OKRA Training and Outreach Goals
- Build and connect the O’Brien Communities
- Provide training opportunities for trainees and early-stage investigators
- Form a community among the Opportunity Pool candidates and the O’Brien Centers
Initiatives
NATIONAL OKRA FORUM
Building a community for networking and learning, confidence building and training on how to organize a national event.
Offered monthly via Zoom.
December Session
December 5, 2024
12-1 pm CST (1- 2 pm EST)
Speaker:
Dr. Randy Atwal, NU-USC
Title:
Highly scalable cell profiling for druggable target discovery and therapeutic development
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November Session
November 7, 2024
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OKRA GUMBO GATHERINGS
Providing impactful knowledge for newer cutting-edge techniques to provide momentum and confidence booster to annual scientific meeting attendees.
Daily sessions (1-1.5 h) for one week offered twice a year before annual scientific meetings.
September, 2024
Session 1
Session 2
Session 3
Session 4
Session 5
Session 6
OKRA MEETUPS
Providing awareness of the opportunities within the OKRA Community and networking opportunities with OKRA leadership and Opportunity Pool awardees.
The next meet-up schedule will be announced in February 2025
If you are interested in hearing more about these initiatives, please sign up below.