: Dr. James Chen, 68-480, x3-8688, jzchen@mit.edu
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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 talks 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: Michael Laub, 68-580A, x4-0418, laub@mit.edu
Finding a Postdoc
Alan Grossman, Bart Hendriks, Caterina Schweidenback
Are you interested in doing a postdoc? Want to learn about an industry postdoc? Come hear about the details of interview/application from a professor, princple scientist and an MIT graduate who is currently a postdoc. Find out what makes a good postdoc candidate from a faculty perspective and what makes a good postdoc experience in industry or academia.
Thu Jan 6, 01-02:30pm, 68-181
Time Management
J. Kamens, S. Dasgupta, I. Cheeseman, D. Kim
Being successful in careers in the life sciences largely depends on the ability to efficiently manage several tasks both at work and at home. Come learn from professionals and scientists in academia and industry their tactics to get the job done while maintaining a good work-life balance.
Fri Jan 7, 01:30-03:00pm, 68-181
Finding a Faculty Position
Jonathan King, Amy Keating, Mary Gehring
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.
Thu Jan 13, 01-02:30pm, 68-181
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