SEEDS Distinguished Lecturers
SEEDS sponsors Distinguished Lectures each year
These lectureships bring prominent women and other underrepresented minority scientists to UM and thereby provide role models and professional networking opportunities for all our faculty and students, men and women. Special emphasis is placed on inviting women of color, particularly Hispanic women. In each school, the SEEDS group chooses their own visitor. In addition to giving a seminar on their science, the speaker is expected to take part in a formal mentoring event.
SEEDS Distinguished Lecturer, Dr. JoAnn Trejo
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On Feb 16, 2010, JoAnn Trejo, UC San Diego, presented two talks,
"Regulation of Protease-activated Receptor Signaling and Trafficking" and
"Diversity in Science: The Importance of Mentoring".
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What was the most significant thing you learned today?
Was this event useful to you, and if so, how?
Was this event what you expected? Please elaborate.
Did this event provide solid hints for your grant writing? Please elaborate.
How might this event be improved in the future?
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SEEDS Distinguished Lecturer, Dr. Maria Assunção F. Silva Dias
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April 1-3 Maria Assunção F. Silva Dias of the Departamento de Ciências Atmosféricas, IInstituto Astronômico e Geofísico , Universidade de São Paulo gave both a formal research seminar and an informal seminar on her career development.
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SEEDS Distinguished lecturers and mentors, co-sponsored by COE
Through co-sponsorship from Dean Tien in the College of Engineering, SEEDS is able to sponsor mentoring events with several distinguished women, many of whom are members of the National Academy of Sciences. These include:
Linda Sanford |
SEEDS Co-Sponsored Distinguished Scholar
Linda Sanford, member of the National Academy of Engineering, Senior Vice President at IBM, spoke on Jan 25, 2009, on "Building a Smarter Planet: Strategies for Meaningful Change" and mentored junior faculty and women from IBM.
Co-sponsored by The College of Engineering
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- What was the most significant thing you learned today?
- Was this event useful to you, and if so, how?
- Was this event what you expected? Please elaborate.
- Did this event help you to establish useful contacts? Please elaborate.
- Did the networking /lunch portion of this event help you establish new contacts or gain new information?
- How might this event be improved in the future?
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B Liskov |
SEEDS Co-Sponsored Distinguished Scholar
On Nov 9, 2009, with Barbara Liskov from MIT, member of the National Academy of Sciences .who gave a research talk on "Security of Internet Storage."and led a mentoring event focused on junior faculty.
Co-sponsored by The College of Engineering
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- What was the most significant thing you learned today?
- Was this event useful to you, and if so, how?
- Was this event what you? Was it what you expected? Please elaborate.
- Did the networking portion of this event help you establish new contacts or gain new information?
- How might this event be improved in the future?
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SEEDS Distinguished lecturers and mentors
Co-sponsored by Mary Bartlett Bunge Distinguished Women in Cell Biology
Through co-sponsorship from Mary Bunge's endowment for an annual seminar of a Distinguished Woman in Cell Biology, SEEDS was able to sponsor mentoring events with several distinguished women. These include:
Marilyn Farquhar
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SEEDS Co-sponsored Distinguished Scholar
On March 23, 2010, Marilyn Farquhar, member of National Academys of Sciences and of Arts and Science. Among other honors, she has won the Wilson Medal of the American Society of Cell Biologists, the Homer Smith Medal of the American Society of Nephrology, the Distinguished Scientist Medal of the EMSA, the Rous-Whipple Award of the American Society for Investigative Pathology, the Carl Gottschalk Prize from University of North Carolina, the A.N. Richards Award for Excellence in Research from the International Society of Nephrology and FASEB Award for Excellence in Science. She gave both research and mentoring talks and also led a mentoring event for senior women.
Co-sponsored by Mary Bartlett Bunge Distinguished Women in Cell Biology.
Click here to see photos and participant answers to the following questions:
What was the most significant thing you learned today?
Was this event useful to you, and if so, how?
Was this event what you expected? Please elaborate.
Did this event help you to establish useful contacts? Please elaborate.
How might this event be improved in the future?
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Mary Bunge |
SEEDS Sponsored Mentoring Event
The Mary Bartlett Bunge Distinguished Women in Cell Biology Lecturer, Susan L. Lindquist gave a mentoring talk, "Yes We Can! A Woman’s Perspective on a Life in Science", March 24 at 4 p.m. Dr. Lindquist is a member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Professor of Biology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and member of the National Academy of Sciences. Dr. Lindquist presented her research seminar titled "Protein folding mechanisms propelling rapid evolutionary change" on Tuesday, March 24, from noon to 1 p.m. at the Lois Pope LIFE Center, seventh-floor auditorium.
Co-sponsored by Mary Bartlett Bunge Distinguished Women in Cell Biology.
SEEDS also sponsored an evening mentoring event of two dozen junior and senior faculty with Susan Lindquist, at Sandy Lemmon's home on Tuesday March 24, 2009.
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