Trainee-to-Tenure
Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Bob Mahley, MD, PhD

If you are aiming for a tenure-track academic position, you will want to do everything you can to ensure that your interview is successful. A chalk talk is an opportunity for a search committee to see how you think on the fly with a whiteboard marker in hand or, increasingly, a shared screen. Unlike a typical job talk or seminar, in which you present research findings, in a chalk talk you should provide a window into your plan for your research career.

The ultimate goal of a chalk talk is to give a high-level view of what you’ll start working on immediately when hired, and how you’ll develop that work into an independent laboratory. A useful chalk talk will show that you communicate well, and can integrate new ideas or tactfully rebut questions.

Bob Mahley will discuss the various roles of a chalk talk search committee, as well as the key information to include, how to properly structure the talk, and critical items that should be on the whiteboard.

This event is open to everyone at Gladstone. However, the content is geared toward graduate students and postdocs.

Details

Dates
May 15, 2018
Time
2:30-4:00pm PDT
Location
Room 107A/B
Audience
Gladstone and UCSF, Graduate Students, Postdocs

The Trainee-to-Tenure Track program aims to help early-career scientists in their path toward academic independence. From preparing your application package to negotiating your faculty position package, gain the tools you need to start your job hunt in academia. You’ll get the most benefit from this series when you attend about a year before you start your job search.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

At Gladstone, we are committed to providing events and professional development activities that resonate with our community’s diverse members. Our goal is to develop creative programming that encompasses a wide variety of ideas and perspectives to inspire, educate, and engage with everyone within our walls.

We want to effect positive change through our events and activities by providing a platform for discussions on important topics related to increasing diversity and inclusiveness in the sciences.