1. Dr. Manu O. Platt March 10, 2009 Leveraging FACES to Aid Starting in Academia

2. Born – 61 st – 3rd grade3 rd -5 th grade5 th – 12 th grade

4. Why should you keep trying to get money? Freedom Postdoctoral lab requirements Salary augmentation Quality of life will help you work better! As a minority scientist, there are plenty of funding opportunities Resume builder –Establishes record of funding –People like to give money to people that have money

5. Tissue Engineering Systems Biology

6. What do you do with the money? Conferences, conferences, conferences Tenure is dependent on who you know so start meeting them now

7. Tangible purchases What you purchase on a fellowship, you can take with you  Computer/laptop Society Memberships –Lifetime if you can Wonderful printer for office Business card scanner Digital recording pen SET YOURSELF UP FOR SUCCESS!   most institutions

8. Career Initiation Grant Unrestricted money – Gem of funding Startup package still has some restrictions Money begats money

9. Nature Biotechnology 23, 47 - 55 (2005) Platt Lab: Repair, Regeneration and Remodeling STEM CELL MEDIATED TISSUE REMODELING FOR REPAIR AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS OF TISSUE REMODELING ACTIVITY CARDIOVASCULAR TISSUE REMODELING IN ATHEROSCLEROSIS AND SICKLE CELL DISEASE J. Clin. Invest. 117:850–858 (2007).