Category: Seminars 2009-2010

Dr. Laurel Smith-Doerr, Professor of Sociology: Gender Equality vs. Hierarchy in the Life Sciences

Why do only 4.6% of women start-up science-based businesses? Are women less inclined to “sell their science” than men? What does it take to be a woman research entrepreneur? All of these questions will be answered on  Thursday, November 5th from 12-1:15 pm by Dr. Laurel Smith-Doerr, Associate Professor of Sociology at Boston University. Dr. […]

Dr. Fran Perler: Success in Small Biotechs

Monday, November 2nd Breakfast Talk: 9:30 to 10:15 am, LSEB 103 Colloquium: 4pm, LSEB B01 Dr. Fran Perler, Senior Scientist in the Division of Chemical Biology at New England Biolabs (NEB) is this Monday’s Chemistry Colloquium Series speaker. She joins BUWIC for a breakfast seminar on November 2nd from 9:30 to 10:15 a.m. in the Life Sciences and Engineering Building […]

Professor Xiaowei Zhuang: Pfizer-Sponsored Colloquium Speaker

Monday, October 5th Lunch Seminar: 12 – 1:20 pm, LSEB 103 Colloquium: 4pm, LSEB B01 BUWIC introduces Professor Xiaowei Zhuang as their 2009-2010 Pfizer-sponsored speaker. Dr. Zhuang is Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and Physics and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator at Harvard University (Zhuang Homepage). BUWIC is honored to bring Professor Zhuang to the […]