Events
Postdoc Seminars Archive
Archive of Postdoc Seminars organized by the BSD Postdoctoral Association 2000-2008.
Spring Quarter 2008 - Download Schedule (PDF Updated 3/17/08)
March 21: Career Advancement Series
Landing a job: insights form recent hires
Ayaz Sayeed and Isaac Skromne, current postdocs at UofC
March 28 : Career Advancement Series
A comparison of academic and industrial careers
Jeffrey Masters
Associate Director, Human Translational Biology
Astellas Research Institute of America
April 4: Alternative Careers
Careers at Liberal Arts Colleges
Karen Nordell Pearson
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Director of the Midstates Consortium for Math and Science
Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
Hope College, Holland, MI
April 11
Proteomics in Chicago
Larry Helseth Ph.D.
Informatician
Proteomic and Informatic Services
Chicago Biomedical Consoritum
April 18: Postdoc Issues
Introduction to Biophysics Core Facility
Elena Solomaha, Ph.D.
Technical Director
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Core Facility
April 25
Science Policy
Norman Bradburn, Ph.D.
Tiffany and Margaret Blake Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus
Department of Psychology, the Harris School, the Graduate School of Business, and the College
May 2: Career Advancement Series
Tenure Track Panel
Martin Feder, Ph.D., Professor, Organismal Biology & Anatomy
Melina Hale, Ph.D., Asst. Professor, Organismal Biology & Anatomy
Xiaoxi Zhuang, Ph.D. Assoc. Professor, Neurobiology
May 9
Training program in Clinical Molecular Genetics and
Training Program in Clinical Cytogenetics
Dr. Stuart Schwartz
Professor, Departments of Human Genetics, Medicine and Pathology
Director of Genetic Diagnostic Services
May 16
Shared facilities at the University of Chicago
Mary Paniagua
June 6: Career Advancement Series
MBA after Research- what doors does it open?
Jim O'Keefe PhD, Postdoc and MBA from UofC
Presentation slides (PowerPoint file)
Winter Quarter 2008 - Download Schedule (PDF Updated 1/03/08)
January 11: Career Advancement Series
Improving your Presentation skills
Lisa Bernstein, Wilson Dickinson Professor of Law
The University of Chicago Law School
January 14: Special Seminar/Alternative Careers Forum
Careers in Science Off the Bench: Intellectual Property Management & Patent Law
Vern Norviel and Chantal Morgan D'Apuzzo
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati (California Patent Law)
January 18: Career Advancement Series
Networking
Heather Sevener
Career Advising and Planning Services (CAPS)
The University of Chicago
January 25: Postdoc Issues
Child care options in Hyde Park
Nathalie Tilgman, BSD Office, Sara Dewan, Baby, Ph.D. and Dina Weinstein, Mother
February 1
Insights into Strategic Consulting from L.E.K.
Alison Adams
L. E. K. Consulting
Please note location change to BSLC 201
February 8: Postdoc Issues
Becoming a Good Mentor
Julian Solway, M.D., Walter L. Palmer Distinguished Service Professor of Pulmonary and Critical Care Section
Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics
The University of Chicago
February 15
Exit Stage Left: Scientific Communications Careers
Patrick M Cullinan, Ph.D., Medical Writing Manager
TAP Pharmaceutical Products Inc.
February 22: Postdoc Issues
CANCELLED
Biophysics Core Facility
Elena Solomaha, Ph.D., Technical Director
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Core Facility
February 29: Social
Social Hour
Please note location change to BSLC 201
March 7: Postdoc Issues
Grants 101: How to find grant opportunities
Nancy Schwartz, Ph.D., Dean of Graduate Affairs and Office of Research Support
Biological Sciences Division, The University of Chicago
March 14: Postdoc Issues
Grants 201: The grant application process
Kolla Kristjansdottir postdoc; Laurie Parker, postdoc and
Julie Caldwell, Grant and Finance Administrator, MGCB
Fall Quarter 2007 - Download Schedule (PDF Updated November 5)
September 7: Social
Kickoff Celebration
Join us on the lawn outside of the BSLC for a cookout!
Friends, co-workers and families are all welcome.
September 14: Career Advancement Series
Postdoctoral Opportunities at Argonne National Laboratory
Dr. Giselle Sandi, Postdoctoral Programs Coordinator
Argonne National Laboratory
September 21: Career Advancement Series
Career exploration workshop
Part 1: Self Assessment
Heather Sevener
Career Advising and Planning Services, University of Chicago
Click here to download the Self-Assessment handout
September 28: Career Advancement Series
Career exploration workshop
Part 2: Examining Options
Heather Sevener
Career Advising and Planning Services, University of Chicago
October 5: Social
Social Hour
October 12: Postdoc Issues
J-1 Visas
David Muusz
Office of International Affairs, University of Chicago
CANCELLED
October 19: Alternative Career Forum
Administrative vs Academic careers for PhDs
Wade Williams
UC Tech, University of Chicago
October 26: Career Advancement Series
Put Your PhD to Work - Milwaukee, WI
Check out the conference website for details.
November 2: Social
Halloween Party
November 9
No seminar - MGCB Cluster Retreat
November 16: Postdoc Issues
Not Science as Usual: Become a AAAS Science & Technology
Dr. Jennifer Reineke Pohlhaus
2006-08 AAAS Fellow at the National Institutes of Health
November 23
No seminar - Thanksgiving Break
November 30: Career Advancement Series
Securing Your First Academic Job
Ilya Ruvinsky, Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolution
Erin Adams, Assistant Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Committee on Immunology
Rick Fehon, Chairman, Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology; Professor, Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology
December 7: Career Advancement Series
Initiatives and Opportunities in R&D at Baxter Healthcare
Dr. Jon Cammack
Vice President of R&D and Head of Corporate Technology Resources
Baxter Healthcare
December 14: Social
End-of-year Party
Spring Quarter 2007 - Download Schedule (PDF Updated 3/21/2007)
April 13
From paper submission to publication
Sabbi Lall, Associate Editor
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
April 20
Presentation skills
Lisa Bernstein
Wilson-Dickinson Professor of Law and Co-Director, Institute for Civil Justice
The Law School, The University of Chicago
April 27
A comparison of academic and industrial careers
Jeffrey Masters
Astellas Pharma, Inc.
May 4
Research vs. Management track in industry
Walter Leise and colleague
Abbott Laboratories
May 11
Informational session: The green card application process
Kempster, Keller & Lenz-Calvo, Ltd., Attorneys-at-law
May 18
Panel Session: How to navigate your first years as a professor
Naoum Issa, Asst. Prof., Department of Neurobiology, Pharmacology and Physiology
David Boone, Asst. Prof., Department of Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology
Jason MacLean, Asst. Prof., Department of Neurobiology
May 25
No Seminar - Happy Memorial Day!
June 1
Improving your negotiation skills
Beth Milnikel
Director of The Institute for Justice Clinic on Entrepreneurship and Lecturer in Law
The Law School, The University of Chicago
June 8
End-of-year Picnic
Winter Quarter 2007 - Download Schedule (PDF Updated February 22)
January 12: Alternative Career Forum
Working
at a Teaching-Oriented College/University
Dr. Kevin Swier, Associate Professor of Biology
Dept. of
Biological Sciences, Chicago
State University
January 19: Career Advancement Series
How
Students Learn
Mary Ann Wilkelmes, Center
for Teaching
January 26: Career Advancement Series
Insight into the Microarray and Genomic Function Facility
Dr. Xinmin Li, Senior Researcher
Microarray and
Genome Facility
February 2: Alternative Career Forum
Careers
in Law for Biology PhDs
McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert
& Berghoff LLP
February 9: Alternative Career Forum
Science
publishing technology
Caitlin Aptowicz Trasande, Ph.D., Emerging Technology Analyst
Nature
Publishing Group
February 16: Career Advancement Series
Resources
at the Office of Research Services and Postdoctoral Funding
Opportunities
Cyndie Shannon, Grants and Contracts Administrator
Office of Research
Services
February 23: Social
Please note room change to BSLC Lobby
March 2: Postdoc Issues
H1 Visas
Renee DuPree
Office
of International Affairs
March 9: Career Advancement Series
Preparing
a portfolio for science career forums
Heather Sevener, Assistant Director
Career Advising and
Planning Services
March 16: Career Advancement Series
Budgeting
Non-NIH Grants
Lisa Snider, Executive Administrator
Dept. Organismal Biology and Anatomy
March 23: Career Advancement Series
Insight
into the nanobiology facility and the integrated microscopy facility
Dr. Vytas Bindokas, Dept. Neurobiology
Justin Jureller, Technical Director, Nanobiology Facility
March 30: Social
Please note room change to BSLC 202
Fall Quarter 2006 - Download Schedule (PDF Updated October 30)
September 8: Social
End of Summer Picnic
Please note change of location to BSLC Lawn (Rain Location
GCIS Lobby).
September 15 : Postdoc Issues
J1 visas
Karleigh Koster, J1 Specialist, Office of
International Affairs.
September 22 : Career Advancement Series
Shared Research Facilities in the Biological
Sciences
Julie Auger, Director, BSD Shared Research
Facilities
September 29 : Career Advancement Series
Making Your Academic Application Package Stand Out - Download Video (441MB MPEG) Download Notes (PDF)
- Bryan Pickett, PhD, Assoc. Prof., Dept. Biology, Loyola
University
- William Green, PhD, Assoc. Prof., Dept. Neurobiology,
Pharmacology and Physiology, The University of Chicago
- Marcus Clark, M.D., Chief Rheumatology, The University of Chicago
October 6 : Career Advancement Series
Preparing for the Academic Job Market - Download
Presentation (PDF)
Heather Sevener, Assistant Director for Graduate Services, Biol. and
Physical Sciences
Career Advising
& Planning Services ( CAPS )
October 13 : Career Advancement Series
How University Discoveries are Successfully
Commercialized - Download
Presentation (PDF)
Ben Dibling and Carrie Millis, Project Managers. UCTECH - Office of
Technology & Intellectual Property
October 20 : Postdoc Issues
BSD Postdocs, their rights and benefits
- Download
Presentation (PDF)
Pat Shymanski, Director, Office
of Academic Affairs, Biological Sciences Division
Imogen Hurley, President, BSD Postdoctoral
Association
October 27 : Social
Halloween Party
Please note room change to BSLC 201
November 3 : No Postdoc Seminar
Interested in a Career at a Liberal Arts College? Click here for more details of a dinner and workshop.
November 9 : Alternative Careers Forum
Careers in Consulting for PhDs
McKinsey & Company
Please note that this session will be on a Thursday
November 17 : Career Advancement Series
NIH Road to Independence Awards
Nancy Schwartz, Dean, BSD
Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs
Professor Pediatrics, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology,
Committee
on Developmental Biology, Dir., Kennedy Mental Retardation Rsrch. Ctr.
November 24 : No Postdoc Seminar
Happy Thanksgiving!
December 1 : Postdoc Issues
Childcare options in Hyde Park
- Natalie Tilghman, Assistant Director, Office of Graduate Affairs
- Sarah Diwan, Baby Ph.D. Resource Center
- Dina Weistein, Project Assistant, Hyde Park Resident, Mother of Two
December 8 : Alternative career forum
Preparing for the non-academic job market
Heather Sevener, Assistant Director for Graduate Services, Biol. and
Physical Sciences
Career Advising
& Planning Services ( CAPS )
December 15 : Social
End of Year Party
Please note room change to BSLC 201
Spring Quarter 2006 - Download Schedule (PDF Updated May 13)
June 9 : Social - End of Seminar Series BBQ
Please note change of location to BSLC Lobby.
June 2 : Career Advancement Series - Teaching evolution : Problems & Approaches
Iglika Paplova, Lecturer, Biological Sciences Collegiate Division
May 26 : Alternative Career Forum - Intellectual Property Law in Biology: Patent prosecution, trade secrets and copyright basics
Adrienne B. Naumann, Esq. Patent Attorney and Attorney at Law
May 19 : No Postdoc Seminar
May 12 : Career Advancement Series - How to succeed as a female academic
Panel discussion with advice from female BSD faculty:
- Melina Hale, Assistant Professor, Dept. Organismal Biology & Anatomy
- Dorothy Hanck. Professor, Cardiology, Dept. Medicine
- Deborah Nelson, Professor, Dept. Neurobiology, Pharmacology and Physiology
- Phoebe Rice, Associate Professor, Dept. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
May 5 : Social - Cinco de Mayo
Please note room change to BSLC 202
April 28 : Alternative Careers Forum - Careers in Scientific Publishing - Download Presentation (PDF)
David Crotty, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Please note time change to noon and room change to BSLC 305. Contact Melissa Lindberg mlindber@bsd. uchicago.edu if you are interested in attending this seminar.
April 21 : No Postdoc Seminar
April 18 : Alternative Careers Forum - Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research
Presentation of their Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship Program - Please note events are on aTuesday
- 12pm. Lunch (apply to Isaac Skromne iskromne@uchicago.edu)
- 4 pm. Presentation (BSLC 115)
- 5 pm. Cocktails (BSLC Lobby)
April 14 : Alternative Careers Forum - Medical writing - Download Presentation (PDF) and Handout (PDF)
Patrick Cullinan, Senior Medical Writer, Neopharm
April 7 : Postdoc Presentation
- Standard binding free energy calculations using molecular dynamic simulations
Jiyao Wang, Pediatrics - Role of presenilin1 in cellular homeostasis of adult neural progenitors
Karthik Veerara, Neurobiology, Pharmacology & Physiology
Winter Quarter 2006 - Download Schedule (PDF Updated March 20)
March 31 : Career Advancement Series - Effective Techniques for Teaching College Science
Mary-Ann Winkelmes, Center for Teaching and Learning - Please note room change to BSLC 202
March 24 : Social - Cabin Fever
Please note room change to BSLC 202
March 17 : Career Advancement Series - Grant budgeting 101 - Download Presentation (PDF)
Lisa Snider, Executive Administrator, Dept. Organismal Biology & Anatomy
March 10 : Postdoc Presentation
- Molecular genetics of natural populations
Anthony Greenberg, Ecology and Evolution
- Understanding conformational changes using molecular dynamics
Nilesh Banavali, Pediatrics
March 3 : Career Advancement Series - Preparing for the UofC Science Career Forum - Download Presentation
Heather Sevener, Assistant Director for Graduate Services, Biol. and Physical Sciences,
Careers Advising and Planning Services
Feb 24 : Postdoc Presentation - Job talk practice
- Population Genetics of the metabolic syndrome
Vanessa Clark, Human Genetics
Feb 17: Alternative Careers Forum - Career Opportunities for Biologists in the Pharmaceutical
Industry
Abbott Laboratories roundtable. Managers and postdoc research personnel from Abbott Laboratories.
- Noon-1pm - Panel discussion on working in pharmaceuticals - BSLC Room 109
- 1pm-2pm - Small group discussion and lunch with guests - BSLC Lobby
Feb 10 : Career Advancement Series - The Academic Interview Process - Download Presentation (PDF)
Heather Sevener, Assistant Director for Graduate Services, Biol. and Physical Sciences,
Careers Advising and Planning Services
Feb 3 : Postdoc Issues -Visas and Immigration - What's old and what's new - Download Presentation (PDF)
Tamara Felden, Director, Office of International Affairs.
Presentation PDF is for reference only. For more information contact the Office of International Affairs.
Jan 27 : Postdoc Presentation
- The dorsal midline is a signaling center regulating cerebellar cell-type specification and proliferation
Viktor Chizhikov, Human Genetics
- Protease activity of conditioned medium from CD147 overexpressing cells degrades Ab peptides
Xulun Zhang, Neurobiology, Pharmacology, and Physiology
Jan 20 : Social
Please note room change to BSLC 202
Jan 13 : Postdoc Presentation
- Gene and Genome Duplications in Fish
Imogen Hurley, Organismal Biology and Anatomy
- CD43 phosphorylation in T-cell migration
Judy Cannon, Medicine
Jan 6 : Career Advancement Series - How to prepare an effective teaching syllabus
Elizabeth Chandler, Director, Center for Teaching and Learning
*Elizabeth has requested that bringing a course topic or draft of a syllabus will be helpful. She will provide feedback.
Fall Quarter 2005
Dec 16: End of Year Party
Please note room change to BSLC 202
Dec 9 : Postdoc Presentation
- Interactions of human LINE-1 with host DNA repair machinery
Stephen Gasior, Tulane University - Thiophosphorylation as a tool for studying kinase activity
Laurie Parker, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Dec 2 : Alternative Careers Forum - From the Bar to the Bench
Kate Berezutskaya, Patent Agent, Howrey LLD
Nov 25 : No Seminar
Thanksgiving weekend
Nov 18 : Career Advancement Series - Preparing for the Non academic job market
Heather Sevener, Assistant Director for Graduate Services, Biol. and Physical Sciences
Career Advising & Planning Services ( CAPS )
Nov 11 : Postdoc Issues - The Postdoc, their rights and their benefits - Download Handout (PDF)
Pat Shymanski, Director, Office of Academic Affairs, Biological Sciences Division
Nov 4 : Postdoc presentation
- Variation in the regulatory circuits of Drosophila development
Arnar Palsson, Ecology and Evolution - Role of FOG and Ets in zebrafish cardiac development
Harold Olivey, Medicine
Oct 28 : Social - Halloween Party
Please note room change to BSLC 202
Oct 21 : Postdoc Presentation
- The tumor suppressors Merlin and Expanded function cooperatively to modulate receptor endocytosis and signaling
Shushmita Maitra, Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology - Lipid signaling in meiosis
Gela Tevzadze, Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology
Oct 14 : Career Advancement Series - Preparing for Academic job market - Download Presentation (PDF)
Heather Sevener, Assistant Director for Graduate Services, Biol. and Physical Sciences
Career Advising & Planning Services ( CAPS )
Oct 7 : Career Advancement Series - Thinking of Your Research as Intellectual Property
Nicole Robinson, Project Manager, UCTech – Office of Technology and Intellectual Property
Sept 30 : Postdoc Presentation
- The role of p53 and p21 in somatic hypermutation of immunoglobulin genes
Sarayu Ratnam, Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology - Identification of phages as a virulence factor in S. aureus
Taeok Bae, Microbiology
Sept 23 : Postdoc Presentation
- The (New) Postdoctoral Association - Download Presenatation (PDF)
Isaac Skromne, BSD Postdoctoral Association - Origin and position of the pancreas in the zebrafish gut is regulated by Cdx transcription factors
Mary Kinkel, Organismal Biology and Anatomy
Sept 16 : Career Advancement Series - What’s CAPS and what can it do for you?
Heather Sevener, Assistant Director for Graduate Services, Biol. and Physical Sciences
Career A dvising & Planning Services ( CAPS )
Sept 9 : Social - Postdoctoral Association Kick-Off
Come celebrate the launch of the Postdoctoral Association with a free BBQ outside BSLC
2003
Wednesday March 5, 2003
Dr. Angelika Longacre
"Serum-Dependence of Gene Expression in Genes Found to be Dysregulated in MRL Mice"
2002
Wednesday April 10th, 2002
Dr. Isaac Skromne
"On the tail of Caudal function in Zebrafish"
Wednesday March 6th, 2002
Ching Song
"LXR
agonists, good for head and heart?"
2001
Wednesday December 5, 2001
Susan Colilla, Ph.D.
"Testing for a gene-environment interaction in a genome-wide linkage analysis of asthma"
Wednesday November 28, 2001
Brad Merrill
"The Role of Lef/Tcf Factors in Determining Hair Follicle Stem Cell Fate"
Wednesday September 12th, 2001
Orfeu M. Buxton, Ph.D.
"Sleepless in Chicago: consequences of sleep loss for health"
Wednesday May 9th, 2001
Molly Duman-Scheel, Ph.D.
"Regulation of cell growth and proliferation by Hedgehog signaling"
2000
Wednesday, November 29th, 2000
Jennifer Mach, Ph.D.
Accelerated cell death in Arabidopsis:Tthe link between organelle function, chlorophyll metabolism, and cell death.
September 27th, 2000
Steven Podos, Ph.D.
"Smurf1, a ubiquitin-protein ligase that modulates BMP signaling in Drosophila"
Wednesday July 26th, 2000
Sabbi Lall, Ph.D.
"Heads or tails? Axis formation during early insect development"