Transcript MBTG Retreat 2015.ppt

What is a Training Grant anyway?
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA)
Institutional Research Training Grants (T32)
• Primary means of supporting predoctoral and
postdoctoral research training to help ensure that a
diverse and highly trained workforce is available to
assume leadership roles related to the Nation’s
biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research agenda
(since 1974).
• The objective of the T32 program is to prepare
qualified individuals for careers that have a significant
impact on the health-related research needs of the
Nation.
2015 MBTG Retreat Schedule
1) Introductions and Program Overview
2) Individual Development Plan Workshop (~11:15)
3) Take pictures of trainees by class and of new trainers
(~11:35)
4) Lunch (~11:50)
5) Luncheon talks by senior trainees (~12:10)
6) Poster viewing (~1:00)
7) Wrap up by 2:00 p.m.
Introductions
Christina Hull – Director of the MBTG
Kim Voss – Administrator for the MBTG
Bob Landick – MBTG Steering Committee Member
Dave Pagliarini – MBTG Steering Committee Member
Amy Jancewicz – MBTG SC Student Representative
Tim Gomez – SC Member
Jim Keck – SC Member
Jade Wang – SC Member
Tiffany Lowe – Student Representative
Sarah Wessel – Student Representative
Kim Voss
413 Bock Labs
NIH T32 GM07215-39
“To develop and enhance the training of the most highly promising
graduate students who intend to become leaders in the fields of
cellular, biochemical, and molecular sciences.”
610 MBTG trainees since inception in 1975
32 funded positions
Current trainees by Ph.D. program:
IPiB
CMB
MDTP
CMPath
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How MBTG enhances your major goals
What are your goals?
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Establish a knowledge base
Acquire a scientific “toolbox”
Strengthen communication skills
Become part of the scientific community
Build a reputation/record of accomplishment
Identify a career
How MBTG enhances your major goals
Establish a knowledge base
Goal: Master the fundamentals of
biochemistry and cell/molecular biology
MBTG input:
• Course breadth requirements
• Student seminar series
• Invited speakers
How MBTG enhances your major goals
Acquire a scientific “toolbox”
Goal: Develop technical/experimental
skills in your areas of interest
MBTG input:
• “At the Bench” book
• Extended research rotations
• Supplies funds
• Travel funds
How MBTG enhances your major goals
Strengthen communication skills
Goal: Learn to convey ideas in a clear,
captivating, and persuasive manner
MBTG input:
• “The Presentations Kit”
• Student seminar series
• Retreat presentations
• Steering Committee
membership
How MBTG enhances your major goals
Become part of the scientific
community
Goal: Make outside
contacts and establish
yourself in the profession
MBTG input:
•Travel funds
• Society membership funds
• Graduate recruiting at national meetings
How MBTG enhances your major goals
Build a reputation/record of
accomplishment
Goal: Making a positive impression on
the people who will be your advocates
MBTG input:
• Ethics training
• Advising
• Meetings with visiting
speakers
How MBTG enhances your major goals
Identify a career
Goal: Try to figure out where you want to
be in 10-20 years, and how to get there
MBTG input:
• Seminars from past trainees/authorities from
diverse fields
• Individual Development Plan (IDP) Training
• Life Sciences Career Day
• Individual Career Advice and Counseling
PhD timeline for a typical MBTG trainee (Bob)
years in
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literature
seminar
ethics
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* timing of thesis proposal and defense depends on Ph.D. program and research progress
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Overlap in trainer pools of MBTG and PhD programs
Questions for prospective thesis advisors
1) What thesis projects would be available to me?
2) Would these projects expose me to a variety of different experimental/
intellectual approaches?
3) In general, how available will you be to answer questions I might have?
4) What amount of guidance do you provide to a student during preparation
of the thesis proposal, literature seminars, thesis, etc.?
5) What are your expectations for the amount of time I should spend each
day/week in the lab?
6) What regularly scheduled activities does your lab participate in that
provide an opportunity to get outside input on my research project and
to hear about the work of other students and postdocs?
Questions for prospective thesis advisors
7) Do you encourage your students to attend seminars and journal clubs?
8) Do students in your lab have the opportunity to attend scientific
meetings where they can interact with researchers from other
institutions?
9) Do you include your graduate students in professional activities, such
as reviewing manuscripts and meeting with visiting speakers?
10) Do you encourage your students that are interested in teaching to
obtain practical experience?
11) How long do you think it should take a student to get a Ph.D.?
12) What are your former graduate students doing now?
13) What goals do you have for your graduate students?
MBTG website
Steering Committee
Training Program
Current Trainers
Current Trainees
Applying to be a Trainer
914 Seminar Schedule
Links
Why UW Madison
www.mbtg.wisc.edu
MBTG course breadth requirement (Dave)
Trainees must take a total of four courses: two from the Molecular and Cell Biology
category, one from the Macromolecular Biochemistry category, and one additional course
from either of these. “Pre-approved” courses are listed below, but other courses can be
substituted, with approval (Christina Hull).
Molecular and Cell biology
Cellular and Molecular Biology/Pathology (Pathology 750)
Cytoskeletal Dynamics (Anatomy 700)
Carcinogenesis and Tumor Cell Biology (Oncology 703)
Plant Cell Biology (Botany 860)
Eukaryotic Molecular Biology (Biochemistry/Pharmacology 620)
Topics in Eukaryotic Regulation (Biochemistry/Genetics 703)
Prokaryotic Molecular Biology (Microbiology/Biochemistry/Genetics 612)
General Virology – Multiplication of Viruses (Oncology 640)
Advanced Microbial Genetics (Microbiology/Genetics 607)
Regulation of Microbial Gene Expression (Microbiology/Biochemistry 726)
Immunology of Infectious Disease (Microbiology 790)
Macromolecular Biochemistry
Biophysical Chemistry (Chemistry/Biochemistry 665)
Protein and Enzyme Structure and Function (Biochemistry 601)
Chemical Biology (Biochemistry 704)
Mechanisms of Enzyme Action (Biochemistry 624)
Coenzymes and Cofactors in Enzymology (Biochemistry 625)
Microbiology at Atomic Resolution (Microbiology/Biomolecular Chemistry 668)
Physiology of Microorganisms (Microbiology 625)
MBTG course
breadth
Responsible
conduct
of requirements
research (Dave)
Trainees must take one course on the Responsible Conduction of Research:
Pre-approved courses
Appropriate Conduct in Science (Oncology 675)
Professional Responsibility (Microbiology/Chemistry 901)
Professional Development and Responsibility (Biochemistry/Biomolecular Chemistry 701)
(701 is restricted to IPiB students)
Other courses that can satisfy the requirement (require approval by Christina Hull)
Ethical and Regulatory Issues in Clinical Investigation (Medical History 545)
Research Ethics (Medical History 999)
Research Ethics and Career Development (Surgical Science 812)
2015-2016 MBTG Student Seminar Series
Course #914, crosslisted in Bacteriology, Biochemistry, Biomolecular Chemistry,
Medical Microbiology & Immunology
Meets weekly Fall and Spring semesters, Friday @ 3:30 pm in 2131 Biochemistry
Mandatory for 1st - 3rd year grads.; senior trainees encouraged to attend and may
volunteer to give extra talks
Graded S/U based on attendance (speakers can get letter grade on request)
Snacks provided!
Peer review of presentations via evaluation form and speakers will meet briefly with
the faculty member running the course directly after the talk
Fall semester: 2nd-year trainees give a literature seminar
Spring semester: 3rd-year trainees give a research seminar (chalk talks!)
Occasional guest speakers/past trainees/experts from diverse fields
MBTG grants to trainees (Kim)
1) Travel funds: up to $1000 over 3 year
appointment. For meetings, courses,
collaborations. Email Kim.
2) Supplies funds: up to $1000 over 3 year
appointment. For services or consumables
specific to your research. Email Christina.
3) Society memberships: up to $100 each year of 3
year appointment. Email Kim.
Annual progress report and MBTG advising
First-year students:
1) Keep breathing
Second-year students:
1) Thesis committee composition
2) Grades for UW course work
3) 1/2 page research description
4) Letter from thesis advisor
Third-year+ students:
1) Trainee progress report form
2) Thesis committee report form
3) IDP
4) Meet with MBTG advisor
Questions?
Trainee Perspective and Q&A (Amy)