dr. manu o. platt march 10, 2009 leveraging faces to aid starting in academia
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Dr. Manu O. PlattMarch 10, 2009
Leveraging FACES to Leveraging FACES to Aid Starting in Aid Starting in AcademiaAcademia
Why should you keep trying to get money?
• Freedom• Postdoctoral lab requirements• Salary augmentation• Quality of life will help you work better!• As a minority scientist, there are plenty of
funding opportunities• Resume builder
– Establishes record of funding– People like to give money to people that have money
What do you do with the money?• Conferences, conferences, conferences• Tenure is dependent on who you know so start meeting
them now
Tangible purchases
• What you purchase on a fellowship, you can take with you
• Computer/laptop• Society Memberships
– Lifetime if you can
• Wonderful printer for office• Business card scanner• Digital recording pen• SET YOURSELF UP FOR SUCCESS!
most institutions
Career Initiation Grant
• Unrestricted money – Gem of funding
• Startup package still has some restrictions
• Money begats money
Nature Biotechnology 23, 47 - 55 (2005)
Platt Lab: Repair, Regeneration and RemodelingSTEM CELL MEDIATED TISSUE REMODELING FOR REPAIR AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS OF TISSUE REMODELING ACTIVITY
CARDIOVASCULAR TISSUE REMODELING IN ATHEROSCLEROSIS AND SICKLE CELL
DISEASE
J. Clin. Invest. 117:850–858 (2007).