Events
GWIS Seminars are held the third Thursday of each month from 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Please check our GWIS Fall 2024 flyer.
GWIS Seminar: "Career alternative splicing: academia or industry?"
Isabel Aznarez, PhD - Co-Founder and Group VP, Discovery Research, Stoke Therapeutics, Inc., Bedford, MA
Dec 01, 2022 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Adolph Lower Aud (1-7619)
In person onlyHost: Dr. Lynne Maquat
DBB Seminar: A Novel RNA-Based Approach to Treat Genetic Diseases
Isabel Aznarez, PhD - Co-Founder and Group VP, Discovery Research, Stoke Therapeutics, Inc., Bedford, MA
Nov 30, 2022 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Hybrid Zoom RegistrationHost: Dr. Lynne Maquat and Dr. John Lueck (co-sponsored by Graduate Women in Science)
GWIS Seminar: Wellness and Resilience Workshop Series - "Building mentee self-efficacy: a toolbox for wellness and resilience"
Kermin Martínez-Hernández, PhD - *Mandatory for past and current T32 in CBMS Trainees and open to everyone.*, Principal Facilitator, Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research CIMER); Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, St. John Fisher University, Rochester, NY
Graduate Women in Science (GWIS)
2022 Fall Seminar Series
Kermin Martínez-Hernández, PhD
Principal Facilitator, Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research CIMER); Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry,
St. John Fisher University, Rochester, NY
Host: Dr. Paul Boutz; co-sponsored by a supplement to the NIH NIGMS Predoctoral T32 Training Grant in Cellular, Biochemical and Molecular Sciences (CBMS)
(Lynne Maquat, PI; Jeffrey Hayes, Co-PI)
“Building mentee self-efficacy:
a toolbox for wellness and resilience”
*Mandatory for past and current T32 in CBMS Trainees and open to everyone.*
Thursday, November 17, 2022
3:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Adolph Lower Aud (1-7619)
Refreshments will be served.
GWIS is chaired by Lynne Maquat, PhD and
co-chaired by Catherine Ovitt, PhD
Nov 17, 2022 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Adolph Lower Aud 1-7619
Host: Dr. Lynne Maquat and Dr. Paul Boutz; co-sponsored by a supplement to the NIH T32 Training Grant in Cellular, Biochemical and Molecular Sciences
SPECIAL EVENT: Wellness and Resilience Workshop for Graduate Students
Kermin Martínez-Hernández, PhD - *Mandatory for past and current T32 in CBMS Trainees; open to all graduate students.*, Principal Facilitator, Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research (CIMER); Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, St. John Fisher University, Rochester, NY
NIH NIGMS T32 Training Grant in Cellular, Biochemical and Molecular Sciences (CBMS)
Fall 2022 Workshop Series Presents:
Kermin Martínez-Hernández, PhD
Principal Facilitator, Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research (CIMER); Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry,
St. John Fisher University, Rochester, NY
Host: Dr. Lynne Maquat; sponsored by a supplement to the
NIH NIGMS T32 in CBMS
Wellness and Resilience Workshop for Graduate Students
*Mandatory for past and current T32 in CBMS Trainees; open to all graduate students.*
The learning objectives for this session will be: (a) Increase understanding of wellness and resilience and their influence on mentor-mentee interactions; (b) Recognize the impact of traumatic experiences on the mentor-mentee relationship and acquire skills to manage them, and (c) Identify concrete strategies for learning about and building resilience. Through a case study, participants will be able to experience first-hand how a graduate student went through a traumatic event and provide strategies to build resilience in dealing with the situation presented. In the end, some concrete resilience strategies will be shared with the participants.
Thursday, November 17, 2022
1:00 – 2:45 p.m.
Ryan Case Method Room (1-9576)
Refreshments will be served.
Nov 17, 2022 @ 1:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Ryan Case Method Rm 1-9576
Host: Dr. Lynne Maquat; sponsored by a supplement to the NIH NIGMS Predoctoral T32 in Cellular, Biochemical and Molecular Sciences (CBMS)
POSTPONED -- GWIS Seminar (SPECIAL EVENT): NIH T32 CBMS Mini-symposium Roundtable Featuring the T32 External Advisory Committee for the NIH T32 in Cellular, Biochemical and Molecular Sciences (CBMS)
Anita Corbett, PhD; Karin Musier-Forsyth, PhD; Kimberly Mowry, PhD - Robin Chemers Neustein Professor of Biomedicine; Chair, Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI; Samuel C. Dobbs Professor, Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Professor and Ohio Eminent Scholar, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Nov 09, 2022 @ 9:00 a.m.
Medical Center | Class of '62 Aud. (G-9425)
Host: Dr. Lynne Maquat (PI) and Dr. Jeff Hayes (Co-PI); co-sponsored by the NIH T32 Training Grant in Cellular, Biochemical and Molecular Sciences
GWIS Seminar: From Ph.D. to podcasts
Madeline (Maddie) Sofia, PhD - Science Communicator, National Public Radio (NPR), Boulder, CO
Oct 20, 2022 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Class of '62 Aud. (G-9425)
Host: Dr. Elaine Smolock
GWIS Seminar: How to start (in) a new lab
Paul Boutz, PhD - Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics; Member, Center for RNA Biology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Sep 15, 2022 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Adolph Lower Auditorium (1-7619)
Host: Dr. Lynne Maquat
GWIS Seminar: The scenic route: my indirect path towards life in science
Karen Adelman, PhD - Professor, Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School; Associate Member, Broad Institute, Boston, MA
May 05, 2022 @ 3:00 p.m.
Register for Hybrid SeminarHost: Dr. Lynne Maquat and Xavier Rambout
GWIS Seminar: Academic science is just one path to success... I didn't do so badly
Joe Palca, PhD - Science Correspondent, NPR
Apr 21, 2022 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Adolph Lower Aud, 1-769
Zoom Registration for Hybrid SeminarHost: Dr. Lynne Maquat
SPECIAL SEMINAR (General Talk): Science communication during a pandemic: unique challenges
Joe Palca, PhD - Science Correspondent, NPR
Apr 21, 2022 @ 1:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Class of ‘62 Aud, G-9425
Zoom Registration for Hybrid SeminarHost: Dr. Lynne Maquat
GWIS Seminar: Across disciplines and continents or the art of being in the right place at the right time
Eva Nogales, PhD - Professor, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA
Mar 17, 2022 @ 3:00 p.m.
Register for Hybrid SeminarHost: Dr. Lynne Maquat (Co-sponsored by Graduate Student NIH T32 Retreat in Cellular, Biochemical and Molecular Sciences)
T32 Annual Retreat: Eva Nogales, "Visualization of Macromolecular Structure, Dynamics and Interactions in the Regulation of Human Gene Expression"
Eva Nogales, PhD - Professor; Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA
Mar 16, 2022 @ 1:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Class of '62 (G-9425)
Host: Dr. Lynne Maquat, PI, and Dr. Jeffrey Hayes, Co-PI, NIH T32 in Cellular, Biochemical and Molecular Sciences (Co-sponsored by GWIS)
GWIS Seminar: Who is paying the cost for diversity?
Bil Clemons, PhD - Arthur and Marian Hanisch Memorial Professor of Biochemistry, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
Feb 17, 2022 @ 3:00 p.m.
Register for Hybrid SeminarHost: Dr. Lynne Maquat and Dr. Clara Kielkopf
GWIS Seminar: Equity and anti-racism—plan in action
Adrienne L. Morgan, PhD - Vice President for Equity and Inclusion, University of Rochester Medical Center; Senior Associate Dean for Equity and Inclusion, School of Medicine and Dentistry; Associate Professor, Division of Medical Humanities and Bioethics; Associate Professor, Warner School of Education, University of Rochester
Feb 03, 2022 @ 3:00 p.m.
Register for Virtual SeminarHost: Dr. Lynne Maquat