Events
Postdoc Seminars 2007-2008
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 Kolla Kristjansdottir with questions, comments or queries about the seminars.
For Postdoc Seminars (2000-07) see Seminar Archive. For Postdoc Workshops (1999-2003) see Workshop Archive.
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
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