Activities

Crossroad activities are organized by a volunteer committee of postdoctoral and student representatives and include career development events and other activities on campus.

Program for the 2012/2013 academic year

Sep 20, 2012

National Post-doc Appreciation Week
Social at the Boulevard Brewery

Oct 3, 2012

Rudolf Jaenisch
Whitehead Institute
Stem Cells, Pluripotency And Nuclear Reprogramming

Oct 10, 2012

Scott Gilbert
Swarthmore College
How the Turtle Gets Its Shell: The Developmental Basis of Evolutionary Novelty

Nov 2, 2012

“From an undergrad to a PI: Advice on how to achieve your goal”
A Panel Discussion with Rong Li, Ron Yu, Tatjana Piotrowski & Doug Wright

Jan 15, 2013

Stowers Alumni Talks Part I – From Post-doc to PI
A Panel Discussion with Lisa Sandell (Trainor lab alumnus), Vikki Weake (Workman lab alumnus), and Erika Geisbrecht (Abmayr lab alumnus).

Jan 25, 2013

Stowers Alumni Talks Part II – Alternative Careers for Scientists
A Panel Discussion with Justin Grindley - Senior Staff Scientist, Regeneron pharmaceuticals (Linheng Li lab alumnus), Christoph Bausch -  Director of Biorefined Products, POET (Gerton lab alumnus) and Brian Sanderson - Staff Scientist, Ambion (Molecular biology core alumnus)

Feb 28

The PhD Movie: Piled Higher and Deeper

March 14-15

Young Investigator Research Days

April DBA

N/A

May 2

Survival Skills: How to negotiate a job offer

 

All students and postdocs are strongly encouraged to meet with invited speakers during the lunch held immediately after the seminar, usually in Conference Room B1.