New! Opportunity to Present!  The interdepartmental CBE GLC is hosting a seminar in which they are looking for a student from CBE, BBMB, and Chemistry to present on October 22 at 11:00am in Durham 171.  This talk will be 12-14 minutes to allow for all three students to present in the allotted seminar time. RSVP to GLC mentors by October 9.

September 8, 2015: Career Prep Workshop.  Karin Lawton-Dunn, Graduate College Career Program Coordinator

• BBMB PowerPoint Presentation 9.2015 (PDF)
• Meeting Handouts:  Beyond the Lab CrossTalk (PDF)
• What Are Transferrable Skills? (PDF)
• YouTube Links for Elevator Speech:  The Elevator Speech…always be prepare

October 13, 2015, at 12 noon in MBB 1102.  Our guest speaker is Dr. Tony Vanden Bush, a Field Application Specialist (FAS) from Promega; some of you may have met him when he was visiting our department at a booth in the atrium last spring.

What is a FAS you may ask?  See the link from AAAS Careers section about this position.  Briefly, a FAS can work with customers to trouble shoot, provide training, and set up equipment.  This position can also be used to aid in transitioning from the bench top to the business side of science.

October / November: Startup Company (in planning stage)

Spring 2016 - Career planning and professional development (in planning stage)

• January / February : Poster workshop
• March / April: field trip - industry visit
• March / April: speaker, MBB facilities manager
• March/ April: Webinar on career planning
• May: Social event