Talks & Workshops

Many one-time and regular workshops are offered to postdoctoral scholars at Stanford through the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs, career services and the Stanford University Libraries. Lane Library has a long list of workshops covering areas of bioresearch, biostatistics, information management, presentation skills and writing skills.

Date, Time & Location	Event	Speaker/Contact	Video/ Readings/Registration
Date: Friday, January 28, 2011, 12:00-1:30 PM Location: Li Ka Shing Center, room LK101 (1st floor) Lunch Provided	Postdoc Academic Chats: Getting the Most out of Research Conferences	Risa Wechsler, PhD Assistant Professor,Physics and of Particle Physics and Astrophysics Sheri M. Krams, PhD Associate Professor (Research), Surgery - Multi-Organ Transplantation Member	Download document HERE
Date: Starting Thursday, 12:00-1:00 PM Location: Li Ka Shing Center, room LK101 (Bring-your-own-lunch) Learn more>	Finding and Applying for Postdoctoral Fellowships: Overview of Resources and Procedures	Debra Porzio is the Postdoctoral Fellowships Manager at the Research Management Group	Registration is not required.
Date: Friday, December 3, 2010, 12:00-1:30 PM Location: Li Ka Shing Center, room LK005 (basement) Boxed Lunch Provided	Postdoc Academic Chats: Preparing a Teaching Portfolio	Mariatte C. Denman, PhD Associate Director, Center for Teaching & Learning	Download document HERE
Date: Friday, November 12, 2010 and Friday, November 19, 2010, 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM; Two Mornings Location: Li Ka Shing Center, room LK005 (basement)	Mentoring in Research Workshop for Postdoctoral Scholars Learn more >>	Sofie R. Kleppner, PhD, is the Academic and Research Program Officer for the Stanford Cardiovascular Institute. Emily A. Lilo, MPH, is an Educational Research Coordinator in the Division of Vascular Surgery
Date: Friday, November 5, 2010, 12:00-1:30 PM Location: Li Ka Shing Center, room LK005 (basement) Boxed Lunch Provided	Postdoc Academic Chats: Team Teaching - The Challenges and Opportunities of Teaching With Others	Rob B. Dunbar, PhD W.M. Keck Professor in the School of Earth Sciences and Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment, EESS Administration	Download document HERE
Date: Friday, October 8, 2010, 12:00-1:30 PM Location :Medical School Office Building (MSOB) X303 Boxed Lunch Provided	Postdoc Academic Chats: Tips on Developing a New Course	Robyn Dunbar, PhD Senior Associate Director, Center for Teaching & Learning	Download document HERE
CANCELLED Date: ~~Thursday, October 7, 2010, 12-1:00 PM~~ Location: ~~S360 Clark Center~~ ~~(Bring-your-own-lunch)~~	Finding and Applying for Postdoctoral Fellowships: Overview of Resources and Procedures Learn more>	Debra Porzio ,is the Postdoctoral Fellowships Manager at the Research Management Group	Registration is not required.
Date: Tuesday, September 28th, 2-4 PM Location: Alway Room M112	Analyzing Your Teaching: An Approach for Improved Effectiveness	Kelley M. Skeff, MD, PhD, is a Professor, Medicine - General Internal Medicine
Date: Thursday, September 23, 2010, 12:15-1:00 PM (arrive at 12 noon) Location: Main Quad, History Corner Building 200, room 205 (Bring-your-own-lunch)	AN INFOMRATION SESSION FOR POSTDOCS TO LEARN ABOUT PRIE	Aimee Slobin, Associate Director, PRIE-SIE.
Date: Mondays, 5-7 pm. Starting September 20 - November 29, 2010. No class on Monday, November 22. Location: La Ka Shing Center, LK308	Advanced English Skills for Non-Native Speakers I: Oral Communication	Phil Hubbard, Senior Lecturer and Director of the Language Center and the English for Foreign Students program and Carole Mawson, Lecturer, English for Foreign Students program
Date: Thursday, ~~September 9~~, September 16, 2010, 12-1:00 PM Location: Alway M112 (Bring-your-own-lunch)	Finding and Applying for Postdoctoral Fellowships: Overview of Resources and Procedures Learn more>	Debra Porzio ,is the Postdoctoral Fellowships Manager at the Research Management Group
Date: Friday, August 27, 2010 and Friday, September 3, 2010 ; Two Mornings Location:	Mentoring in Research Workshop for Postdoctoral Scholars	Sofie R. Kleppner, PhD, is the Academic and Research Program Officer for the Stanford Cardiovascular Institute. Emily A. Lilo, MPH, is an Educational Research Coordinator in the Division of Vascular Surgery
Date: Tuesday, August 17, 2010, 2:00-4:00 PM Location:	Improving Your Scientific Writing Skills	Michaela Kiernan, PhD. Stanford Prevention Research Center
Date: Thursday, August 12, 2010, 12-1:00 PM Location: S361 Clark Center (Bring-your-own-lunch)	Finding and Applying for Postdoctoral Fellowships: Overview of Resources and Procedures Learn more>	Debra Porzio ,is the Postdoctoral Fellowships Manager at the Research Management Group
Date: Friday, July 9, 2010, 12:00 - 1:30 PM Location: Alway M112, Medical Center, ground floor, Dean's courtyard. Map	Postdoc Academic Chat The Thriving Professor - Finding Balance in Your Personal and Professional Life	Patricia Burchat, PhD Professor and Chair, Department of Physics	Download document HERE
Date: Friday, May 7, 2010, 12:00 - 1:30 PM Location: Terman Engineering Center, Room 217	Postdoc Academic Chat STARTING OUT RIGHT AS A PROFESSOR - It's More Than Just Looking Out For #1	Scott Boyd, PhD Assistant Professor of Pathology Reinhold Dauskardt, PhD Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and, by courtesy, of Mechanical Engineering and Surgery
Date: Thursday, April 22, 2010, 5:00 - 6:00 PM Location: Beckman Center, ground floor, Room B060 (Munzer Hall)	Scientific Management Series:Creating and Sustaining Successful Scientific Collaborations	Michael T. Longaker, MD Deane P. and Louise Mitchell Professor in the School of Medicine and Professor, by courtesy, of Bioengineering Minnie Sarwal, MD, PhD Professor of Pediatrics (Nephrology)
Date: Thursday, April 15, 2010, 5:00 - 6:00 PM Location: Beckman Center, ground floor, Room B060 (Munzer Hall)	Scientific Management Series: Work Life Balance - Effectively Balancing the Demands of Academic Life	Karlene Cimprich, PhD Associate Professor, Chemical and Systems Biology and Chemisty Minx Fuller, PhD Professor, Genetics and Developmental Biology Matthew Scott, PhD Professor, Genetics and Developmental Biology Tom Wandless, PhD Associate Professor, Chemical and Systems Biology and Chemistry
Date: Friday, April 9, 2010, 12:00 - 1:30 PM Location: Terman Engineering Center, Room 217	Postdoc Academic Chat APPLYING FOR ACADEMIC POSITIONS - And You Thought Getting A Postdoc Was Hard	Tobias Meyer, Ph.D. Professor, Chemical and Systems Biology John Krumboltz, Ph.D. Professor, Education and Psychology Stephanie Kathleen Eberle Manager, School of Medicine Career Center	To register, click HERE Download document HERE
Date: Thursday, April 1, 2010, 5:00 - 6:00 PM Location: Alway M106, Medical Center, ground floor, on the Dean's courtyard. Map	Scientific Management Series: Getting Published	Virginia Walbot, Ph.D. Professor, Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)	To register, click HERE
Date: Thursday, March 18, 2010, 5:00 - 6:00 PM Location: Alway M104, Medical Center, ground floor, on the Dean's courtyard. Map	Scientific Management Series: How to Write A Grant	John Boothroyd , Ph.D. Professor, Microbiology & Immunology
Date: Thursday, March 11, 2010, 5:00 - 6:00 PM Location: Alway M104, Medical Center, ground floor, on the Dean's courtyard. Map	How to Start up YOur Lab	Joseph Puglisi, Ph.D. Professor, Structual Biology
Date: Thursday, February 25, 2010, 5:00 - 6:00 PM Location: Alway M106, Medical Center, ground floor, on the Dean's courtyard. Map	Scientific Management Series: Understanding Technology Transfer – Institutional Perspective & US Views	Katharine Ku Director of the Office of Technology Licensing
Date: Thursday, February 18, 2010, 5:00 - 6:00 PM Location: Alway M106, Medical Center, ground floor, on the Dean's courtyard. Map	Scientific Management Series: Negotiation Skills	Jessica Notini, J.D. Lecturer in Law, Stanford Law School
Date: Friday, March 5 , 2010, 12:15 - 1:30 PM Location: Assembly Room, Bechtel International Center	Academic Chats: TEACHING AS A POSTDOC - Why It Really Matters	Ellen Woods Associate VP/Associate Director of Stanford Introductory Studies	Required readings:Download document here
Date: Thursday, February 11, 2010, 5:00 – 6:00 PM. Location: Alway M106, Medical Center, ground floor, on the Dean's courtyard. Map	Scientific Management Series: How to Get a Faculty Job	John Boothroyd , Ph.D. Professor, Microbiology & Immunology
Date: Friday, February 5, 2010, noon – 1:30 PM Location: Hartley Conference Room, Mitchell Earth Sciences Building, Map	Postdoc Academic Chat: YOUR PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION STRATEGY – Substance Alone Is Not Enough		Required readings: Download document here
Date: January 27, 2010, 12 noon to 1:30 PM Location: Clark Center, Room S360	Planning Successful International Research Careers	Dr. Sarah Poynton, Associate Professor of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Section 1.1 (Postdocs in Social Sciences & Engineering) Date: November 6, 2009, 12:00 - 1:30 PM Location: Assembly Room, Bechtel International Center	Postdoc Academic Chat: HOW ACADEMIA REALLY WORKS - What You Don't Know Can Surprise (and Bite) You	Curtis Frank, Professor and Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs, School of Engineering, and David Brady, Professor of Political Science and in the Graduate School of Business	Download document here
Section 1.2 (Postdocs in Biosciences) Date: November 6, 2009, 12:00 - 1:30 PM Location: Clark Center, Room S360 (third floor behinds	Postdoc Academic Chat: HOW ACADEMIA REALLY WORKS - What You Don't Know Can Surprise (and Bite) You	Hugh O'Brodovich, Professor and Chat, Department of Pediatrics, and Russ Fernald, Professor of Human Biology, Department of Biological Sciences	Download document here
Date: October 28, 2009, 4:30 - 5:30 PM Location: Yang and Yamazaki Environment and Energy Building (Y2E2) Room 105	Information/ networking session on mentorship opportunities available on campus	For more information please contact Kye at
September 25, 2009, 5:00 - 7:00 PM	Postdoc Appreciation Day
August 14, 2009, 4:00 - 7:00 PM	Poster Session / Netwroking Event	Presented by the SUPD
May 14, 2009, 8:15 - 12:00 PM	Guide to NIH K Awards	Steven Korn, PhD
September 19th, 10:00 - 11:00 AM	BWF Funding Programs and Priorities Location: Clark Audtorium	Eniqueta C. Bond President of BWF
May 30, 2007	Guide to NIH K Awards	Steven Korn, PhD

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