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2009 MBTG Retreat Schedule

1) Overview of the MBTG Program and its benefits to you.

2) Take pictures of trainees by class and of new trainers (~11:30).

3) Lunch in the Lakeside Room. (~11:45).

4) Luncheon talk by a senior trainee. (~12:15).

5) Poster viewing in Lakeside room.

6) Wrap up by 2:00 p.m.

NIH T32 GM07215-34“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:

IPiB/Biochem/BMC 21CMB 22Microbiology 24Pathology 1

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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.

• Establish a knowledge base

• Acquire a scientific “toolbox”

• Strengthen communication skills

• Become part of the scientific community

• Build a reputation/record of accomplishment

• Identify a career

Professional goals for pre-docs

Establish a knowledge base

Goal: Master the fundamentals of biochemistry and cell/molecular biology

MBTG input:• Course breadth requirements• Student seminar series• Invited speakers

Acquire 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

Strengthen communication skills

Goal: Learn to convey ideas in a clear, captivating, and persuasive manner

MBTG input:• “The Presentations Kit” • Student seminar series• Retreat presentations• Steering Committee membership

Become part of the scientific community

Goal: Make outside contacts and establish yourself in the profession

MBTG input:•Travel funds• Society membership funds • Graduate recruiting at national meetings

Build 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 visitingspeakers

Identify a career

Goal: Try to figure out where you want to be in 10-20 years, and how to get there

MBTG input:• Seminars from past trainees• Advising• “Careers day”

Pamela J. HinesSenior Editor, ScienceMBTG trainee 1975

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

Kim Voss413 Bock Labs

Big buddy Little buddies

Tara Stuecker (MDTP) Valerie Davis, Lori Neal

Aimee Marceau (MDTP) Gina Hedberg, Meghan Ramsey

Amanda Foltz (MDTP) Alissa Hanshew

Kelly Hoadley (IPiB) Basudeb Bhattacharyya, Elise Wagner

Dana Huebert (CMB) Leila Rieder, Bryan Sibert(can't attend retreat)

Michael Botts (BMC/IPiB) Jared Winkelman, Paul Wrighton

Amy Banta (MDTP) Jennifer Lambrecht

Lindsey Hoover (CMB) Christina Dang, Benjamin Wolter

MBTG Buddy List

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

Overlap in trainer pools of the MBTG and member Ph.D. programs

MBTG MBTG

MBTG

CMB Microbiology

IPiB

Dana Huebert

Questions for prospective thesis advisors:

1) What thesis projects would be available to me?

2) Would these projects expose me to a variety of different experimental approaches?

3) In general, how available will you be (e.g., on a daily or a weekly basis) to answer questions I might have?

4) What amount of guidance do you provide to a student during preparation of the thesis proposal, literature seminars, thesis, etc.?

5) What are your expectations for the amount of time I should spend each day/week in the lab?

6) What regularly scheduled activities does your lab participate in that provide an opportunity to get outside input on my research project and to hear about the work of other students and postdocs?

Dana Huebert

More Questions:

7) Do you encourage your students to attend seminars and journal clubs?

8) Do students in your lab have the opportunity to attend scientific meetings where they can interact with researchers from other institutions?

9) Do you include your graduate students in professional activities, such as reviewing manuscripts and meeting with visiting speakers?

10) Do you encourage your students that are interested in teaching to obtain practical experience by being a T.A.?

11) How long do you think it should take me to get my Ph.D.?

12) What are your former graduate students doing now?

13) What goals do you have for your graduate students?

Dana Huebert

Trainees must take a total of four courses: two from the Molecular and Cell Biology category, one from the Macromolecular Biochemistry category, and one additional course from either of these. “Pre-approved” courses are listed below, but other courses can be substituted, with approval (Rick Gourse).

Molecular and Cell biologyCellular and Molecular Biology/Pathology (Pathology 750)Carcinogenesis and Tumor Cell Biology (Oncology 703)Plant Cell Biology (Botany 860)Regulation of Microbial Gene Expression (Microbiology/Biochemistry 726)Eukaryotic Molecular Biology (Biochemistry/Pharmacology 620)Topics in Eukaryotic Regulation (Biochemistry/Genetics 703)Prokaryotic Molecular Biology (Microbiology/Biochemistry/Genetics 612)General Virology - Multiplication of Viruses (Oncology 640)Cytoskeletal Dynamics (Anatomy 700)Advanced Microbial Genetics (Microbiology/Genetics 607)Immunology of Infectious Disease (Microbiology 790)

Macromolecular BiochemistryBiophysical Chemistry (Chemistry/Biochemistry 665)Protein and Enzyme Structure and Function (Biochemistry 601)Chemical Biology (Biochemistry 704)Mechanisms of Enzyme Action (Biochemistry 624)Coenzymes and Cofactors in Enzymology (Biochemistry 625)Microbiology at Atomic Resolution (Microbiology 668)

MBTG course breadth requirements

Rick Gourse

Course #914, crosslisted in Bacteriology, Biochemistry, Biomolecular Chemistry, and Medical Microbiology & Immunology

Meets weekly Fall and Spring semesters, Friday @ 3:30 pm in 2511 Microbial Sci.

Mandatory for 1st - 3rd year grads.; senior trainees encouraged to attend and may volunteer to give extra talks

Graded S/U based on attendance (speakers can get letter grade on request)

Snacks provided!

Peer review of presentations via evaluation form and speakers will meet briefly with the faculty member running the course directly after the talk.

Fall semester: 2nd-year trainees give a literature seminar.

Spring semester: 3rd-year trainees give a research seminar.

Occasional guest speakers/past trainees

2008-2009 MBTG Student Seminar Series

Jim Keck

2nd-year trainees present seminars in the fall MBTG series

3rd-year trainees present seminars in the spring MBTG series

MBTG grants to trainees

1) Travel funds: up to $1000 over 3 year appointment. For meetings, courses, collaborations. Email Kim.

2) Supplies funds: up to $1000 over 3 year appointment. For services or consumables specific to your research. Email Jim.

3) Society memberships: up to $100 each year of 3 year appointment. Email Kim.

Bob Landick

Annual progress report and MBTG advising

Second-year students:1) Thesis committee composition2) Grades for UW course work3) 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!Bob Landick