[bioundgrd] BIOLOGY IAP OFFERINGS -- Tuesday, January 13, 2009

[Betsey Walsh]

LIFE AFTER MIT: TAKING THE NEXT STEP IN ACADEMIC SCIENCE

Postdoc Boot Camp

Debra Martin, Vice President for Research Office
Brenda Minesinger, Postdoctoral Fellow, Member Postdoctoral Advisory  
Council
Fred Crowley, Controller's Accounting Office
Robin Baughman, Housing Office
Linda Patton, Housing Office
Mandy Chann, HR Benefits
Lucy Walsh, Medical Department
Colleen Leslie, Office of Sponsored Programs

Are you wondering what it means to be a postdoc at MIT? What benefits  
are you eligible for? What is your exact status and how does that  
impact your time here? The questions and more will be addressed by a  
panel of speakers focusing on issues for postdocs. If you've just  
come to MIT, be sure to come and get some facts.



Tuesday, January 13th, 1:00 - 2:30pm, 68-181


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Repair of Basic Laboratory Equipment

Enrollment limited: first come, first served


Charles Moses

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.


Tuesday, January 13th, 7:00 - 9:00pm, 68-077







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