This year’s Experimental Biology Meeting is overflowing with sessions and events for all trainees (undergraduate, graduate, postdoctoral fellow, or new investigator). From workshops on networking to happy hour mixers, these sessions span the spectrum and are specifically designed with you in mind.

Be sure to check out the attached special issue of the APS Trainee Newsletter for a complete list oftrainee-oriented events.

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APS Trainee Newsletter for Experimental Biology 2015Brought to you by the APS Trainee Advisory Committee

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APS Trainee Newsletter: Special Issue for Experimental Biology

March 28 – April 1, 2015 Boston, MA

The Trainee Advisory Committee (TAC) of the American Physiological Society has assembled a special issue of the trainee newsletter to highlight sessions and events relevant to undergraduate students, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and young investigators held at the upcoming EB meeting. Please double-check the final program for specific times and places. Also, don’t forget to purchase tickets for your section dinner (the-aps.org/mm/hp/Audiences/Sections/banquets). The dinners are a great way of putting faces to the many names you have heard and to meet other trainees. From all of the TAC members, we look forward to seeing you in Boston, MA. CC=Convention Center FRIDAY, March 27 Experimental Biology 2015 Time Session 9:00 am NIH Boot Camp: Leadership & Management Training for Advanced Grad. Students

& Postdoctoral Fellows Requires pre-registration with FASEB MARC (part of 2-day program) CC, Rm. 206B

10 am – 3 pm

Give a Day of Service to Boston at EB 2015 (ASPET) Cradles to Crayons – space is limited. Info at aspet.org/Annual_Meeting_EB_2015/Activities_of_Interest_for_Students_and_Postdocs/ Please contact Charles P. France to register (france@uthscsa.edu)

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SATURDAY, March 28 Experimental Biology 2015 Time Session 8:00 am It's All in Your Head - A Refresher Course on the Brain and Systems Control (APS)

CC, Rm. 210A 8:00 am How to Mentor: Basic Science, Clinical Science, and Educational Scholarship

Skills for Graduate Students & Postdocs (AAA) CC, Room 104C

8:30 am Graduate and Postdoctoral Professional Development Program (ASBMB) CC, Rm. 253A

8:30 am F-Troop: Roadmap to Fellowship Grant Applications Requires pre-registration with FASEB MARC (part of 2-day program)

9 – 5 pm “Career Corner”: One-on-One Counseling/Resume & CV Critiques (FASEB) CC, EB Meeting Registration Area

9:00 am How to Incorporate Science Outreach into Your Portfolio – Best Practices and Broader Impacts (ASBMB) CC, Rm. 252B

9:30 am Speed Networking for Careers Beyond the Academic Bench (ASPET) CC (check program book for location)

10:30 am Leaning In Without Falling Over: Supporting the Success of Women in Science (AAA) CC, Rm. 104C

11:45 am XVth Annual Workshop on Graduate Education in Pathology: Developing & Training the Physician Scientist (ASIP) (Check program book for location)

1:00 pm Reproducibility in Research: What Are the Problems? How Can We Fix Them? What Happens if We Don't? (APS) CC, Rm. 209

2:45 pm Graduate Student-Postdoctoral Colloquium: How to Get Started (ASPET) CC (Check program book for location)

3:15 pm Connecting with the Media (APS) CC, Rm. 207

4:45 pm Career Speed Dating for Undergraduate Students CC, Rm. 257 A/B

5:30 pm Presidential Welcome, Cannon Award Lecture (APS) Speaker: Masashi Yanagisawa CC, Rm. 210B/C

7:00 pm Opening Reception (APS) CC, Rm. 205 (Free but tickets req’d)

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SUNDAY, March 29 Experimental Biology 2015 Time Session 7:30 am Diversity Mentoring Breakfast (ASPET)

Westin (check program book for location) 8:00 am Innovations in Classroom Teaching (APS)

CC, Rm. 211 9am–5pm “Career Corner” Satellite Sessions: One-on-One Counseling/Resume & CV Critiques

(FASEB) CC, Hall B

9:00 am The Strategic Postdoc: How to Find & Leverage Your Postdoc Experience (FASEB) CC, Hall B, CRC-1

9:00 am Get Up With Something on Your Mind (FASEB) CC, Hall B, CRC-4

9:30 am How to Choose Your Ideal Career (FASEB) CC, Hall B, CRC-2

9:30 am Your Behavioral CV (FASEB) CC, Hall B, CRC-3

9:45 am Diverse Career Opportunities for Scientists (ASBMB) CC, Rm. 256

10:00 am Anatomy Education Roundtable - Developing Effective Cognitive Strategies for Future Long Term Recall of Medical Knowledge (AAA) CC, Rm. 102A/B

10:30 am Global Interview Skills (FASEB) CC, Hall B, CRC-1

10:30 am Transforming Your CV (FASEB) CC, Hall B, CRC-4

11:00 am Understanding Search Committees & Finding Job Announcements (FASEB) CC, Hall B, CRC-2

11:00 am But I Have No Skills! (FASEB) CC, Hall B, CRC-3

11:45 am XVth Annual ASIP/AAA Career Development & Mentoring Program and Lunch: Fundamentals of Success: How to Give an Award Winning Presentation (ASIP) (check program book for location)

12:30 pm Who SHOULD be Funding Biomedical Research? (ASBMB) CC, Rm. 253A

1:00 pm Job Search in Academia & Industry (FASEB) CC, Hall B, CRC-3

1:00 pm Job Hunting in Biotech. Pt. 1: Finding & Applying for Scientist Positions (FASEB) CC, Hall B, CRC-4

1:30 pm Creating Effective CV’s, Cover Letters, Research & Teaching Statements (FASEB) CC, Hall B, CRC-2

2:00 pm Job Hunting in Biotech. Pt. 2: Interviewing for Scientist Positions (FASEB) CC, Hall B, CRC-4

2:30 pm Networking: A Required Life Skill (FASEB) CC, Hall B, CRC-1

2:30 pm Talking About Yourself: How to Interview Well (FASEB) CC, Hall B, CRC-3

3:00 pm Active Learning—What’s up with the Flipping Classroom (ASPET) CC (check program book for location)

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SUNDAY, March 29 Cont’d Experimental Biology 2015 3:15 pm Physiology: Answers to Big Questions. The Future of Diabetes Research (APS).

Speaker: John E. Hall CC, Rm. 210BC

3:30 pm Undergraduate Poster Session (APS) CC, East Registration Area

3:30 pm Nailing the Job Talk & Interview Prep (FASEB) CC, Hall B, CRC-2

3:30 pm Job Hunting in Biotech. Pt. 3: Compensation Negotiation for Scientist Positions (FASEB) CC, Hall B, CRC-4

3:55 pm Industry Careers (ASBMB) CC, Rm. 256

4:00 pm Job Talk/Chalk Talk: Making the Grade (FASEB) CC, Hall B, CRC-1

4:00 pm Attitudes and Behaviors: How Are You Perceived? (FASEB) CC, Hall B, CRC-3

5:45 pm Henry Pickering Bowditch Award Lecture (APS) Speaker: Babette LaMarca CC, Rm. 210 B/C

6:45 pm Physiologists in Industry Mixer – Meet Industry Physiologists (APS) Westin, Revere Rm.

8:30 pm Student & Postdoc Mixer (ASPET) Westin (check program book for location)

You are invited to Meet the Nobel Laureate

Please join us for a wine and cheese reception honoring all APS Trainees and

Dr. Robert J. Lefkowitz Wednesday April 1, 2015

Immediately following the APS Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Lecture

Robert J. Lefkowitz, M.D. Department of Medicine Duke University Medical Center 2012 Recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry

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MONDAY, March 30 Experimental Biology 2015 Time Session 8:00 am Publishing 101: How to Get Your Work Published and Avoid Ethical Minefields

(APS) CC, Rm. 205C

8:00 am Resources and Experiences in Developing Flipped Classrooms for Graduate and Medical Physiology (APS) CC, Rm. 211

8:00 am Being “Social” How Scientists Can Find their Way in a 24-Hour Digital World (ASN) CC, Rm. 151A/B

8:30 am Nobel Lecture: Persistence of Memory and Prion Mechanisms: A Perspective. Speaker: Eric Kandel (AAA) (check program book for location)

8:30 am Nobel Lecture: Prions causing Alzheimer's and Parkinson's—Quest for Effective Therapeutics. Speaker: Stanley Prusiner (AAA) (check program book for location)

9 – 5 pm “Career Corner” Satellite Sessions: One-on-One Couseling/Resume & CV Critiques (FASEB) CC, Hall B

9:00 am Beyond the Elevator Speech: Understanding the Power of Networking (FASEB) CC, Hall B, CRC-1

9:00 am NIH K Awards (FASEB) CC, Hall B, CRC-2

9:00 am I Said What?!?!? (FASEB) CC, Hall B, CRC-3

9:00 am Job Hunting in Biotech. Pt. 1: Finding & Applying for Scientist Positions (FASEB) CC, Hall B, CRC-4

9:45 am Helping Postdoctoral Fellows and Graduate Students Develop Professionally (ASBMB) CC, Rm. 256

10:30 am Goal Setting, Prioritizing, Time & Stress Management (FASEB) CC, Hall B, CRC-1

10:30 am Developing Your Core Message/”Elevator Pitch” (FASEB) CC, Hall B, CRC-3

10:30 am Identifying Your Options Using ScienceCareers.org (FASEB) CC, Hall B, CRC-4

10:30 am Anatomy Education Platform 1 (AAA) CC, Rm. 102A/B

10:30 am Best Practices for Using Social Media as it Reshapes Academia and the Classroom (AAA) CC, Rm. 104C

11:00 am Negotiation Strategies for Scientists (FASEB) CC, Hall B, CRC-2

12:30 pm Improv for STEM Professionals: Creating Engaging Conversations (ASBMB) CC, Rm. 253B

1:00 pm Striving for EXCELLENCE (FASEB) CC, Hall B, CRC-1

1:00 pm Ten Ways to Get Lucky in the Job Search (FASEB) CC, Hall B, CRC-2

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MONDAY, March 30 Cont’d Experimental Biology 2015 1:00 pm Networking: Is It Only Who You Know? (FASEB)

CC, Hall B, CRC-3 1:00 pm Building Your Skills, Networking & Informational Interviews (FASEB)

CC, Hall B, CRC-4 2:15 pm Translating Your Credentials on Paper (FASEB)

CC, Hall B, CRC-4 2:30 pm Job Hunting in Biotech. Pt. 2: Interviewing for Scientist Positions (FASEB)

CC, Hall B, CRC-1 2:30 pm Job Talk/Chalk Talk: Making the Grade (FASEB)

CC, Hall B, CRC-2 2:30 pm Didactic Methods in the Anatomical Sciences: How Does Technology Help or

Hinder? (Hybrid) (AAA) CC, Rm. 102A/B

3:00 pm Handshakes, Eye Contact, Small Talk: How to Successfully Network at a Conference (FASEB) CC, Hall B, CRC-3

3:15 pm What's Your Major? The Rise of the Undergraduate Physiology Degree (APS) CC, Rm. 211

3:15 pm Physiology: Answers to Big Questions. The Future of Obesity Research. (APS) Speaker: Alyssa Hasty CC, Rm. 210B/C

3:30 pm NIH F Awards (FASEB) CC, Hall B, CRC-4

3:55 pm Changes in Medical Education (ASBMB) CC, Rm. 256

4:00 pm Attitudes & Behaviors: How Are You Perceived? (FASEB) CC, Hall B, CRC-1

4:00 pm Job Hunting in Biotech. Pt. 3: Compensation Negotiation for Scientist Positions (FASEB) CC, Hall B, CRC-2

6:30 pm Improvscience presents LIvE: The Living Improv Experiment (ASBMB) Ned Devine's Irish Pub, 1 Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Quincy Market Building

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TUESDAY, March 31 Experimental Biology 2015 Time Session 7:00 am Networking Walk (ASPET)

Westin (Weather permitting) 8:00 am Resilience is Power: Dealing with the Ups & Downs of Your Scientific Career (APS)

CC, Rm. 207 9 – 5 pm “Career Corner”: One-on-One Counseling/Resume & CV Critiques (FASEB)

CC, Hall B 9:00 am Talking About Yourself: How to Interview (FASEB)

CC, Hall B, CRC-1 9:00 am NIH K Awards (FASEB)

CC, Hall B, CRC-2 9:30 am Developing Your Core Message/”Elevator Pitch” (FASEB)

CC, Hall B, CRC-3 9:30 am Negotiation Strategies for Scientists (FASEB)

CC, Hall B, CRC-4 9:30 am “Can We Talk?” Strategies for Collaborative Pharmacology Education (ASPET)

CC (check program book for location) 10:30 am Anatomy Education Platform 2 (AAA)

CC, Rm. 102A/B 10:30 am Establishing Yourself as an Expert (ASN)

CC, Rm. 151A/B 11:00 am Making the Case for Graduate School (FASEB)

CC, Hall B, CRC-1 11:00 am Successful Behaviors for Winning an Interview (FASEB)

CC, Hall B, CRC-3 1:00 pm Creating Effective CV’s, Cover Letters, Research & Teaching Statements (FASEB)

CC, Hall B, CRC-1 1:00 pm Job Search in Academia & Industry (FASEB)

CC, Hall B, CRC-2 1:00 pm Job Hunting in Biotech. Pt. 1: Finding & Applying for Scientist Positions (FASEB)

CC, Hall B, CRC-3 1:00 pm Making the Connection: The Relationship Between the Resume (FASEB)

CC, Hall B, CRC-4 2:15 pm NIH F Awards (FASEB)

CC, Hall B, CRC-2 2:30 pm Navigating the Protocol, Milestones & Graduate Degree Requirements (FASEB)

CC, Hall B, CRC-1 2:30 pm Handshakes, Eye Contact, Small Talk: How to Successfully Network at a Conference

(FASEB) CC, Hall B, CRC-3

2:30 pm Keep Calm and Carry On Educating (AAA) CC, Rm. 102A/B

3:00 pm But I have No Skills! (FASEB) CC, Hall B, CRC-4

3:15 pm President's Symposium Series — Physiology: Answers to Big Questions. Future of Hypertension Research (APS) Speaker: Howard Jacob CC, Rm. 210B/C

6:15 pm Women Scientists Networking Event (ASBMB) Westin, Marina Ballroom III

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WEDNESDAY, April 1 Experimental Biology 2015 Time Session 8:00 am Mentoring for Diverse Careers: Mentor and Protégé Perspectives (APS)

CC, Rm. 205B 9 – 3 pm “Career Corner”: One-on-One Counseling/Resume & CV Critiques (FASEB)

CC, Hall B 9:00 am Developing & Writing the Doctoral Dissertation Proposal (FASEB)

CC, Hall B, CRC-1 9:00 am Transforming Your CV (FASEB)

CC, Hall B, CRC-2 9:00 am Networking: Is It Only Who You Know? (FASEB)

CC, Hall B, CRC-3 9:00 am Job Hunting in Biotech. Pt. 2: Interviewing for Scientist Positions (FASEB)

CC, Hall B, CRC-4 10:30 am Scientists as Supervisors: Hiring, Firing, and Beyond (APS)

CC, Rm. 206A 10:30 am Job Talk/Chalk Talk: Making the Grade (FASEB)

CC, Hall B, CRC-1 10:30 am Ten Ways to Get Lucky in the Job Search (FASEB)

CC, Hall B, CRC-2 11:00 am Attitudes & Behaviors: How Are You Perceived? (FASEB)

CC, Hall B, CRC-3 11:00 am Translating Your Credentials (FASEB)

CC, Hall B, CRC-4 1:00 pm Job Hunting in Biotech. Pt. 3: Compensation Negotiation for Scientist Positions

(FASEB) CC, Hall B, CRC-1

1:00 pm Global Interview Skills: A Practice Workshop for International Candidates (FASEB) CC, Hall B, CRC-2

1:00 pm Nailing the Job Talk & Interview Prep (FASEB) CC, Hall B, CRC-3

1:00 pm Your Behavioral CV (FASEB) CC, Hall B, CRC-4

4:45 pm Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Lecture (APS) Speaker: Robert Lefkowitz CC, Rm. 210B/C

4:45 pm History Symposium: Neuroplasticity in Space: Reflections from the STS-90 Neurolab Space Shuttle Crew (APS) CC, Rm. 210A