Events
Postdoc Seminars 2011-2012
The Postdoc Seminars are held in the Biological Sciences Learning Center (BSLC, Map), Room 205, Fridays 4 - 5pm. The seminars aim to promote effective training and career counseling of postdocs, while encouraging research and social communication among the postdoc community.
Food and drink are provided thanks to the support of the BSD Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs. Contact any member of the Seminar Committee with questions, comments or queries about the seminars.
For Past Postdoc Seminars see Seminar Archive. For Postdoc Workshops see Workshop Archive
Winter Quarter 2012
January 13th
Financial Planning 101
John Roland, Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management
January 20th
Postdoc research talks: Titles TBA
Anirban Mitra and Kolla Kristjansdottir
January 27th
Career Opportunities at Argonne
Tina Henne, Argonne
February 3rd
State of the PDA/Survey Results
Rachel Bergerson, PDA President and Terrie Vasilopoulos, PDA Vice-President
February 10th
CIM
Mike Seiler, Steering Committee member
February 17th
Your Job Search – “Wing it” or “Plan it.”
What is likely to work in 2012 and beyond? Three Steps to preparing, and then implementing, a highly effective job search campaign.
John Lombardo
February 24th
How to Assemble and Manage a Scientific Team as a PI
Dr Steven Gould
Dr. Sumati Murli
U of C Biotech/Genentech
March 2nd
Academic and Industrial Careers: my experiences in both
Dr. Jeff Masters, Astellas
March 9th
Grant Writing Panel: Tips for a successful fellowship application
Sarah Elliott
Derek Wainwright
Jeni Prosperi
Followed by a Happy Hour at the Pub in Ida Noyes
Come join us after the Grants seminar at 5:15pm.
Limited free food and drinks available so come early!
Special Seminar: March 12th
Bringing Genomics into the K-16 Classroom
Sarah Elgin, Viktor Hamburger Professor of Arts & Sciences Professor, Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis
Note different day and time: Monday, March 12, 12pm. Location: BSLC Room 205
March 16nd
American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunities
Elizabeth Jablonski, PhD Director Research, Health Initiatives and Advocacy American Cancer Society, Illinois Division and Andre Walker, MBA, CRA Grants and Contracts Manager University Research Administration
March 22nd
Paths to Permanent Residence for Scientists: Recent Trends and Strategies
Elizabeth Walder, Immigration Lawyer
March 30th
Ethics Seminar; Awareness, Attitudes, and New Perspectives
Terrie Vasilopoulos, Vice-President of the PDA, Kolla Kristjansdottir Postdoc and Interim Administrator and Nancy Schwartz, Associate Dean and Director, Postdoctoral Affairs
April 6th
No seminar
April 13th
Careers in Consulting
Michelle Merrigan Matthew Clark (Campbell Alliance) Anne Shemon (Campbell Alliance) Career options in consulting co-sponsored with Consulting Club and Biotech Association
April 20th
From the BENCH to the BAR: Careers in Patent Law
Louis Fogel (Senior Assoc., Ropes and Gray LLP)
Arthur Moss (Patent Agent)
Karen Deak (Director of the Master of Science in Patent Law, UND)
Co-sponsored with CAPS
Thursday, April 26th (GCIS W301)
A Scientist's Search for Meaning: In Work and Life
Carrie Rinker-Schaeffer, PhD Department of Surgery, University of Chicago
A Memorial Seminar and Reception in honor of Jyotsana Menon, PhD
Co-sponsored with Ben May Department for Cancer Research
May 4th
Postdoc research talks:
Engineering Nanoswitches of Protein Structure and Function
Shahir S. Rizk, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
and
CDK-Dependent Phosphorylation of Yeast Hsp70 Regulates the Chaperone Interactome to Control Cell Cycle Progression
Andy Truman, Research Associate, Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology
May 11th
No seminar
May 18th
Beyond the bench: The value of a PhD
Amanda Healan, PhD Clinical Trials Specialist, ID Division of Infectious Diseases & HIV Medicine, Case Western Reserve University
Thursday May 24th
A Career Development Roundtable event with Lunch and Networking Opportunity
UofC Faculty
June 1st (moved from May 11th)
Academic Job Search - Part 1
Christine McCary, PhD, Assistant Director for Graduate Services
June, Date TBA
Ethics seminar
TBA
Fall Quarter 2011 PDF Updated October, 2011
September 16th
Experience in Finding an Academic Position
Jai Rudra, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar in Surgical Research
September 23nd
No seminar - Ice Cream social in honor of Postdoc Appreciation week on Thursday September 22nd
September 30th
Changing One’s Immigration Status from J-1 to H-1B.
David Muusz, International Office
October 7th
The Philosophy of Teaching Statements and Development of Teaching Portfolio
Elizabeth O’Connor Chandler, Center for Teaching
October 10th
Seminar: American Journal Experts
October 14th
Young Faculty Panel: Job Search Experiences
Michael Rust, PhD, Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology
Jill De Jong, MD,PhD Pediatrics
Sally Horne- Badovinac, PhD Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology
October 21th
Postdoc talks
Gokhan Dalgin, PhD and Anirban Mitra, PhD
October 28th
No seminar - PDA social event - Bowling
November 4th
CANCELLED- Introduction to Academic Job Search
Heather Sevener, CAPS
November 11
Academic careers
Emina Stojkovic, PhD (Northeastern Illionois University)
Mae Ciancio, PhD (Midwestern University)
November 18th
Ethics seminar -Avoiding Research Misconduct
An interactive video experience "The Lab" Developed by the Office of Research Integrity at the US Department of Health and Human Services.
November 25th
No seminar (Thanksgiving weekend)
December 2nd
CANCELLED - Survey Results/Town Hall
Terrie Vasilopoulos vice-president and Rachel Bergerson president, PDA
December 9th
Search Committee Panel Discussion
Kay Macleod, PhD
Tobin Sosnic, PhD, Chairman BMB
Vicky Prince, PhD
December 16th
Science Education and Outreach
Barry Aprison, IGSB
Spring Quarter 2011 - PDF Updated April, 2011
April 1
Careers in Intellectual Property Management & Patent Law
Elaine Chang, JD, PhD, and Jelena Janjic, PhD: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
Rebecca Dise, PhD: Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd
April 8
The Inaugural BSD PDA Symposium:
Forging Ahead: The Transition from Postdoc to Professor
Elaine Fuchs, Keynote Speaker, The Rebecca C. Lancefield Professor, Mammalian Cell Biology and Development, The Rockefeller University; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
April 13
Postdoc Coffee Hour
April 15
No PDA Seminar
April 22
The IGSB High-throughput Genome Analysis Core (HGAC) Facility
Marc Domanus: Technical Director of High-Throughput
Genome Analysis Core (HGAC)
April 29
Individual Development Plan (IDP): a roadmap to success
Larissa Belova, PhD, PDA IDP Committee Chair; Tuba Sural, PhD, PDA President; Terrie Vasilopoulos, PhD, PDA Survey Committee Chair
May 6
How to Write a Successful NIH Grant
Nancy Schwartz, Professor & Director of the Kennedy Mental Retardation Research Center, Dept of Pediatrics, Associate Dean & Director of Postdoctoral Affairs; Peggy Mason, Professor & Chair, Committee on Neurobiology, and funded postdoctoral fellows
May 13
Immigration Presentation for International Postdocs, Research Scientists and University Professors
Brendan Delaney, J.D., Attorney at Leavy, Frank & Delaney, LLC
May 17
Quartzy: Free Online Lab Management
Adam Regelmann, MD, PhD, Physician-Scientist at Washington University and creator of the FREE web-based lab management tool known as Quartzy (https://www.quartzy.com)
May 18
Spring Quarter Postdoc Information Session
Nancy Schwartz, Associate Dean and Director, Postdoctoral Affairs; Eleni Levedakou, Postdoctoral Affairs Administrator; Rachel Bergerson, PDA Leadership Council
May 20
Identifying methods to recognize and respond to ethical dilemmas
Tamika Lynch, Director, Employee Relations
Human Resource Services, The University of Chicago
May 25
Postdoc Coffee Hour
May 27
No Seminar - Memorial Weekend
June 3
Grants Series: Identifying and Preparing for Postdoctoral Grants
Vanessa Rook, eRA/Communications Specialist, University Research Administration
Farrah Q. Jensen, Grants and Contracts Manager, Depts of Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology, Neurobiology, Pharmacology & Physiology
June 10
End of Year PDA Social
June 17
No Seminar-Summer Break
Winter Quarter 2011 - PDF Updated January, 2011
January 14
Core Facilities
Jim Schilling
Director, Office of Shared Research Facilities (OSRF), BSD
January 28
Biosafety: The intersection of Safe Science and Career Opportunities
Leo Njongmeta
GLRCE Biosafety fellow, Office of Biological Safety, BSD, U of C
February 4
Careers for Scientists in the Non-Profit Sector ( cancelled, rescheduled for Feb 11)
Heather Sevener
Associate Director for Graduate Services, Liaison to Biological and Physical Sciences Divisions, Career Advising and Planning Services
February 11
Careers for Scientists in the Non-Profit Sector
Heather Sevener
Associate Director for Graduate Services, Liaison to Biological and Physical Sciences Divisions, Career Advising and Planning Services
February 18
No seminar
February 25
Visiting scientist programs in the Forensic Research Unit of the FBI
James Robertson, PhD, Research Biologist, FBI Laboratory
March 4
Scientific Ethics seminar series 1: Authorship and data ownership
Steve Gabel, Office of the Provost
Ted Stamatakos, Office of Legal Counsel
Nancy Schwartz, Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
Paul Anderson, Office of Academic Affairs
March 11
Careers in Medical Writing and Publications
Patrick Cullinan, PhD, Senior Manager, Medical Writing, Takeda Global Research & Development Center, Inc.
March 18
No seminar
March 25
An Introduction to Core Facilities in the IGSB: Part I
John Barkinge, Technical Director of the Microwestern Array Core Facility (MWAC)
Sam Bettis, Chief Research Technologist of the Cellular Screening Center (CSC)
Jennifer Moran, Technical Director of the Bac-Recombineering Core (BRC)
Fall Quarter 2010 - PDF Updated September, 2010
September 10
Picnic
September 17
Integrated Microscope Core Facility: New Instruments
Christine Labno, PhD
Technical Director, Integrated Microscope Core Facility
September 21
AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowships
Vicky Ramirez Rahamatali
Senior Manager,
Outreach & Communications
Science & Technology Policy Fellowships, AAAS
September 24
Postdoc Appreciation Day
Screening of Movie “Naturally Obsessed” followed by reception in Lobby
October 1
Townhall Meeting
October 8 (KCBD Room 1103)
“Bringing Medications from Bench to Bedside:Myths and Realities”
AND“Preclinical Drug Discovery and Development”
Sethu Reddy, MD
Vice President and Head of US Medical Affairs at Merck & Co. Inc.
October 15
J-1/H-1b Visas
David Muusz
Assistant Director for Employee Services, Office of International Affairs
November 19
Planning for a Successful Scientific Career
Phil Clifford
December 3
Lessons from a Grants Workshop
Kolla Kristjansdottir and Tuba Sural, members of the BSD-PDA Steering committee
December 10
Networking for the Modern Scientist
Michael Seiler, Postdoctoral Associate Scientist, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and University of Chicago