Postdoctoral Education Training Seminars
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences is deeply engaged in the active training of postdoctoral researchers that will aid them in in acquiring and developing knowledge, skills, and ethics that may be necessary for a high quality career in ocean sciences. A Postdoctoral Education and Ethics Training Program has been developed to provide the needed instruction in an organized manner. Postdocs meet monthly with either the postdoctoral education coordinator or a guest lecturer to recieve instruction on a variety of topics, including Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) topics, professional topics (e.g., writing papers and grants, and giving talks), and skill-related topics (e.g., data analysis and microscopy). Other members of the science staff are invited to instructional sessions. A list of past and scheduled sessions appear below.
Past Postdoctoral Education and Ethics Training Seminars
| 07 Dec 09 | Grant Writing and Submission | Dr. Ramunas Stepanauskas |
| 19 Jan 10 | Mentoring and Diversity | Dr. Ashanti Johnson |
| 27 Jan 10 | Flow Cytometry | Dr. Nicole Poulton |
| 09 Feb 10 | Forming and Maintaining Collaborations (RCR) | Dr. Barney Balch |
| 23 Feb 10 | DNA and Protein Sequence Alignment | Dr. David McClellan |
| 16 Mar 10 | Publication Practices (RCR) | Dr. Paty Matrai |
| 23 Mar 10 | Electron Microscopy | Dr. Hwan Su Yoon |
| 06 Apr 10 | Data Management and Ownership (RCR) | Dr. Paty Matrai |
| 20 Apr 10 | Phylogenetic Systematics | Dr. David McClellan |
| 11 May 10 | Conflict Resolution (RCR) | |
| 13 Jul 10 | Lunch with a Scientific Artist | Glynn Gorick |
| 14 Sep 10 | Writing a CV and Applying for Jobs | Dr. David McClellan |
| 28 Sep 10 | Culturing Phytoplankton, Bacteria, and Viruses | Dr. Willie Wilson |
| 12 Oct 10 | Reviewing Grants and Manuscripts (RCR) | Dr. David McClellan |
| 23 Nov 10 | Molecular Evolutionary Analysis | Dr. David McClellan |
| 15 Feb 11 | Intellectual Property (RCR) | Mark Bloom |
| 12 Apr 11 | Next Generation Sequencing Discussion | Dr. David Emerson |
| 13 Apr 11 | Website Workshop | Dr. David McClellan |
| 30 Jun 11 | Organizational Meeting | Dr. Graham Shimmield |
| 23 Aug 11 | Grant Proposals 1: Idea Development | Dr. David Emerson |
| 20 Sep 11 | Grant Proposals 2: Broader Impacts | Rebecca Fowler |
| 26 Oct 11 | Grant Proposals 3: Budgets | Leslie Bird |
| 16 Nov 11 | Research Ethics Overview (RCR) | Dr. David McClellan |
| 29 Feb 12 | Professional Presentations & Public Speaking | Tatiana Brailovskaya |
| 19 Mar 12 | Being a Journal Editor (RCR) | Dr. David Emerson |
| 26 Apr 12 | Copyright Law & Fair Use (RCR) | Mark Bloom |
| 22 Jun 12 | Publication Practices (RCR) | Dr. Paty Matrai |
| 24 Jul 12 | Developing Course Curriculum/Syllabi | Dr. David McClellan |
| 21 Aug 12 | National Science Foundation | Dr. Michael Sieracki |
| 22 Oct 12 | Mentor - Mentee Relationship (RCR) | Dr. Ben Twining |
| 16 Nov 12 | Job Hunting & Interviewing | Dr. Peter Countway |
| 11 Dec 12 | Interview Strategies | Dr. Beth Orcutt |
| 27 Mar 13 | Creating & Managing Proposal Budgets (RCR) | Dr. Willie Wilson |
| 23 Apr 13 | [topic TBD] | Dr. Ramunas Stepanauskas |
| 21 May 13 | [topic TBD] | Dr. Ben Twining |
| 18 Jun 13 | [topic TBD] | Dr. Steve Archer |