1. HOW TO SET UP AND BEGIN BASIC SCIENCE RESEARCH
PANEL MEMBERS:
PAUL TERRANOVA, PHD, Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Kansas Medical Center, Professor, Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
PETER SMITH, PHD, Professor, Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, and Director, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center, KUMC
BETH LEVANT, PHD, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics, School of Medicine

2. KEY TOPICS Space and money – more is better, but….
Collect preliminary data, and then what?
Grant writing – Oh Dear!
Publishing – short stories
Grant writing again!
Rules & Regs!
lab safety
animals & people as subjects of research
people who work in the lab
the boss!
Construction of the recruitment package
To whom do you offer a position?
What is realistic to ask for?