[bioundgrd] BIOLOGY IAP 2009

[Betsey Walsh]

During January 2009, 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.  It will include  
a selection of talks on the practice of science, navigating academia  
as well as covering non-traditional paths for Biology PhD's.

A second series, "NEW APPROACHES IN CANCER THERAPY" focuses on  
emerging therapeutic strategies and drug discovery efforts that hold  
the promise of fundamentally changing the way that cancer is  
treated.  This lecture series will highlight new approaches to  
identifying cancer cell vulnerabilities and translating this work  
into the clinic.


LIFE AFTER MIT: A SAMPLING OF CAREERS IN BIOLOGY

Fri. Jan 9			Careers in Science Policy
					1-2:30pm, 68-181

Wed. Jan 14			BioTech	
			1-2:30pm, 68-181

Thu.  Jan 15			Consulting & Venture Capital
					1-2:30pm, 68-181

Wed. Jan 21			Science Communication and Publishing
					1-2:30pm, 68-181

Thu. Jan 22			Law and Intellectual Property
					1-2:30pm, 68-181

Tue. Jan 27			Government and Forensics
					3-4:30pm, 68-181

LIFE AFTER MIT: TAKING THE NEXT STEP IN ACADEMIC SCIENCE

Tue. Jan 13			Postdoc Boot Camp
					1-2:30pm, 68-181

Fri. Jan 23			Women in Science
					1-2:30pm, 68-181

Mon. Jan 26			Teaching Positions
					1-2:30pm, 68-181

Tue. Jan 27			Finding a Faculty Position
					1-2:30pm, 68-181

Wed. Jan 28			Finding a Postdoc
					2:30-4:00pm, 68-181



NEW APPROACHES IN CANCER THERAPY

Wed. Jan 7		Mining and Translating the Cancer Genome
				Lynda Chin, Harvard Medical School
				11-12:00am, NE30-1154

Fri. Jan 9		Oncogenomics to Target Myeloma in the Bone Marrow  
Microenvironment
				Kenneth Anderson, Harvard Medical School
				11am-12:00pm, NE30-1154

Mon. Jan 12		Understanding and Improving Platinum Anticancer Drugs
				Stephen Lippard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
				11am-12:00pm, NE30-1154

Wed. Jan 14		Functional Genomics, Experimental Models and Cancer
				William Hahn, Harvard Medical School
				11am-12:00pm, Whitehead Auditorium

Fri. Jan 16		TBA
				Pier Paolo Pandolfi, Harvard Medical School
				11am-12:00pm, NE30-1154

Tue. Jan 20		Targeting DNA Repair Pathways in Cancer Therapeutics
				Alan D'Andrea, Harvard Medical School
				11am-12:00pm, NE30-1154




REPAIR OF BASIC LABORATORY EQUIPMENT
Charles Moses
Tuesdays Jan 13 & Jan 20, 7-9:00pm, 68-077

Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Prereq: none

Sponsored by Graduate Women in Science.--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  
disassemeble, 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.  
Session starts at 7:00 p.m. in Project Lab, Bldg 68.
Contact: Brenda Minesinger, 68-641, x3-4721, bminesin at mit.edu




MIT's IAP website:  http://student.mit.edu/iap/ns7.html
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