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The ASPET Student - Postdoctoral Colloquium is held at the ASPET Annual Meeting at Experimental Biology. Organized by the Mentoring and Career Development committee, the Colloquium aims to provide an interactive learning experience for trainees in topics that will benefit their professional development.

 

Student–Postdoctoral Colloquia by Year

2020–Present

2021

2010–2019

2010

  • Leadership: Skills, Styles and Self-Awareness—Sue Bausch/Meera Sridharan

2011

  • Science, Scientist, Advocate: Making the Case for Increased Funding for Biomedical Research—Joey Barnett/Jim Bernstein

2012

  • Communication—Lisa Schrott

2013

  • Introducing the Individual Development Plan: A Key to Success—Lynn Wecker/Susan Ingram Osborn

2014

  • Success Skills for All Careers—Susan L. Ingram

2015

  • How to Get Started—Ann Hanna-Mitchell Helmut Gottlieb

2016

  • Mentoring Your Mentor: Key Skills for Effective Mentoring Relationships with Shared Responsibility – Rick McGee

2017

2018

2019

  • Building Winning Career Connections: The Art of Self-Promotion – Martha Davila-Garcia
2000–2009

2000

  • The savvy postdoctoral fellow: Training, networking and opportunities in the international community—Jerry Buccafusco 

2001

  • New era in academic & industrial partnership in basic & applied research and funding the modern laboratory—Jerry Buccafusco 

2002

  • Taking the next step: Finding a postdoctoral position in today’s diverse workplace—Stephanie Watts 

2003

  • Practical tips for success in graduate pharmacology program and beyond—Richard de la Garza 

2004

  • Preserving and promoting our discipline: A workshop emphasizing pharmacology student participation—Myron Toews/Stephanie Watts 

2005

  • Drug Development at the Edge: What Every Pharmacologist Should Know About Intellectual Property, Licensing, Startups and Venture Capital—Edward Bilsky 

2006

  • Pointers for getting your point across—Edward Bilsky/Myron Toews 

2007

  • PharmaPhair: A career fair—Stephanie Watts 

2008

  • Learning from the Past – Training for the Future—Lynn Crespo/Tarik Smith 

2009

  • Mentoring: It Goes Both Ways—Sarah H. Lindsey 
1990–1999

1990

  • Selected topics in vascular pharmacology—Tom Westfall 

1991

  • Selected topics in growth factor pharmacology—Tom Westfall 

1992

  • Selected topics on ion channels and transporters—Tom Westfall 

1993

  • Selected topics in central neurotoxicity & novel mediators—Tom Westfall 

1996

  • Strategies for obtaining a professional position—Sue Duckles/George Stancel 

1997

  • Pharmacology careers in the 21st century: Traditional and additional options—George Stancel 

1998

  • Scientific communication: Effective mechanisms and ethical obligations—George Stancel 

1999

  • Career opportunities for pharmacologists and other biological scientists in major government agencies—George Stancel/Jerry Buccafusco 
1980–1989

1980

  • Modes of action of cardiac glycosides and cardiotonic agents—T.M. Brody 
  • Animal models of human disease: Assessing the hazards of vapors and gases—M.B. Chenoweth 
  • Hyperlipoproteinemias and hypolipidemic drugs—M. Heimberg 
  • Studying the role of microsomal enzyme systems in drug metabolism—G.J. Mannering 
  • Drug development in the future: Challenges and responses—John J. Burns 

1981

  • Future for investigations of neurohemoral regulation of cell function—Nelson Goldberg 
  • Identification & characterization of receptors using radioligand-binding techniques—Howard Goren 
  • Preparing articles for publication in scientific journals—Eva Killam 
  • Professional opportunities in academic pharmacology: Past, present, and future—F. Shideman 

1983

  • NIH Grants & Fellowship: Everything you wanted to know and were afraid to ask—S. Gardner/C. Carrico 
  • Development of alternative methods in testing strategies—A.M. Goldberg 
  • Drugs modulating the actions of calcium: Present & future prospects—G.B. Weiss 

1984

  • Using bioactivation methods in drug design—K. Agrawal 
  • Recombinant DNA products as drugs: Problems & opportunities—Alan Dinner 
  • NIH grants and fellowships: Everything you wanted to know and were afraid to ask—George Steinberg 
  • Industrial-academic cooperation in drug research: Past, present, and future—Louis Lemberger 

1985

  • Applications of computers in pharmacology and experimental therapeutics—Larry Stark 

1986

  • Concepts in reproductive biology—M.J. Vodicnik 

1987

  • Ethical aspects of biomedical research 

1988

  • Introduction to the application of molecular biological techniques to pharmacology—Palmer Taylor 

1989

  • Selected topics in Immunopharmacology—Tom Westfall 

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