[bioundgrd] Biology IAP 2007

[Janice Chang]

During January 2007, 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 talking the next step in 
academic research and examine some of the career options in biology 
outside of academic research and clinical medicine.  It will include 
a selection of roundtables on the practice of science, navigating 
academia, and balancing it all with a life outside the lab as well as 
covering non-traditional paths for Biology PhD's.

A second series, "STEM CELLS AND REGENERATIVE BIOLOGY".  The 
replacement of missing cells, largely mediated by the action of stem 
cells, occurs naturally as an integral part of normal adult life and 
in response to injury.  This lecture series will highlight topics in 
regenerative biology ranging from the biology of stem cells in cell 
replacement to regenerative tissue engineering.


LIFE AFTER MIT:	A SAMPLING OF CAREERS IN BIOLOGY

Thu.  Jan 11		BioTech/Pharma
			12:30 - 2:00 pm,  68-181

Tue.  Jan 16		Science Communication and Publishing
			12:30 - 2:00 pm,  68-181

Thu.  Jan 18		Law Panel
			11:45 - 1:30 pm,  68-181

Tue.  Jan 23		Consulting & Venture Capital
			12:30 - 2:00 pm,  68-181

Tue.  Jan 30		Policy/Government Panel
			12:30 - 2:00 pm,  68-181

LIFE AFTER MIT:	TAKING THE NEXT STEP IN ACADEMIC SCIENCE

Mon.  Jan 8		Grant Writing/R01s
			11:00 - 12:30 pm,  68-181

Tue.  Jan 9		Applying for a PostDoc
			1:00 - 3:00 pm,  68-181

Wed.  Jan 10		Finding a Faculty Position
			1:00-2 pm,  68-181

Wed. Jan 24		Women in Science
			11:00 - 12:30 pm, 68-181

Thu.  Jan 25		PostDoc Bootcamp,
			12:00 - 1:30 pm,  68-181

Fri.  Jan 26		Balancing Family & Science
			11:30 - 1:00 pm,  68-181

Mon.  Jan 29		Finding PostDoc Fellowships
			1:30  - 3:00 pm,  68-181

TBD			Academic Teaching Positions
			TBD


STEM CELLS AND REGENERATIVE BIOLOGY

Tue.  Jan 9		Stem Cells for Pancreatic Development and Diabetes
			Doug Melton, Harvard MCB, HHMI
			3:30 - 4:30 pm,  WI Auditorium

Wed.  Jan 10		Progress in Stem Cells: The Program, The Politics
			and the Public
			Leonard Zon, Children's Hospital, HHMI
			3:30 - 4:30 pm,  WI Auditorium

Wed.  Jan 17		Gene Regulation of Stem Cells
			Stuart Orkin, Children's Hospital
			and Dana Farber Cancer Institute, HHMI
			3:30 - 4:30 pm,  WI Auditorium

Mon.  Jan 22		Nuclear Cloning, Stem Cells and Therapy:
			Promise, Problems, Reality
			Rudolf Jaenisch, MIT Biology, Whitehead Institute
			3:30 - 4:30 pm,  WI Auditorium

Thu.  Jan 25		Stem Cell Systems in Drosophila
			Norbert Perrimon, Harvard Medical School, HHMI
			3:30 - 4:30 pm,  WI Auditorium

Thu.  Feb 1		Tissue Engineering at the Microscale
			Sangeeta Bhatia, Laboratory for
			Multiscale Regenerative Technologies, MIT
			3:30 - 4:30 pm,  WI Auditorium

Fri.  Feb 2			Stem Cells in the Blood and Muscle
			Amy Wagers, Joslin Diabetes Center
			 Harvard Medical School
			3:30 - 4:30 pm,  WI Auditorium

Repair of Basic Laboratory Equipment
Charles Moses
Tue  Jan 9,  Wed Jan 17,  7:00 - 9:00 pm,  68-077

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq:  none

Engineer Charles Moses will conduct a 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: Shartoka Godzina, 68-641, x3-4721, sgodzina at mit.edu
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