All Day

Professional in Residence: Debkishore Mitra, PhD, CTO and Co-founder, Lucira Health

Online via Zoom

Tuesday, June 8, 1:15 pm – 2:30 pm: Career path presentation/discussion Thursday, June 10: Entrepreneurship mentoring/advising (small groups) Registration: https://forms.gle/sYGemWCGLs24wZvX7(opens in a new tab) Debkishore (Deb) Mitra completed his PhD in Bioengineering at the University of California, Berkeley and San Francisco and an undergrad in Biotechnology at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. He has an extensive background in bioengineering, infectious disease biology, assay development, and the development of microfluidic platforms and systems. He co-founded and served as the Chief Technology Officer for Lucira Health. He led the technical team that developed the first-ever at-home molecular test for COVID-19. His interests lie in the commercialization of tools and technologies at the interface of microfluidics and bioengineering systems.

Moving From Resistance to Writing

Virtual

Have you been putting off your writing all year by promising yourself that summer is when you'll buckle down and get it done? Are you finding yourself continuing to procrastinate and avoid your writing even though summer has arrived? Have you ever wondered why it is that you really want to write, but just don't do it until there's a looming external deadline? In this webinar, you will learn: What resistance is and why academic writers experience it in pursuit of work we want and need to complete. How to identify what's holding you back from writing and completing your ___________ (article, dissertation, book manuscript, grant proposal, etc...). The three most common types of writing funk and how to move around them. How to create the types community, support and accountability for your writing that will help you to ride through whatever type of writing funk you are currently experiencing.