81st Penn Biomedical Postdoctoral Council Minutes, January 01, 2008

Eighty first Meeting January 8 2007, 5:00 PM (Stellar-Chance 104) th

1. Welcome / Attendance: BPC: Mikolaj Pawlak, Tiangang Zhuang, Ying Xu, Lindsay, Dave Hokey, Arindam Basu, Hedi Schelleman, and Yuko Kimura BPP: Kryste Ferguson Absent: Mark Lee, Janice Young, Africa Wallace, Fiona McGillicuddy, Yvonne Paterson 2. Major BPC and BPP projects: Kryste Ferguson and Subcommittees a. Symposium: The letter inviting Robert Sapolsky to be the keynote speaker at the 2007 Symposium has been written and will be going out shortly. Rooms were reserved on the 10th and 17th of October 2007 to give him several options. b. Editor’s Club—Lindsay and Jack have taken over for Luana. There are two focuses of the club at this point in time—writing reviews along with Dr. Weiner and formatting journal abstracts. c. Diversity—no update d. Seminar Series— more discussion on seminars for the upcoming year focusing on how to write journal articles. It was suggested that we might want to contact scientists from the NIH. e. Social Activities—Tiangang is in the process of organizing a schedule for the upcoming year to better organize these events. Arindam will take over Happy Hours once Tiengang will transfer to CHOP. f. Medical/Dental Insurance: We are preparing for the upcoming seminars on new insurance options. 5. Next meeting: February 5, 2007, 5pm Stellar Chance Room 104