Career Development

Many U.S. Institutions have created job families specifically for directors, managers and staff working in core facilities. The rationale for specific job families is that these positions require advanced training and expertise in research technologies, above average interpersonal skills, business acumen and training, and are typically not soft-money positions. These job families have names like core scientist, core technician, core staff scientist, core research assistant, or core facility research professional. The following institutions have provided information with core-specific job families. If you would like to add your institution to the list, please send your information in a .pdf file to Phil Hockberger

    - Jackson Laboratories (86K)
    - Moffitt Cancer Center (12K)
    - Northwestern University (24K)
    - UCSF Gladstone Institute (33K)
    - University of Iowa (1,668K)
    - University of Kansas Medical Center (457K)
    - University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (161K)
    - University of Pennsylvania (172K)
    - Vanderbilt University Medical Center

1. Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management announces the 7th Annual “Leadership and Management in Core Facilities” course on November 2-18, 2020. This year the course will be delivered virtually and will include 8 half-day classes spread over three weeks. Lectures will be delivered by the same esteemed faculty who have made the course an exceptional experience for scientists and research administrators in previous years.

Running a core facility successfully requires both a strong set of business management skills and deep insights into the nuances of leadership in a university setting. This four-day executive learning experience focuses specifically on helping you enhance your business and management skills and developing the leadership capacity to run your operation more effectively.

To learn more about the course and see who has previously taken the course, click here.
 
For additional information, contact Phil Hockberger ([email protected]) or visit http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/executive-education/individual-progr...

2. Stowers Institute will be home to the first open registration EMBO "Laboratory Leadership for Group Leaders" course in North America, April 9-12, 2019.  Registration fee: $3200  (covers training and all course material, as well as breakfast, lunch, dinner and coffee breaks. Accommodations are not included.)
 
EMBO usually offers this course in Heidelberg, Germany, but beginning in 2019 group leaders from around the world will convene at the Stowers Institute to receive world-class EMBO leadership training.  EMBO, in partnership with consultancy teams, has designed this training specifically to meet the needs of researchers and others in academia. The course is intended for Group Leaders and is also open to Postdoctoral Associates who have secured faculty positions and are transitioning to independence.  Spanning 4 days, this course introduces key, yet simple, leadership concepts and provides hands-on experience in the form of role-play and discussion groups.
 
For more information, contact Karen Staehling ([email protected]) or Michelle Lewallen ([email protected]) or visit http://lab-management.embo.org/dates/ell-stowers-2019

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ABRF Recommended Guidelines for Authorship on Manuscripts
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 ABRF Response to NAS Letter on "Next Generation of Researchers Initiative" (Sept. 6, 2017)

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 NAS recommendations for biomedical workforce (2018)

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