2004 mbtg retreat 2004 mbtg retreat schedule
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2004 MBTG Retreat Schedule
1) Overview of the MBTG Program.
2) Description of Program features by members of the Steering Committee.
3) Take pictures of trainees by class, and of new trainers and Steering Committee (~11:30).
4) Lunch in the Lakeside Room. (~11:45).
5) Luncheon talks by 2 senior trainees. (~12:15).
6) Poster viewing in Lakeside room.
7) Wrap up by 2:00 p.m.
Kim Voss413 Bock Labs
NIH T32 GM07215-29“To develop or enhance research training opportunities for individuals training for a career in specified areas of basic biomedical research.”
Our area: cellular, biochemical and molecular sciences
About 500 trainees since inception in 1975
34 funded positions
Current trainees by Ph.D. program:
CMB 24 Microbiology 23
Biochemistry 17Biomolecular Chem. 9
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The MBTG is a professional development program.
You have the primary responsibility for the success of your graduate career.
The MBTG program is here to help.
• Establishing a knowledge base• Acquiring a scientific “toolbox”• Strengthening communication skills• Becoming part of the scientific
community• Building a reputation/record of
accomplishment
Professional goals for pre-docs
Establishing a knowledge base
Goal: Master the fundamentals of biochemistry and cell/molecular biology
MBTG input:• Course breadth requirements• Student seminar series• Invited speakers
Acquiring 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
Strengthening communication skills
Goal: Learn to convey ideas in a clear, captivating, and persuasive manner
MBTG input:• “The Presentations Kit” book• Student seminar series• Retreat presentations• Steering Committee membership
Becoming part of the scientific community
Goal: Make outside contacts and establish yourself in the profession
MBTG input:• Society membership funds• Travel funds• Graduate recruiting at national meetings
Building 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
0 1 2 3 4 5years in Ph.D.program
labrotations
Attend MBTG seminar
literature seminar
F F F F F FS S S S S
thesis proposal*
research seminar
ethics course
* timing of thesis proposal and defense depends on Ph.D. program and research progress
Possibleperiods offunding
thesisdefense*
Ph.D. timeline for a typical MBTG trainee
Overlap in trainer pools of the MBTG and member Ph.D. programs
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CMB Microbiology
Biochemistry Biomolecular Chemistry
Trainees must take one course from each of the three areas listed below, plus a fourth course from any one of the three areas. “Pre-approved” courses are listed below.
Cell biologyCellular and Molecular Biology/Pathology (Pathology 750)Biochemical Mechanisms of Regulation in the Cell (Biochemistry 702)Carcinogenesis and Tumor Cell Biology (Oncology 703)Plant Cell Biology (Botany 860).
Macromolecular biochemistryBiophysical Chemistry (Chemistry/Biochemistry 665)Protein and Enzyme Structure and Function (Biochemistry 601)Chemical Biology (Biochemistry 604)Mechanisms of Enzyme Action (Biochemistry 624)Coenzymes and Cofactors in Enzymology (Biochemistry 625)Microbiology at Atomic Resolution (Bacteriology 668)
Molecular biologyEukaryotic Molecular Biology (Biochemistry/Pharmacology 620)Topics in Eukaryotic Regulation (Biochemistry/Genetics 703; previously 603)Prokaryotic Molecular Biology (Bacteriology/Biochemistry/Genetics 612)General Virology - Multiplication of Viruses (Oncology 640Advanced Microbial Genetics (Bacteriology/Genetics 607)
MBTG course breadth requirements
Course #914, crosslisted in Bacteriology, Biochemistry, Biomolecular Chemistry, and Medical Microbiology & Immunology
Meets weekly Fall and Spring semesters, Tuesday @ 5 pm in 1360 Biotech./Genetics
Mandatory for 1st - 3rd year grads.; senior trainees encouraged to attend
Graded S/U based on attendance (speakers can get letter grade on request)
Snacks provided by donations from MBTG faculty
Peer review of presentations via evaluation form
Fall semester: 2nd-year trainees give a literature seminar. Conducted by Paul Friesen
Spring semester:3rd-year trainees give a research seminar. Conducted by Dave Brow
Occasional guest speakers/past trainees (Valerie Gerlach on September 7)
2004-2005 MBTG Student Seminar Series
Annual progress report and MBTG advising
Second-year students:1) Thesis committee composition2) Grades for UW course work.3) 1/2 page research description4) Letter from thesis advisor
Third-year+ students:1) Trainee progress report form2) Thesis committee report form3) Meet with MBTG advisor (4th year+)
DUE OCTOBER 1!
Steering Committee
Training Program
Current Trainers
Current Trainees
Applying to be a Trainer
914 Seminar Schedule Fall 2002
Links
Why UW Madisonwww.molbio.wisc.edu/mbtg/index.html