Growing Up in Science (GUIS) will be returning for the 2025-2026 academic year! Please stay tuned to this page for updates on speakers and dates for this year's series.

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.

AY2025-2026 Events:

• November 7 - Paula Welander (Earth Science)

• November 14 - Jennifer Brophy (Bioengineering)

• December 12 - Laura Seeholzer (Neurobiology)

• January 9 - Luis Hernandez-Nunez (Biology)

• January 16 - Rogelio Hernandez-Lopez (Bioengineering)

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