The next seminar in the Faculty Development Series, “How to Start Up and Run a Lab,” sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Research, Office of the Provost and the Graduate School, will be held on February 22 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Spencer M. Partrich Auditorium at the Law School.  All faculty and post-docs are invited to attend this free seminar!

To attend, please email Sarah James at sjames@wayne.edu. 

Topics will include:

• Is it important to develop a mission and vision for your lab?  How do you communicate a mission and vision to your lab team?
• What do you need to know about hiring the best lab personnel as well as terminating staff?
• How do you handle dissention and conflict in the lab?  Alternatively, how do you create a supportive and productive laboratory environment, where staff and students help one another learn?
• What do you and your lab members need to know about the purchasing process?  Who handles problems if something goes wrong?
• How do you prevent chaos if your lab has to undergo facility renovations or your need to move to temporary space?  What do you need to know about facility management?
• What do your lab personnel need to know about research compliance and integrity? Record keeping?

Future seminars are:

March 7 - 1 to 2:30 p.m.: Key Elements of Research Compliance, Spencer M. Partich Auditorium at the Law School

March 21 - 1 to 2:30 p.m.: Working with Sponsored Program Administration, Spencer M. Partich Auditorium at the Law School