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This calendar is a round-up of events related to research from around BU. Browse all upcoming events by date, or select an event topic to narrow your search.
All Topics (March 2 through March 22)
Monday, March 4
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CRLT Players Performance – Cultivating Successful Mentoring Relationships in STEM LabsJoin us for a workshop that centers around an analysis of a series of mentoring interactions that occur between the members of a lab group, including a PI, postdoc, and graduate students. It invites participants to act as critical observers of this extended case study to identify common challenges mentors and mentees face in navigating…
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Transitioning from Academia to Industry:The Role of Medical Affairs in PharmaInterested in a scientific or medical career away from the bench? Come learn about the different opportunities within medical affairs from scientists who have already made the jump. They will also introduce and field questions about the 2-year Biogen Post-graduate Fellowship Program for all upcoming or recent PhD graduates interested in a hands-on opportunity to…
Tuesday, March 5
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2019 Pardee Center Distinguished Lecture: The Past, Present, & Future of TruthWhat is truth? A scientist might tell you that something is true if it is verifiable by the scientific method. Courts have their own standards of truth. And until recently we believed that if an event was captured on video, we were assured of its veracity. But now the very foundations of what is truth…
Wednesday, March 6
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Optimizing Your Mentoring Relationships: Building a Mentoring NetworkIn this workshop with Dr. Melissa McDaniels from Michigan State University, graduate student and postdoctoral participants will be urged to think about the proactive roles they can play in ‘mentoring up’ – strategically and authentically negotiating their constellation of mentoring relationships. Using this lens, participants will be brought through a series of guided conversations and…
Thursday, March 7
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Narrative Writing for Scientists - Spring Workshop SeriesThis three-part workshop series provides students and trainees in the biomedical sciences with the opportunity to develop narrative skills and competencies through reflective writing, reading, and listening. We'll spend time learning fundamental aspects of the craft of writing as well as work shopping participant narratives, including: opinion pieces, commentary, personal statements, creative work, educational projects,…
Friday, March 8
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The Quest to "Restore" Islam: Between Tradition and Islamismwith Abaas Yunus, Candidate, Pardee School of Global Studies, International Affairs & Religion program In the wake of the religious terrorism that has plagued a number of Muslim countries over the last two decades, questions of inclusive citizenship, state legitimacy and governing diversity in Muslim majority states have come under increasing scrutiny in policy and academic circles.…
Sunday, March 10
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Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia 2019: Reasons for HopeAn interactive presentation covering the basics of Alzheimer’s disease and related neurodegenerative disorders, including important warning signs, steps towards prevention, and the latest research going on in prevention and treatment. Dr. Robert Stern is Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Anatomy and Neurobiology and the Clinical Core Director of the Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Center. Join…
Monday, March 11
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BUMC New Research Orientation (NRO) Animal Facility Training TourPre-registration is required. Please fill out the BUASC Training Course Sign-Up form to register. Please check the sign up form for details on the training and clearance required to attend the tour. Once your registration is confirmed the location to meet for the tours will be sent to you.
Tuesday, March 12
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GSDM Science DayThe BUMC community is invited to attend the annual GSDM Science Day, which highlights research projects of pre- and post-doctoral dental students and fellows. This year's Keynote Speaker is Michael Levin, PhD, the Vannevar Bush Professor in Biology and Director of the Allen Discovery Center and the Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology at Tufts…
Wednesday, March 13
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Site Visit to C4 TherapeuticsC4 Therapeutics is a growing biotech company in the Boston Area. C4 Therapeutics approach is to use drugs to target disease-causing proteins for destruction. This breakthrough technology offers many advantages for the treatment of cancer and other diseases, while avoiding traditional drug resistance. On this site visit have the opportunity to tour the lab, have…
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ADC Lecture Series: “Enhancing Resiliency to Neurodegeneration and Neuroinflammation in AD and ALS ”Alzheimer’s Disease Center Lecture Series presented by Dr. Benjamin Wolozin.
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NEIDL Seminar: "The Novel Transcription Factor TFEB integrates Metabolism, Innate Immunity and Neural Signaling"Microbiology and Immunology Program Seminar Series presented by Javier Irazoqui, PhD | University of Massachusetts Medical Center. Important NEIDL access information: All seminar attendees with no independent access privileges need to register for NEIDL seminar card access. Please email Melody Zarth at aco-list@bu.edu the following information: Full Name (including middle), Date of Birth, and BU/BMC…
Thursday, March 14
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DIMACS WorkshopGroundbreaking results from the 1980s showed the surprising result that any function can be securely computed by a group of participants in a distributed fashion such that each party learns its intended output and nothing more. These celebrated results were viewed as theoretical proofs of concept. Starting with the FairPlay system, however, a series of…
Friday, March 15
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Crowd CafeA monthly gathering in person and online. Join us to contribute to crowdsourced projects. More details at link.
Monday, March 18
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Devising Your Mentoring PlanMentoring plans, sometimes referred to individual development plans, are now required by many federal agencies to support graduate students and postdoctoral scholars. However, so often these plans stall in their implementation, becoming more of an administrative item than a framework to support productive mentoring relationships. In this workshop, faculty learned to develop comprehensive mentoring plans…
Tuesday, March 19
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Intro to Sponsored Research TrainingFoundational two-day training workshop for Department Administrators who are new to managing awards. If the course is full and you would like to be put on our wait-list then please email Jen Rogers (jlrogers@bu.edu).
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Training Program Evaluation Under the New NIH Requirements: Focusing on Trainee OutcomesIn this workshop, Dr. Bennett Goldberg, Northwestern University, will review the new requirements for evaluation of training programs from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, as it is expected that all National Institutes of Health divisions will eventually transition to similar structures. He will then guide participating program directors, evaluators, and faculty to develop…
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Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture: The Second FoundingThe Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Forged a Constitutional Revolution, presented by Eric Foner, DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University The lecture, which is about the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments and the struggle for racial justice, will focus on how the abolition of slavery and the effort to create…
Wednesday, March 20
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Beyond the Bench: The role of Patient Advocacy in the IndustryThe pharmaceutical industry and academic research institutions are deeply invested in the discovery and development of new medicines and devices to address the growing needs of our society. More than ever, the voice of the patient and related patient advocacy groups have become crucial to these processes. During this talk, learn more about the role…
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Research on Tap | High Tech and High Touch: Digital Innovations from BU’s Mobile and Electronic Health-ARCHosted by Belinda Borrelli, Professor, Health Policy & Health Services Research, and Director, Center for Behavioral Science Research, SDM; and Director and PI, Mobile and Electronic Health-ARC Mobile and Electronic Health provides an unprecedented opportunity to prevent, assess, inform, and treat health behaviors across large segments of the population. Platforms include text messaging, apps, wearables,…
Thursday, March 21
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Narrative Writing for Scientists - Spring Workshop SeriesThis three-part workshop series provides students and trainees in the biomedical sciences with the opportunity to develop narrative skills and competencies through reflective writing, reading, and listening. We'll spend time learning fundamental aspects of the craft of writing as well as work shopping participant narratives, including: opinion pieces, commentary, personal statements, creative work, educational projects,…