Career Programs

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Saturday, December 3

IAC International Research & Training Exchange Fair
Opening Night Reception
The fair will allow attendees to gain knowledge of IAC activities; enable attendees to learn about research, training, and other opportunities in countries around the world; encourage students and postdocs to think about possibilities in foreign countries; and open up exchanges between labs in various countries that could work together through collaboration. Tables will be set up displaying information from various regions around the world, and representatives will be available to answer questions. For more information or questions, contact IAC Research & Training Exchange Fair Coordinator Cynthia Jensen or Cheryl Lehr.

Sunday, December 4

Science Discussion Tables
9:30 am-10:30 am
Whether you're a student, postdoc, or PI, ASCB will again offer special networking opportunities with senior scientists and peers. Select your interest area and bring your questions to the ASCB Career Center. More information on scientists and topics is forthcoming.

WICB Network Reception
2:30 pm-3:30 pm (refreshments served)
Members of the ASCB Women in Cell Biology Committee's Network and people interested in learning more about the Network and the Committee's activities-and meeting one another-are cordially invited to attend the WICB Network Reception. Networking Sessions
3:30 pm-4:15 pm
Separate, concurrent, networking sessions will be held in the ASCB's newly expanded Career Center on the topics listed below:

Cytoskeleton and Molecular Motors
Cell Motility and Cell-Cell and Cell-Matrix Interactions
Membrane Trafficking and Organelle Dynamics
The Nucleus and the Genome: Structure, Function, and Dynamics
Signaling Networks, Cell Cycle Regulation, and Cell Stress Responses
Cellular Differentiation (in Health and Disease), Development, and Tissue Morphogenesis
Teaching Cell Biology (K-12, Undergraduate and Graduate Education)

Monday, December 5

Open Forum sponsored by the Subcommittee on Postdoctoral Training
10:00 am-11:00 am
Come discuss issues with other postdocs, graduate students, and early-career scientists.

WICB Career Discussion and Mentoring Roundtables
3:00 pm-4:30 pm (no food/beverage served)
No charge, but preregistration is required and attendance will be limited.

The Career Discussion allows participants to meet informally for roundtable discussions on issues of importance to cell biologists in various stages of their careers. Conversations are moderated by individuals who have experience in various professional areas or with particular issues. The organizers envision this session as an excellent way to disseminate practical information on career choices, to discuss strategies for effectively developing a career, and to network with others who share career interests and concerns. Sign up to participate or apply to be a Table Leader when you submit your conference registration.

Discovery/Conversations
7:00 pm-8:00 pm
Discovery is the name of the game in cell biology but what is it like to make a significant breakthrough at the bench early in your career? Three ASCB members who had such a "Eureka" moment as young postdocs or newly minted junior faculty will explore the "inner game" of scientific discovery in a conversation to be taped before a live audience. Former Public Information Committee (PIC) chair Kathy L. Wilson, Johns Hopkins Medical School, will moderate the "talk show" to be called "Discovery/Conversations." Her three guests will include: Magdalena Bezanilla, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, who devised a reverse engineering protocol for the moss, Physcomitrella patens, establishing a powerful new model organism for plant cytoskeletal proteins; Christine Jacobs-Wagner, Yale and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, who found the missing third element of the prokaryotic cytoskeleton, an IF-like protein that she dubbed crescentin; and Dyche Mullins, University of California, San Francisco, who recognized the importance of the characteristic 70-degree angle of the Arp2/3 protein complex at the leading edge for cell motility.

Discovery/Conversations is an experiment in video outreach for the PIC. The program will follow the classic "talk show" format—comfortable chairs, a low table, and two video cameras. Segments of the show, edited into short, free-standing videos, will be posted on YouTube and similar outlets. All are aimed at young researchers, students at all levels, and members of the general public curious about how lab research science really works. Those on hand in Denver will have a ringside seat.

Networking Sessions
3:30 pm-4:15 pm
Separate, concurrent, networking sessions will be held in the ASCB's newly expanded Career Center on the topics listed below:

Cytoskeleton and Molecular Motors
Cell Motility and Cell-Cell and Cell-Matrix Interactions
Membrane Trafficking and Organelle Dynamics
The Nucleus and the Genome: Structure, Function, and Dynamics
Signaling Networks, Cell Cycle Regulation, and Cell Stress Responses
Cellular Differentiation (in Health and Disease), Development, and Tissue Morphogenesis
Teaching Cell Biology (K-12, Undergraduate and Graduate Education)

Tuesday, December 6

Networking Sessions
3:30 pm-4:15 pm
Separate, concurrent, networking sessions will be held in the ASCB's newly expanded Career Center on the topics listed below:

Cytoskeleton and Molecular Motors
Cell Motility and Cell-Cell and Cell-Matrix Interactions
Membrane Trafficking and Organelle Dynamics
The Nucleus and the Genome: Structure, Function, and Dynamics
Signaling Networks, Cell Cycle Regulation, and Cell Stress Responses
Cellular Differentiation (in Health and Disease), Development, and Tissue Morphogenesis
Teaching Cell Biology (K-12, Undergraduate and Graduate Education)