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| | Tue Aug 03 | 9:00 AM | Kleberg | (1M) The Mentor/Mentee Relationship | Selecting a lab and developing a group of mentors, what to look for in the mentor/mentee relationship, keeping on track toward your degree. | Smith, Carolyn | |
| | Tue Aug 10 | 9:00 AM | Kleberg | (1L6) Setting Goals for Your Scientific Development & Success in Graduate School | Career paths for the professional scientist, career decisions (how and when to make them), what to do in your first year to ensure your success, developing curiosity, coursework (what to expect in grad school), lifelong learning, where to get help and information, thinking now about the next step. | Swindell, Eric | |
| | Tue Aug 17 | 9:00 AM | Kleberg | (1L1) Data Acquisition & Record-Keeping Responsiblities | Responsibilities for record keeping, challenges in keeping accurate and understandable notebooks, ownership of research materials, reagent/data sharing. | Nelson, David | |
| | Tue Aug 24 | 9:00 AM | Kleberg | (1L2) Responsible Authorship and Publications | Giving credit when credit is due, when to cite or not, how to use direct quotes, paraphrasing, plagiarism, copyright and copyright permission. | Swindell, Eric | |
| | Tue Aug 31 | 9:00 AM | Kleberg | (1C) Case Studies | Small Group discussions with a faculty discussion leader | | |
| | Tue Sep 07 | 9:00 AM | Kleberg | (1L3) Resilience | Coping with academic challenges | Yang, Peggy | |
| | Tue Sep 14 | 9:00 AM | Kleberg | (1L5) Rigor & Reproducibility | Reproducibility, transparency, authentication of key biological and chemical resources, types of replication, blinding and randomization | Pautler, Robia | |
| | Tue Sep 21 | 9:00 AM | Kleberg | (1L7) The Funding Structure of Science & Public Policy | Government organizations, private funding sources, applying for fellowships, structure of a grant, grant review system, consequences of fraud in grant applications, science advocacy | Dickinson, Mary | |
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| | Tue Oct 19 | 9:00 AM | CullenAuditorium | (2L1) Research Misconduct - NIH-b3 - Safe Practices in the Laboratory | Definitions - Falsification, fabrication, plagiarism - whistleblowers, allegations, investigations, penalties. College policy and mechanisms for handling misconduct allegations, federal policies and procedures. (NIH b3) Safe Practices in the Laboratory | Nelson, David | |
| | Tue Oct 26 | 9:00 AM | CullenAuditorium | (2L2) Ethics of Biomedical Studies with Animals | When can animals be used ethically in research, avoiding unnecessary pain/suffering and euthanasia, appropriate selection of numbers/types of animals in research, animal use approval. | Pereira, Frederick | |
| | Tue Nov 02 | 9:00 AM | CullenAuditorium | (2C) Case Studies | Scientific Misconduct & Research with Animals | | |
| | Tue Nov 09 | 9:00 AM | CullenAuditorium | (2L3) Conflict Resolution | Potential causes of conflict during graduate training, approaches to conflict resolution. | Yang, Peggy | |
| | Tue Nov 16 | 9:00 AM | CullenAuditorium | (2M) Mentorship Year Two | Meeting with 2nd year students and their mentors, matching expectations between mentor & student, developing communications channels, picking an appropriate thesis topic, the thesis committee as a resource | Smith, Carolyn | |
