Growing Up in Science (GUIS) is back for the 2024-2025 academic year!

In most sessions, one faculty member shares the personal side of their individual journey through academia. Occasionally, PhD-holding speakers from outside the academic research environment may also speak. The stories focus on the struggles, doubts, weaknesses, and failures we all face as young scientists. GUIS aims to normalize discussing these personal and interpersonal challenges, and supporting one another through them. There will be no (or minimal) discussion of the speaker's research.

Unless otherwise noted, all events are held from 3-4pm in the James Lin and Nisa Leung Seminar Room (E153) of the Neuro/ChEM-H building. GUIS seminars are intended for current academic trainees, including undergraduates, post-bac technicians, graduate students, post-docs, lab managers, and other in-training research support staff.

AY2024-2025 Events:

• Lauren Goins (Dev Bio) on Nov 22

• Shannon Yan (Biology) on Dec 13

• Christopher Barnes (Biology) on Jan 10

• Erin Mordecai (Biology) on Jan 24

• Scott Owen (Neurosurgery) on Mar 21

• Rodolfo Dirzo (Biology) on Apr 11** (early start time! 2:45 pm)

• José Dinneny (Biology) on Apr 25

• Aidee Guzman (Biology) on May 23

More information about this cross-university series can be found here. Contact Tim (currier@stanford.edu) or Mikaela Wilson (mikaelaw@stanford.edu) with any questions.