The weekly seminar is the cornerstone of the BilDS program, initiating a blend of professional development, community engagement, and multidisciplinary scientific research discussion. In these sessions, graduate students explore the use of improvisation as a tool to enhance communication across various scientific fields. They also participate in dialogues with faculty and peers about professional growth, and attend workshops focused on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), covering topics like social identities, microaggressions in the workplace, and mental health awareness.
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Spring 2024 BilDS Seminar Schedule
BilDS Seminar Schedule Archive: Fall and Spring 2023
Spring 2023
Date | Speaker | Seminar Topic |
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20-Jan | Melissa Pespeni | welcome and community building |
27-Jan | Chris Danforth, Yolanda Chen | Professional Development: Internet presence |
3-Feb | Eric J von Wettberg | Professional Development: Collaborations |
10-Feb | Aura Alonso-Rodriguez | Internship Presentation: Changes in phylogenetic diversity of rainforest moth communities following hurricane disturbance |
17-Feb | Natalia Aristizábal | Internship Presentation: Bee Pollination Affects Coffee Quality, Yield, and Trade-Offs Between Them |
24-Feb | Joe Gunn | Computational Workshop: Data management, organization, & reproducibility (Data Reproducibility) |
3-Mar | Joe Gunn | "Computational Workshop: Data management, organization, & reproducibility (Integrating RStudio & GitHub for effective data management)" |
10-Mar | Melissa Pespeni, Lola Chen, Mariah Boudreau | Wellness Break |
17-Mar | Spring Recess | No Seminar |
24-Mar | Nick Cheney | Identifying and building mentor-mentee relationships |
31-Mar | Gillian Galford, Jill Preston | Professional Devleopment: Finding a postdoc |
7-Apr | Peer Led | Finding a Postdoc- Peer Led Discussion |
14-Apr | Anoob Prakash | Internship Presentation: Genomic assisted restoration of red spruce as a mechanism against rapid climate change |
21-Apr | N/A | Evaluation Survey |
28-Apr | Cancelled | No Seminar |
5-May | N/A | Spring Celebration |
Fall 2023
Date | Speaker | Seminar Topic |
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1-Sep | Melissa Pespeni, Lori Stevens, Jill Preston | QuEST orientation for incoming trainees AY23-24 |
8-Sep | Erika Lala | DEI training: Social Identities + Socialization |
15-Sep | Csenge Petak | Internship presentation: The evolution of plant development in a variable environment |
22-Sep | Hillary Young; Doug Mccauley from UCSB | Professional Development Panel: From conservation to basic science |
29-Sep | Joe Gunn, Joaquinn Nunez, | QuEST Course Review |
6-Oct | Anna Schmidt | Internship presentation: Studying zooplankton migration behavior using experimental mesocosms |
13-Oct | Fall Recess | No Seminar |
20-Oct | Melissa Pespeni | Cajita project Intro |
27-Oct | Thomas O’Leary | Computational reproducibility |
3-Nov | Cancelled | No Seminar |
10-Nov | Michelle Boyd | Tongue Tied:How to get Unstuck and Love your writing again |
17-Nov | Dan Munteanu | Internship presentation:The city is a complex system |
24-Nov | Thanksgiving Recess | No Seminar |
1-Dec | N/A | Cajita project gallery |
8-Dec | N/A | End of semester Celebration at the Boardroom, Board Game Cafe |