Past Crossroads Events

2019

Alumni Day

Soft Skills
Workshop
Mentoring Masterclass

Behind the scenes of scientific publishing with Katherine Brown Editor at Development

Soft Skills
Workshop
“Science, Self-Awareness and the Creative Pursuit of Meaning, Purpose and Authenticity”
George Satterlee

PLOS Communications Workshop

Image, Data Visualization & Scientific Movie Competition

Soft Skills
“How to Express Yourself Effectively (and keep people interested)”
Alejandro Sanchez Alvarado

Soft Skills
“Know Yourself: Myers Briggs Workshop"
Diana Baumann

Young Investigator Science Retreat

Career Navigation
Workshop
Josh Henkin from STEM Career Services

“Talking about science outside of the lab”
Erika Shugart, CEO for ASCB

Soft Skills
Workshop
“Teamwork Collaborations and Partnering in Scientific Discovery"
Brent Kreider & Brian Slaughter

2018

Resume Writing
Workshop
Josh Henkin

Career Development Day

Persuasive Writing
Workshop

How to get a Faculty Position

Structuring & delivering presentations effectively/Creating effective presentation slides

New Faculty Search Group

Young Investigator Science Retreat

Post & Predoctoral Fellowship Overview

Soft Skills - Networking
Workshop
Dave Chao

2017

Implicit Bias
Seminar
Christopher Dial

Diversity
Luncheon
Needhi Bhalla

Publishing
Seminar
Florian Maderspacher

Young Investigator Science Retreat

K99
Workshop

Teaching
Workshop
Diana Darnell

Academic Development Day

From Postdoc to PI
Seminar with Ariel Bazzini and Sarah Zanders

2016

Young Investigator Science Retreat

New Faculty Search Group
Seminar
Hosted by the Postdoc Initiative

Justin Matthews
Poster Workshop

From Postdoc to Investigator
Seminar with Nicolas Rohner and Randal Halfmann

Professional Development Day

CAPS Presentation
Developing Young Scientists:
Presentation on Collaborative Opportunities with CAPS Bioscience Program

How to get a Faculty Position
Seminar
Hosted by the Postdoc Initiative

2015

Jim Mellon
Networking Seminar
“Networking: It’s Not About You”

Jean-luc Doumont
Workshop
“Structuring Your Research Paper”

Young Investigators Research Days
Event to encourage scientists to present their work to the Institute

Erin Cadwalader
Seminar Speaker
“Why Washington DC Needs Scientists and Where to Find Them”

Valerie Young
Seminar Speaker
“How to Feel as Bright and Capable as Everyone Thinks You Are”

Crossroads Appreciation Event
National World War I Museum and Memorial

2014

Industry Focused Career Workshop

Professional Development Day
Multiple Seminar Speakers with Careers outside of Academia

K99 Grant Workshop
Navigating NIH Application Workshop

Jeremy Nance
Seminar Speaker
“Mechanisms of contact-induced cell polarity in the C. elegans embryo”

Young Investigators Research Days
Event to encourage scientists to present their work to the Institute

Boulevard Crossroads Appreciation Event

Chris Austin
Seminar Speaker
“Catalyzing Translational Innovation”

David Bilder
Seminar Speaker
“Cold-blooded cancer and Elongating Eggs:  Epithelial Function in Development and Disease”

Paul Casella
Grant Writing Workshop

2013

Alumni Talks - Postdoc to PI
Talks and Panel Discussion with Stowers Alumni

Alumni Talks - Alt Careers
Talks and Panel Discussion with Stowers Alumni

Industry Focused Career Workshop

Professional Development Day
Multiple Seminar Speakers with Careers outside of Academia

Young Investigators Research Day
Event to encourage scientists to present their work to the Institute

Negotiating a Job Offer
Workshop

Ben Corb
Seminar Speaker
“A Critical Time for Scientists”

Mary Collins
Seminar Speaker
“Competitive Intelligence:  the Untalked About Part of Pharma Consulting”

2012

Career Workshop (Crossroads)

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

University of Kansas Cancer Center Research Symposium

2011

Promega Seminar and Workshop: Benchtop Automated Nucleic Acid and Protein Extraction

Symposium to Honor Scott Hawley and his Election to the National Academy of Sciences

Genomic and Computational Approaches to Understanding Gene Expression Workshop/Graduate School Module
Instructors:  Marco Blanchette, Julia Zeitlinger, Chris Seidel

Seeking Fellowship Opportunities
Sara Turk and Scott Hawley

Proteomic Approaches to Understanding the Architecture of Protein Complexes Workshop/Graduate School Module
Instructors:  Mike Washburn, Laurence Florens

University of Kansas Cancer Center Research Symposium

Fundamentals in Light Microscopy and 3D Live Cell and Embryo Imaging Workshop/Graduate School Module

Cell Division and Chromosome Biology
Instructors: Peter Baumann, Jennifer Gerton, Sue Jaspersen

Ribosome Function and Ribosomopathies
Kausik, Gerton and Trainor

Developmental Biology Workshop/Graduate School Module
Instructor: Paul Trainor

Neuroscience Workshop/Graduate School Module
Instructors: Kausik Si, Ron Yu

2010

Stowers Microscopy Center Workshop

Mouse Genome Informatics Workshop

Symposium in Honor of Bill Neaves

Functional Stem Cells and Regeneration

Drosophila Epigenetics and Development

UCSC Genome Browser Workshop

OpenHelix: ENCODE Data Analysis Session and
Introductory Galaxy Session (Genome Workshop)

2009

A Successful Graduate Career:
Tips from Investigators: Peter Baumann, Ron Yu, and Julia Zeitlinger

Speaking for Success
Paul Casella

Genomics Gene Regulation Workshop

Advanced Microscopy Workshop

2008

MLL Translocation and Human Leukemia

Advanced Microscopy Workshop

Preventing Burnout
Stress & Time Management
Dr. Larry Long

2007

Affymetrix Low Level Workshop

DARPA Workshop

Chicken Gene Nomenclature and Annotation Workshop

Advanced Microscopy Workshop

Transcription, Chromatin and Cancer

Access to Genes and Genomes with Ensembl

2006

Foundations of Microcropy Series
Building blocks of a Microscope

Foundations of Microcropy Series
Image Formation

Foundations of Microcropy Series
The Objective

Advanced Microscopy Workshop

Foundations of Microcropy Series
Illumination and filters

2005

Congenital Scoliosis

2004

Structural Biology of Chromosomes

The Chicken Genome:  New Tools and Concepts

44th Annual Midwest Regional Developmental Biology Meeting and Singer Symposium

A Field Guide to GenBank and NCBI Molecular Biology Resources

Kansas and Missouri Stem Cell Symposium

2003

Proteomic Solutions in Cellular and Developmental Biology and Medicine

43rd Annual Midwest Regional Developmental Biology Meeting

Woodrow Wilson Center Cancer Symposium

2001

Grand Opening Symposium

From Genes and Genetics to Molecular Medicine