Once a month, CBP Trainees meet once per month for Brown Bag Lunch discussions. The format for these meetings varies to include discussions that are led by CBP Training faculty on various topics and research in progress presentations by trainees. Each trainee will be required to present their research project at least once every year at a brown bag lunch. These meetings provides an opportunity for all of our faculty trainers, whether they currently have a funded trainee or not, to direct contact with out cohort of CBP trainees. This also provides an opportunity for trainees to get feedback on their research and practice presenting their research.
Upcoming Meetings
2025-26
- Chalk Talk: QE Practices - First year CBP Trainees present their research and practice more for their upcoming QEs.
Past Meetings
2025-26
- Winter Quarter 2026 - Trainer Dean Tantillo led a meeting sharing his professional development along with having in-depth conversations about his research and lab.
- Fall Quarter 2025 - Chalk Talks: QE Practices- First year CBP Trainees present their research for the first time and practice for their upcoming QEs.
2024-25
- Spring Quarter 2025 - Trainer David Olson led a discussion on “Responsible Conduct in Research” relating issues from his work on psychedelics and neurotherapeutics and establishing the Institute for Psychedelics and Neurotherapeutics
- Fall Quarter 2024 - Trainer Dean Tantillo led a brown bag lunch to discuss publication ethics where he shared a story of a paper that he had to retract due to a student faking data.
Years before
- Trainer Andy Fisher led a lunch focused on specific techniques related to their research, such as X-ray crystallography.
- Trainer Jared Shaw and trainees met to organize and o launch a new initiative to transition “ChemBioLinks” from the Shaw laboratory website to the CBP website. An initial session involved reviewing the listed Chemical Biology researchers, suggesting new additions and developing a plan for “soft launch” of the new website.
- To organize and plan CBP Retreats, Trainees use brown bag lunches to nominate potential plenary speakers for the annual event. One trainee was designated to facilitate the nomination process for a speaker, invite the nominated speaker, and coordinate logistics of their visit. The involvement of trainees in the planning of the retreat was also discussed. Feedback and ideas for the retreat schedule, poster session, and talks were given by trainees. In addition, trainees offered ideas for topics of workshops to be held at the retreat. Trainees also discussed future brown bags lunches and opportunities for trainee socials.