The second Wayne State University Professional Academic Development seminar for faculty, department chairs, postdoctoral trainees and senior graduate students is set for Nov. 13.

“Research to Innovation: New Pathways for Faculty Members” is an interactive program on technology commercialization facilitated by a panel of WSU researchers who have “been there and done that.”

Topics include “Why should I care about commercialization?,” “What can I commercialize?,” “What do you mean there's a difference between science, technology and innovation?,” “What’s my role?,” “What is the university’s role?” and “How can I work with industry?”

The session will take place at the School of Medicine in the Margherio Family Conference Center, located in the Mazurek Education Commons, from 1 to 2:30 p.m.

Please register in advance by logging into Pipeline, going to the Employee or Student tab and clicking on the Trainings, Seminars and Workshops button on the far right side of the screen. Scroll down to the Research category, click on the Professional and Academic Development Seminars link and select your session of interest.

In addition, mark your calendar for the next PAD seminar, “Research Education: Teaching and Learning through Research in the Laboratory,” set for Dec. 4.

Since 2007, Wayne State's offices of the Vice President for Research, Graduate School and Provost have sponsored these career development sessions twice monthly from September through June. This year, the School of Medicine’s Office of Faculty Affairs, Human Resources and Professional Development and the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs are partnering with those offices to deliver the series.

To view the videos of past seminars, visit http://www.research.wayne.edu/seminars-training/seminar-series.php.

For more information about program, contact Sarah James at sjames@wayne.edu or (313) 577-8997.