Responsible Conduct of Research Seminar Series

Please note: Due to high demand and limited space, we request that you RSVP for these seminars. Please send e-mail to evwhitney@berkeley.edu, specifying which seminar(s) you hope to attend.

The Responsible Conduct of Research Seminar Series will give graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, faculty, and staff the knowledge and tools to guide them through the increasingly complex ethical issues that they will face during their careers.

Attendees will become aware of established professional norms and ethical principles for responsible scholarly conduct and learn how to apply them to their own work and conduct their research with integrity. Each session will be led by an expert on the seminar's topic and will include case studies and time for discussion.

All seminars will take place from 12:00-1:00 pm in 177 Stanley Hall.

Attendees who participate in a minimum of 8 sessions will receive a Certificate of Completion at the end of the year.

Spring Semester 2012

Monday, January 23 (video)
Safe Laboratory Practices
Mark Freiberg, Director, Office of Environment, Health & Safety

Monday, March 12 (video)
Responsible Authorship and Publication
Michael Eisen, Associate Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development

Monday, April 9
The Scientist and Society
David Winickoff, Associate Professor of Bioethics and Society

Friday, April 13
Collaborative Science
Susan Marqusee, Director, California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences - Berkeley

Monday, April 16
Data Management
Jeffrey Loo, Cheminformatics Librarian, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Library

Monday, May 21
International Research
Leora Lawton, Executive Director, UC Berkeley Population Center

Fall Semester 2011

Monday, September 12 (video)
Conflict of Interest
Jyl Baldwin, Research Administration and Compliance Office

Monday, September 26
Research Misconduct
Robert Price, Professor of Political Science and Associate Vice Chancellor for Research

Monday, October 10
Human Subjects Research
Rebecca Armstrong, Office for the Protection of Human Subjects

Monday, October 24
Vertebrate Subjects Research
Rebecca Armstrong, Office of Animal Care and Use

Monday, November 14
Peer Review
Randy Schekman, Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology

Monday, December 5
Mentoring and Being Mentored
Lisa Barcellos, Associate Professor of Epidemiology

This series is sponsored by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, the California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3), Research Enterprise Services (RES), and the Center for Computational Biology (CCB).