IGERT Ethics Seminar
AGENDA

Monday, January 12, 2004

12:00 – 1:00 Anatomy of an Academic Career (lunch)
David Cannatella, Ph.D., Integrative Biology

1:00 – 2:00 Anatomy of an Industrial Career
Bill Cooper, MBA, Chief Financial Officer, Medical Carbon Research Institute
Jack Hart, Ph.D., Assistant Chair, Biomedical Engineering

2:00 – 3:00 Scientific Fraud and Misconduct
Rebecca Richards-Kortum, Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering

3:00 – 3:30 Break (snacks)

3:30 – 4:30 Plagiarism
Jenny Brodbelt, Ph.D., Chemistry and Biochemistry

4:30 – 5:00 Journal Submissions and Reviewer Guidelines
David Hillis, Ph.D., Integrative Biology

 

Tuesday, January 13, 2004

12:00 – 1:00 Intellectual Property Issues (lunch)
April Kilburn, Ph.D., UT Office of Technology Licensing and Intellectual Property

1:00 – 2:00 Panel Discussion – Technology Transfer
Lisa Brannon-Peppas, Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering
Andy Ellington, Ph.D., Chemistry and Biochemistry
Nicholas Peppas, Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Pharmaceutics
Jonathan Sessler, Ph.D., Chemistry and Biochemistry

2:00 – 3:00 Funding and the Peer Review Process for Grants
Randy Linder, Ph.D., Integrative Biology

3:00 – 3:30 Break (snack)

3:30 - 4:30 Expectations for Graduate Students and Faculty
David Vanden Bout, Ph.D., Chemistry and Biochemistry

 

Wednesday, January 14, 2004

12:00 – 1:00 Research Support and Compliance (lunch)
Lisa Leiden, Ph.D., UT Office of Research Support and Compliance

1:00 – 2:00 Biomedical Research and Informed Consent
Christine Schmidt, Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering

2:00 – 3:00 Interviewing, Start-up Packages, and Salary Negotiation
Bob Jansen, Ph.D., Integrative Biology

3:00 – 4:00 Panel Discussion – Job Search

Doug Martin, Ph.D., Post-doc, Brandeis University
John Wallingford, Ph.D., Section of Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology
Jessica Winter, IGERT Trainee, Chemical Engineering

4:00 – 5:00 Panel Discussion – Life Pressures
Doug Martin, Ph.D., Post-doc, Brandeis University
Lauren Meyers, Ph.D., Integrative Biology
Beryl Simpson, Ph.D., Integrative Biology