Essentials of Graduate Research & Professional Development

GMS 6003, Essentials of Graduate Research & Professional Development

Fall 2009

Faculty Team: Richard C. Condit, Ph.D., Wayne T. McCormack, Ph.D., Peter Sayeski, Ph.D., Dietmar Siemann, Ph.D., plus other invited guest presenters
Course Director: Wayne T. McCormack, Ph.D.

Thursdays, 4:00-5:00 pm. Most, but not all (exceptions noted below) are in the McKnight Brain Institute Auditorium, room LG-101A.

On dates scheduled for Research Seminars, there will be a required meeting of students and members of the faculty team immediately following the seminar (5:00-6:00 pm). Food and drinks will be provided.

Because a few student-hosted research seminars are still being scheduled, the schedule below is tentative and subject to change as the exact date for some presentations. Updates will be posted as needed, and announcements about weekly meetings will be posted at the main IDP Students web page.

Snacks will be served before each career development and research seminar at 3:30 pm.

DATE	LOCATION	SESSION	PRESENTERS
Aug 27	C1-7 4:00-5:00	Oral Presentation Skills	Richard C. Condit, Ph.D. and Faculty Team
Sep 3	LG-101A 4:00-5:00	Selecting a Mentor & Dissertation Project	Peter P. Sayeski, Ph.D. and Faculty Team
Sep 10	LG-101A 4:00-5:00	Working With Your Mentor & Supervisory Committee	Wayne T. McCormack, Ph.D. and Faculty Team
Sep 17	G108 HPNP 12:00-1:00	Lunch with Career Development Speaker	(reservations are required)
Sep 17	C1-7 4:00-5:00	Career Development Seminar Patent Law and Biomedical Sciences: The Bridge between PhD and JD	Courtney B. Casp, Ph.D., J.D., Attorney at Law, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, Washington, DC (Dr. Casp is an IDP graduate) Sponsored by the COM Graduate Student Organization (GSO)
Sep 24	LG-101A 4:00-5:00	Listening To Learn	Wayne T. McCormack, Ph.D. and Faculty Team
Oct 1	C1-11 4:00-5:00	Life in the Lab	Richard C. Condit, Ph.D. and Faculty Team
Oct 8	G108 HPNP 12:30-1:30	Lunch with Research Seminar Speaker	(reservations are required)
Oct 8	LG-101A 4:00-5:00	Research Seminar Oxygen activation in copper amine oxidase	Carrie M. Wilmot, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics, University of Minnesota Hosted by the students of the Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Advanced Program Sponsored by the Center for Structural Biology and the Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Oct 8	LG-110A&B 5:00-6:00	Research Seminar Review Session - Attendance required
Oct 15	G108 HPNP 12:00-1:00	Lunch with Career Development Speaker	(reservations are required)
Oct 15	LG-101A 4:00-5:00	Career Development Seminar BioFlorida: Start-up Companies and Industry Opportunities for Biomedical Sciences PhDs	Thomas McLain, MBA., CEO of ClaroSci and Chairman of BioFlorida Sponsored by the COM Graduate Student Organization (GSO)
Oct 22	LG-101A 4:00-5:00	Introduction to Research Design	Peter P. Sayeski, Ph.D. and Faculty Team
Oct 29	LG-101A 4:00-5:00	The Grants That Fund Your Research	Dietmar W. Siemann, Ph.D. and Faculty Team
Nov 5	G108 HPNP 12:00-1:00	Lunch with Research Seminar Speaker	(reservations are required)
Nov 5	LG-101A 4:00-5:00	Research Seminar Viruses, MicroRNAs and RNA Interference	Bryan R. Cullen, Ph.D., Professor of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, Duke University Hosted by the students of the Genetics Advanced Program
Nov 5	LG-110A&B 5:00-6:00	Research Seminar Review Session - Attendance required
Nov 12	LG-101A 4:00-5:00	How To Publish	Dietmar W. Siemann, Ph.D. and Faculty Team
Nov 19	G108 HPNP 12:00-1:00	Lunch with Career Development Speaker	(reservations are required)
Nov 19	C1-11 4:00-5:00	Career Development Seminar Life Balance as a Researcher	W. Clay Smith, Ph.D., Shaler-Richardson Professor of Ophthalmology, UF College of Medicine Sponsored by the COM Graduate Student Organization (GSO)
Dec 3	G108 HPNP 12:00-1:00	Lunch with Research Seminar Speaker	(reservations are required)
Dec 3	LG-101A 4:00-5:00	Research Seminar Functional Organization of Chromatin: A Major Challenge for Molecular Cell Biology	Prof. Ivan Raska, Institute of Cellular Biology and Pathology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and Department of Cell Biology, Institute of Physiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Hosted by the students of the Molecular Cell Biology Advanced Program Sponsored by the Dept. of Anatomy & Cell Biology
Dec 3	LG-110A&B 5:00-6:00	Research Seminar Review Session - Attendance required
Dec 10	LG-101A 4:00-5:00	The Life of a Graduate Student	Dietmar W. Siemann, Ph.D. and Faculty Team
Dec 17	G108 HPNP 12:00-1:00	Lunch with Career Development Speaker	(reservations are required)
Dec 17	LG-101A 4:00-5:00	Career Development Seminar Congressional Health Policy & Opportunities for Biomedical Scientists	Nancy Hardt, M.D., 2006-2007 Robert Wood Johnson Fellow in Health Policy, Senior Associate Dean for External Affairs, UF College of Medicine Sponsored by the COM Graduate Student Organization (GSO)


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