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BIOBASE Knowledge Library
Courtney Crummett, Bioinformatics and Biosciences Librarian
| Jan/18 | Fri | 01:00PM-02:30PM | DIRC 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
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? Interested in finding out about transcription factors related to your research? Learn to search the BIOBASE Knowledge Library (Proteome/TRANSFAC) by topic or multi-gene data sets. Please register: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=190104
Sponsor(s): Libraries, Biology
Contact: Courtney Crummett, 14S-134, 617 324-8290, CRUMMETT@MIT.EDU
BIOBASE's Explain Analysis Tool
Courtney Crummett, Bioinformatics and Biosciences Librarian
| Jan/18 | Fri | 02:30PM-04:00PM | DIRC 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Interested in microarray, ChIP-chip or ChIP-seq analysis? Biobase's ExPlain™ is a unique upstream data analysis system that combines promoter and pathway analysis tools and enables you to identify transcription factors affecting gene expression in your microarray and RNA-Seq experiments, as well as predict how they, in combination, can induce observed gene expression patterns. Come learn how to take your analysis further and gain insight into the key upstream signaling regulators influencing the activity of these transcription factors. Please register: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=190105
Sponsor(s): Libraries, Biology
Contact: Courtney Crummett, 14S-134, 617 324-8290, CRUMMETT@MIT.EDU
BIOBASE's Human Gene Mutation Database
Courtney Crummett, Bioinformatics and Biosciences Librarian
| Jan/18 | Fri | 04:00PM-05:00PM | DIRC 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Interested in human inherited diseases and their associated mutations? Learn to use the Human Gene Mutation Database (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. Please register: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=190106
Sponsor(s): Libraries, Biology
Contact: Courtney Crummett, 14S-134, 617 324-8290, CRUMMETT@MIT.EDU
Bioinformatics for Beginners
Courtney Crummett, Bioinformatics and Biosciences Librarian
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
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 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. This session is offered twice covering the same material; participants welcome at any session. Registration required.
Friday January 11th, 2013 10-11:30AM http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=190090
Wednesday January 16th, 2012 3-4:30PM http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=190091
Sponsor(s): Libraries, Biology
Contact: Courtney Crummett, 14S-134, 617 324-8290, CRUMMETT@MIT.EDU
| Jan/11 | Fri | 10:00AM-11:30AM | DIRC 14N-132 |
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=190090
| Jan/16 | Wed | 03:00PM-04:30PM | DIRC 14N-132 |
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=190091
Biology at the Interface
Professor Iain Cheeseman, Member, Whithead Institute
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: none
This series has speakers that have combined approaches and disciplines to study biological problems. This includes Computational Biology, Systems Biology, Chemical Biology, and Physics/Biophysics.
Sponsor(s): Biology
Contact: Prof. Iain Cheeseman, WI-401B, 617-324-2503, icheese@wi.mit.edu
| Jan/09 | Wed | 11:00AM-12:00PM | Whitehead Auditorium |
Reading & Writing Biology -- & Beyond
George Church - Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
| Jan/14 | Mon | 11:00AM-12:00PM | Whitehead Auditorium |
Functional Validation of New Targets in Cancer using Covalent Kinase Inhibitors
Nathanael Gray - Dept Biological Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard
| Jan/16 | Wed | 11:00AM-12:00PM | Whitehead Auditorium |
Structure and stability of genomes
Job Dekker - Dept Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, UMass Worcester
| Jan/28 | Mon | 11:00AM-12:00PM | Whitehead Auditorium |
"Anticipating sudden transitions in biological populations: Cooperation, cheating, and collapse"
Jeff Gore - Department of Physics, MIT
| Jan/30 | Wed | 11:00AM-12:00PM | Whitehead Auditorium |
Timekeeping with a Three-Protein Circadian Clock
Erin O'Shea - HHMI and Dept of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard
Biotech Business Information for Engineers and Scientists
Courtney Crummett, Bioinformatics and Biosciences Librarian
| Jan/30 | Wed | 11:00AM-12:00PM | DIRC 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
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. Please register for this event.
Sponsor(s): Libraries, Biology
Contact: Courtney Crummett, 14S-134, 617 324-8290, CRUMMETT@MIT.EDU
BrainNavigator: Hands-On Introduction and Demo
Courtney Crummett, BCS Librarian
| Jan/17 | Thu | 10:00AM-11:30AM | 14N-132 (DIRC) |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
BrainNavigator integrates accurate content and innovative tools to improve the productivity, efficiency and quality of research. It helps locate specific areas of the brain, making visualizing and experimental planning in the brain easier. Class attendees will learn how to access high resolution images, identify coordinates and calibrate those coordinates to their own animals, link their own images to BrainNavigator atlases, count cells using the cell marker tool, overlay schematic drawing onto atlas stained sections or their own images, and use the injection planner. Please Register: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=191481
Sponsor(s): Biology, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Libraries
Contact: Courtney Crummett, 14S-134, 617 324-8290, CRUMMETT@MIT.EDU
Design Thinking For Scientists
Alorah Harman, Course 1 , THE MEME design
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/10
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: "scientist" self-label, some experience in a wet-lab ideal.
For the scientist who wants an extra shot of creativity in their IAP!
Design thinking is a framework and a process that uses a designer's tools to analyze and characterize ill-defined problems. Using design thinking, we can supplement a linear approach to a problem (in lab for example) with a more fluid and iterative investigation alongside.
This hands-on class is about idea generation, communication, and team dynamics specialized for scientists. Working in groups, we'll get a primer on how to think like a designer, especially with regard to mindset, group and solo brainstorming, and how to tease out and categorize qualitative insights to inform the design of quantitative experiments.
To learn by doing, we'll apply our human-centered frameworks to a high-energy 2-day exercise of envisioning the future of "the lab," sharing our end results with each other. All disciplines are welcome, but we'll have a focus on wet-lab environments (especially bio-labs).
**ROOM CHANGE** Saturday and Sunday (1/12-1/13) 1pm-4pm in 32-124.
Now enrolling excited scientists (U/G/etc.) as space allows until Jan 10th. Contact aharman@mit.edu with interest.
Sponsor(s): Biology
Contact: Alorah Harman, AHARMAN@MIT.EDU
| Jan/12 | Sat | 01:00PM-04:00PM | 32-124 |
| Jan/13 | Sun | 01:00PM-04:00PM | 32-124 |
Get the most from your "omics" analysis: GeneGo MetaCore Software Training
GeneGo Trainer, Courtney Crummett
| Jan/11 | Fri | 03:00PM-05:00PM | DIRC 14N-132, Registration required |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 20 participants
Attend this IAP session and learn how to use GeneGo, a bioinforamtics software tool licensed by MIT Libraries. GeneGo provides a solution for using "omics" gene lists to generate and prioritize hypotheses with MetaCore. 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. Registration Required: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=189964
Sponsor(s): Libraries, Biology
Contact: Courtney Crummett, 14S-M48, x4-8290, crummett@mit.edu
How to: Bootcamps and Survival Guides for your Scientific Adventure
Professor Iain Cheeseman, Member, Whitehead Institute
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance:
MIT Biology presents a selection of talks on the practice of science, navigating academia, and balancing it all with a life outside the lab.
Sponsor(s): Biology
Contact: Prof. Iain Cheeseman, WI-401B, 617-324-2503, icheese@wi.mit.edu
| Jan/08 | Tue | 01:00PM-03:00PM | 68-181 |
What are the biggest challenges when setting up a lab? What things turned out to be easier than expected? What is it like teaching and hiring lab members? Come learn from some faculty about what it's like to be a "new professor", and some of the thrills and challenges of starting a new lab.
Organized by: Paul Fields
Adam Martin, Matt Vander Heiden, Brett Pellock, Michelle Meyer, David Pincus
| Jan/14 | Mon | 02:00PM-04:00PM | 68-181 |
Not sure if you want to do an industry or an academic postdoc? Want to know how to find a postdoc? What do people look for when hiring a postdoc? Come find out all this and more!
Organized by: Dave Phizicky and David Benjamin
Dr. Tyler Jacks - Director: Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Dr. Francis J. Martin, Dr. Justin Pritchard, Renee George
| Jan/23 | Wed | 01:00PM-03:00PM | 68-181 |
When you're stressed about lab or life in general, do you ever wonder what's available to you to help you de-stress your life? Or even if you're not stressed, want some more information about how to improve different aspects of your mental and physical well-being? If so, come and listen to these knowledgeable panel members discuss how to make your time at MIT more enjoyable.
Organized by: BioREFS
Frank Solomon, Tejas Kalastavadi - 2011-2012 Vice-President of the MIT Post-Doctoral Assoc, Hannah Blitzblau - President of the Whitehead Postdoctoral Assoc,, Susanna (Zan) Barry - Senior Program Manager, Community Wellness at MIT Medical, Josh Arribere - Member of BioREFS, Graduate Student in Biology
Learn to use IPA during IAP
Courtney Crummett, IPA Trainer
| Jan/31 | Thu | 02:00PM-04:00PM | DIRC 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 20 participants
Attend this introductory and hands-on training session and learn how to use Ingenuity Pathways Analysis (IPA), newly licensed by MIT Libraries and friends, for the analysis of your ‘omics data. Build complete regulatory pictures and gain a better understanding of the biology underlying a gene expression. Discover signaling cascades from predicted upstream regulators in your dataset. Predict the effect of your gene expression changes on downstream biological processes and diseases. Interrogate networks and canonical pathways and generate hypotheses in the network or pathway. Please register for this event. Need an IPA account? Email ask-bioinfo@mit.edu.
Sponsor(s): Libraries, Biology
Contact: Courtney Crummett, 14S-M48, x4-8290, crummett@mit.edu
Next Steps: A Sampling of Careers in Science
Professor Iain Cheeseman, Member, Whitehead Institute
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
This program will cover non-traditional paths for Biology PhDs. Please join us at seven exciting seminars featuring speakers who are at the top of these respective fields.
Sponsor(s): Biology
Contact: Prof. Iain Cheeseman, WI-401B, 617-324-2503, icheese@wi.mit.edu
| Jan/15 | Tue | 01:00PM-03:00PM | 68-181 |
Are you considering a job in industry, or perhaps starting your own company? What are the main differences between academic and industry labs? Join us for an exciting Q&A session with a panel of scientists who belong to different areas of industry, and find out whether industry is right for you.
Organized by: Sherry Lee and Xiaofei Gao
Phillip Sharp - co-founder of Biogen, Alnylam and Magen, Teresa Compton, Alessandra Di Bacco, Alexandra Huhalov
| Jan/16 | Wed | 01:00PM-03:00PM | 68-181 |
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. Come listen and speak with PhDs who have made the transition from bench work to the business world.
Organized by: Paul Fields
Robert Weisskoff, Sebastian Kraves, Ricardo Brau, Jessica Church
| Jan/17 | Thu | 01:00PM-03:00PM | 68-181 |
Commercializing the science that we do and ensuring that is done fairly is an important part of the scientific mission. Come learn from the different perspectives of PhDs who have pursued law-related career paths in the biotech industry, law firms, and academia. What opportunities exist for scientists in law-related professions? What are these careers like and are they right for you?
Organized by: Sherry Lee
Duncan Greenhalgh, Nicholas Mitrokosta, Kristin Konzak, Jennifer Griffin
| Jan/24 | Thu | 01:00PM-02:30PM | 68-181 |
Science Writing and the Spread of a Scientific Idea
Once experiments are completed and the paper submitted, how is that information communicated within a field--and to a larger audience? Come explore the diverse ways science is communicated outside the lab--in journalism, publishing, and industry.
Organized by David Kern and Zahra Hirji
Seth Mnookin - Author of the The Panic Virus, Will Knight, Anne Knowlton, Priya Prakash Buddle
| Jan/28 | Mon | 01:00PM-02:30PM | 68-181 |
Looking for a professorship is a daunting process. What type of institution is right for you? Where do you find information? What do search committees look for? What should you do at an interview? Come find out from faculty at different institutions and career stages who have experienced all aspects of the process.
Organized by: Wendy Niedelman and Xiaofei Gao
Melissa Kosinski-Collins, Celeste Peterson, Harvey Lodish, Matthew Shoulders
| Jan/30 | Wed | 01:00PM-03:00PM | 68-181 |
Government and Policy: Decisions beyond laboratories
A scientist's critical evaluation is not limited to the lab bench. Come and find out how scientists can employ their expertise in federal policies and the decision making process, the major determinants of our research infrastructure. Join the discussion!
Organized by: Grace Chen and Sandhya Sanduja
Mary Yebba, Patrick Wen, Jeffrey Rolands
| Jan/31 | Thu | 01:00PM-03:00PM | 76-156 |
Education and Outreach: Helping the next generation of scientists
Do you love teaching and helping people learn? How do I become involved in teaching and outreach? Can there be a balance between running a successful lab and mentoring? Come find out!
Organized by: Grace Chen, Sandhya Sanduja, and Dave Phizicky
Dr. Leah Okamura - recent graduate of the Page lab, Dr. Michelle LaBonte, Dr. Patrick Williamson, Dr. Mandana Sassanfar - Instructor and Director of Diversity and Science Outreach
Repair of Basic Laboratory Equipment
Charles Moses
| Jan/16 | Wed | 05:30PM-07:30PM | 68-674 |
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
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 5:30 p.m. in 68-674.
Contact: Brenda Minesinger, 68-647, x3-4721, bminesin@mit.edu or CT Moses, chastmoses@yahoo.com
Sponsor(s): Biology
Contact: Brenda Minesinger, 68-647, 617-253-4721, bminesin@mit.edu
Workshop on the Peer Review Process - MIT
Rosy Hosking, Scientific Editor, Cell
| Jan/24 | Thu | 02:00PM-05:00PM | 76-559 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
A unique opportunity to benefit from the experience of a Cell editor, to improve your understanding of Peer Review. The half-day interactive workshop is designed to open up the peer review process for (future) authors and reviewers. The workshop will answer the following questions: What is the purpose of the peer review process? What things are important to remember when reading reports on your own paper, or writing comments on another author’s paper? And how does the Journal Editor fit into the conversation? These points will be under discussion alongside an examination of a published Cell paper and its first and second round reviewer reports. There will also be preparatory and homework components to the workshop to give participants an opportunity for personal editorial feedback on a review assignment. Workshop strictly limited to 20 participants.
Preregistration is required. To confirm, email both angelika@mit.edu and joyoung@mit.edu
Sponsor(s): Biology
Contact: Angelika Amon, 76-561, 617 258-8944, angelika@mit.edu
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