[Bioundgrd] 2 IAP Offerings in Biology --- Wednesday, January 7, 2004

[Betsey Walsh]

Repair of Basic Laboratory Equipment
Charles Moses
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Participants requested to attend both sessions (non-series)
Prereq: none

Engineer Charles Moses will conduct a 2-session 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.

Contact: Sharotka Godzina, 68-641, x3-4721, sgodzina at mit.edu

Two sessions: Jan 7 and Jan 21 starting at 5:30 p.m. in Project Lab, Bldg 68.




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Funding Opportunities for Senior Postdocs and Junior Faculty: K 
Awards, Bridging Grants & R01
Prof. Frank Solomon, Prof. Paul Garrity & Elsa Flores, Ph.D.

One of the major components of having your own lab in an academic 
institution is obtaining funding to sustain it. Come learn about 
funding options for senior postdocs and junior faculty. Get 
information and tips on writing senior postdoc fellowships, bridging 
grants, junior faculty awards, and R01 grants from successful grant 
writers and reviewers.

Wed Jan 7, 11am-12:30pm, 68-181








For a listing of other biology department IAP offerings:
http://web.mit.edu/biology/www/biology/iap.html
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