Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

Specifically tailored to IGB mid-career faculty, the IGB Team Science Leadership Program is a new series of workshops that will offer leadership training, networking, and community-building, and will grant a certificate at the end of the year-long program. Questions? Contact us.

2025/26

Fall

Opening event
Honey tasting and lightning talks

 

Bianca Lopez, Editor, Science
Publishing Team Science

 

C. K. Gunsalus
National Center for Principled Leadership & Research Ethics
The challenges of leading in the academic environment

 

Owen Ryan (ADM)
Team Science in Industry

 

C. K. Gunsalus
National Center for Principled Leadership & Research Ethics
Difficult conversations/personal scripts 

Spring

C. K. Gunsalus
National Center for Principled Leadership & Research Ethics
Leading for inclusion and research integrity

 

Media Training with the News Bureau  
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

 

Jessica Green (ARPA-H)
Team Science and Grand Challenges

 

Betsy Von Holle (NSF)
Navigating NSF Biological Sciences

 

C. K. Gunsalus
National Center for Principled Leadership & Research Ethics
Thinking about values and goals

 

Capstone Event with campus leadership group

2024/25

Fall

Opening event
Honey tasting and lightning talks

 

Magdalena Skipper, Editor in Chief, Nature
Publishing Team Science

 

C. K. Gunsalus
National Center for Principled Leadership & Research Ethics
The challenges of leading in the academic environment

 

Alyssa Picchini Schaffer, PhD
Simons Foundation

Donald Ort, PhD
Plant Biology and Crop Sciences
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Foundation support for Team Science

 

C. K. Gunsalus
National Center for Principled Leadership & Research Ethics
Difficult conversations/personal scripts 

Spring

C. K. Gunsalus
National Center for Principled Leadership & Research Ethics
Leading for inclusion and research integrity

 

Diana Yates, News Bureau
Media Training with the News Bureau

 

Dave Kaufman, NIH
Funding Support for Team Science

 

C. K. Gunsalus
National Center for Principled Leadership & Research Ethics
Thinking about values and goals

 

William Barley
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
The Science of Team Science

 

Capstone Event with campus leadership group

2023/24

Fall

LeeAundra Keany
Keany Communications
Communicating Team Science

 

C. K. Gunsalus
National Center for Principled Leadership & Research Ethics
The challenges of leading in the academic environment

 

Alyssa Picchini Schaffer, PhD
Simons Foundation

Stephen Long
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Foundation support for Team Science

 

C. K. Gunsalus
National Center for Principled Leadership & Research Ethics
Difficult conversations/personal scripts 

Spring

Media Training with the News Bureau
 
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

 

Diane Okamuro, NSF
Team Science at the NSF



 

Alexandra Ainsztein, NIH
Team Science at the NIH

 





Tiago Faial, Editor in Chief, Nature Genetics
Publishing in Nature Journals

 

William Barley, Jacinda Dariotis
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Science of Team Science

 

Capstone Event with campus leadership group