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April 29, 2020

Archived: New Webinar Series for the NIGMS Training Community

By Jon Lorsch and Alison Gammie

UPDATE: Additional webinars have been announced. View the full schedule.

We’re pleased to announce a new webinar series for students, postdocs, and faculty. Each hour-long webinar will include a 10- to 15-minute presentation by the speaker followed by a moderated question and answer session. Our hope is that these webinars will enhance our trainees’ ongoing learning experiences. 

The webinar series kicks off next Monday, May 4, and a tentative list of dates and speakers is below. As plans are finalized, additional details will be posted on our website.

Date
Topic
Speaker
Monday, May 4
2:00-3:00 p.m. ET
Entrepreneurship and Careers in the Biotechnology Industry
Dr. John Younger
University City Science Center
Tuesday, May 5
1:00-2:00 p.m. ET
Moving Away from the Scientific Pack in Your Research
Dr. Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado
Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Monday, May 11
4:00-5:00 p.m. ET
Infectious Disease Modeling Research and the MIDAS Network
Dr. Wilbert van Panhuis
University of Pittsburgh
Tuesday, May 12
4:00-5:00 p.m. ET
Virtual Teaching and Learning
(for current and aspiring educators and mentors)
Dr. Erin L. Dolan
University of Georgia
Wednesday, May 13
2:00-3:00 p.m. ET
Computational Biology and Biomedical Data Science
Dr. Susan Gregurick
NIH Office of Data Science Strategy
Thursday, May 14
3:00-4:00 p.m. ET
Cryo-EM: Present and Future
Dr. Bridget Carragher 
New York Structural Biology Center
Tuesday, May 19
1:00-2:00 p.m. ET
Behavioral Research in Biomedicine
Dr. William T. Riley
NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research
Wednesday, May 27
3:00-4:00 p.m. ET
Culturally Aware Mentorship
Dr. Sherilynn Blac
Duke University
and
Dr. Angela Byars-Winston
University of Wisconsin

We strongly encourage our sponsored trainees and other interested students, postdocs, and faculty to participate in these webinars, and we ask that you to share this information with anyone who may be interested in attending. This live webcast will be captioned. Participants requiring sign language interpretation and/or other reasonable accommodations should email us through our contact form or call the Federal Relay Service at 800-877-8339 at least 3 days prior to the event. Recordings will be posted on the NIGMS website following each webinar.

topic Director’s Messages , Resources , Training/Fellowships/Career Development
tag Science Education , Webinars

About the Authors

Headshot of Jon Lorsch.

Jon Lorsch

As NIGMS director, Jon oversees the Institute’s research, training, and other programs. He’s committed to engaging the scientific community on a wide range of topics, including funding policies and trends, research evaluation, and workforce development.
Alison Gammie.

Alison Gammie

Alison is a senior advisor in the Division of Training and Workforce Development, which supports a variety of research training and career development programs at the undergraduate through faculty levels.