Are you looking for remote access to training and tools that will help you to build key skills for academic and professional success? Our Professional Development Webinar Series offers opportunities for undergraduate students, graduate students and postdocs in microbiology to learn and apply practical skills, including setting goals, time management, scientific presentation and more.
Note: Webinars are organized below by educational level/career stage.
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Community College & Undergraduate Students and Postbacs
Graduate Students
Postdoctoral Scientists
All Students and Postdocs
Want to Share Your Expertise With ASM's Trainees?
Lead a professional development session with ASM to advance emerging scientists by sharing expertise, skills, guidance and insights in the microbial sciences.
Eligibility: Open to educators, researchers, program directors, professionals and science communicators from all sectors in the microbial sciences.
Community College & Undergraduate Students and Postbacs Webinars
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Graduate Student Webinars
Upcoming Sessions:
Co-Designing Course AI Policies With Student Trainees to Ensure Flexibility, Transparency and Precision | Sept. 30, 2026, 1-2 p.m. ET
"Co-Designing Course in AI Policies” is an interactive session that will help faculty, instructors, postdocs and others involved in education and teaching develop flexible, transparent and precise AI policies that support meaningful learning. This webinar explores student AI use while offering practical strategies for co-designing policies that increase buy-in, encourage openness and promote responsible practices that protect critical thinking.
Skills You’ll Gain
AI ethics, course policy development, open pedagogy, student engagement practices.
Eligibility
Graduate (master’s and doctoral levels) student trainees, postdoctoral and early-career scientists, teaching faculty, instructors and mentors involved in teaching and education in the microbial sciences.
Learning Goals
- Elicit and organize student concerns related to AI in learning.
- Explain how principles such as “human effort first,” “human effort last” and “spaced iteration” help protect critical thinking.
- Create AI policies that can be iteratively revised in response to student feedback and evolving technologies.
Speaker
- Mariah Knowles, Ph.D., Curriculum Director at Tiny Earth, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Postdoctoral Scientist Webinars
Upcoming Sessions:
Co-Designing Course AI Policies With Student Trainees to Ensure Flexibility, Transparency and Precision | Sept. 30, 2026, 1-2 p.m. ET
"Co-Designing Course in AI Policies” is an interactive session that will help faculty, instructors, postdocs and others involved in education and teaching develop flexible, transparent and precise AI policies that support meaningful learning. This webinar explores student AI use while offering practical strategies for co-designing policies that increase buy-in, encourage openness and promote responsible practices that protect critical thinking.
Skills You’ll Gain
AI ethics, course policy development, open pedagogy, student engagement practices.
Eligibility
Graduate (master’s and doctoral levels) student trainees, postdoctoral and early-career scientists, teaching faculty, instructors and mentors involved in teaching and education in the microbial sciences.
Learning Goals
- Elicit and organize student concerns related to AI in learning.
- Explain how principles such as “human effort first,” “human effort last” and “spaced iteration” help protect critical thinking.
- Create AI policies that can be iteratively revised in response to student feedback and evolving technologies.
Speaker
- Mariah Knowles, Ph.D., Curriculum Director at Tiny Earth, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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All Student and Postdoc Webinars
Upcoming Sessions:
Beyond the Manuscript: Communicating Science Across Audiences | Oct. 14, 2026, 2:30-3:30 p.m. ET
"Beyond the Manuscript” is an interactive session that will help student trainees, postdoctoral and early-career scientists involved in scientific communication adapt their messaging for different audiences without compromising scientific accuracy. This webinar explores practical strategies for translating technical concepts, tailoring research findings and communicating with purpose across professional, policy, funding and public settings.
Skills You’ll Gain
Science translation, adaptation, research storytelling, scientific integrity.
Eligibility
Undergraduate students, graduate (master’s and doctoral levels) students and postdoctoral and early-career scientists in the microbial sciences.
Learning Goals
- Identify how communication strategies differ across scientific, funding, policy and public audiences.
- Adapt a research finding into multiple communication formats while maintaining scientific integrity.
- Apply practical techniques to improve clarity, accessibility and impact in manuscripts, grant proposals, presentations and community-facing materials.
Speaker
- Angélica Rosado-Quiñones, Ph.D., Quality Specialist at PanOncology Trials, San Juan, Puerto Rico
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Registration Details
- Once you register, details on how to join will be sent directly to your email. Check your inbox and spam folder.
- All sessions will be hosted on Zoom.
- Recordings will only be available to registered users.
Certificate of Participation
Certificates will be provided only to participants who attend/view all webinars in a particular series, actively engage and complete both post-event surveys.