[Bioundgrd] Biology IAP 2004

[Janice Chang]

During January 2004, the Biology Department is sponsoring several 
seminar series and discussions.

One series of events, called "LIFE AFTER MIT," will include 
discussions that provide guidance for taking the next step in 
academic research and examine some of the career options in biology 
outside of academic research and clinical medicine.

A second series, "MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACHES TO NEUROBIOLOGY AT 
MIT:  PATHFINDING INTO THE NEXT DECADE" will highlight neurobiology 
research and future directions for the field.  MIT has made a recent 
commitment to promote the development of neurosciences, with the 
formation of the McGovern Institute for Brain Research and the 
Picower Center for Learning and Memory together with the construction 
of a new building to house the neuroscience community. Find out what 
the excitement is about and gain exposure to where neurobiology is at 
MIT, where it originated and where it is going in the next decade.

Below is a listing of the events, dates, and times.  Specific 
information on the Biology IAP offerings is at 
http://student.mit.edu/iap/ns7.html.  Other offerings by the MIT 
career services are at http://student.mit.edu/iap/nc4.html.


LIFE AFTER MIT: Taking the Next Step in Academic Research

   Wed  Jan 7    Funding Opportunities for postdocs	11-12:30 pm	68-181
   Mon  Jan 12   Preparing for Academic Career		11-12:30 pm	68-181
   Wed  Jan 14   Thesis Writing, Choosing a postdoc lab 	11-12:30 pm	68-181
   Wed  Jan 21   Balancing Family and Science		10:30-12 noon	WI Aud
   Mon  Jan 26	Women in Science			11-12:30	68-181



LIFE AFTER MIT: A Sampling of Careers in Biology


   Mon  Jan 6   	Science Writing and Publishing		11-12:30 pm	68-181
   Tue  Jan 13 	Science Policy				11-12:30 pm	68-181
   Thu  Jan 15   Teaching Opportunities for Scientista	11-12:30 pm	68-181
   Tue  Jan 20	Is Biotechnology for you	 	11-12:30 pm	WI Aud
   Thur Jan 22 	Career options in law		 	11-1 pm		68-121
   Thur Jan 29   Transitioning into Venture Capital	11-12:30 pm	68-181


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MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACHES TO NEUROBIOLOGY AT MIT:  PATHFINDING 
INTO THE NEXT DECADE

   Mon  Jan 12   Introduction to the Picower Center
		  for Learning and Memory		3-4 pm		WI Aud
   Tue  Jan 13   What Does the Brain Do During Sleep?	3-4 pm		WI Aud
   Wed  Jan 14   McGovern Institute for Brain Research:
		  Exploration of Higher Brain Function 	3-4 pm		WI Aud
   Thur Jan 15   Seeing the light and feeling the heaet:
		  Neuronal Wiring and Sensation		3-4 pm		WI Aud
   Tue  Jan 20  	Beginnings:  Initiation of Vertebrate
		  Nervous System			3-4 pm		WI Aud
   Wed  Jan 21	Past and Present History of
		  Neurogenetics	Learning and Memory	3-4 pm		WI Aud
   Thu  Jan 22  	What the Retina says to the developing
		 Brain and how the brain talks back	3-4 pm		WI Aud
   Mon  Jan 26	Learning to See:  Neuronal Plasticity
		  in the Visual system			3-4 pm		WI Aud
   Tue  Jan 27   Bidirectional Communication at Synapses 3-4 pm		WI Aud
   Thur Jan 29	How the Brain Wires Itself  		3-4 pm		WI Aud