Are you looking for remote access to training and tools that will help you to build key skills for academic and professional success? Our Professional Development Webinar Series offers opportunities for undergraduate students, graduate students and postdocs in microbiology to learn and apply practical skills, including setting goals, time management, scientific presentation and more.
Note: Webinars are organized below by educational level/career stage.
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Lead a professional development session to advance emerging scientists by sharing expertise, skills, guidance and insights in the microbial sciences.
Eligibility: Open to educators, researchers, program directors, professionals and science communicators from all sectors in the microbial sciences.
Session Proposal Deadline: Jan. 5, 2026
Community College & Undergraduate Students and Postbacs Webinars
Upcoming Sessions:
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Graduate Student Webinars
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Postdoctoral Scientist Webinars
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Skills You'll Gain
Conflict management, problem solving, team communication.Eligibility
Community college, undergraduate students, postbaccalaureates, graduate students and postdoctoral scientists in the microbial sciences.Learning Goals
- Identify key areas of uncertainty and complexity that microbiologists will likely experience during their research careers.
- Identify approaches that can be used to mitigate these complexities.
- Determine some strategies that you can use to overcome the uncertainty and complexity that you are experiencing.
Speakers
- Samuel Alvarez Arguedas, Ph.D., Assistant Instructor at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
- Atanu Banerjee, Ph.D., Assistant Professor at Amity University Haryana.
- Katrina Counihan, Ph.D., Research Microbiologist at U.S. Department of Agriculture.
- Steven Foley, Ph.D., Director of the Division of Microbiology at Food and Drug Administration.
- Vicente Gomez-Alvarez, Ph.D., Principal Investigator at U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
- Ti Lu, Ph.D., Assistant Research Professor at University of Missouri.
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Registration Details
- Once you register, details on how to join will be sent directly to your email. Check your inbox and spam folder.
- All sessions will be hosted on Zoom.
- Recordings will only be available to registered users.