BIOME
BIOME, a virtual mentorship learning community
BIOME (Building Interactive Opportunities for Mentorship Education) is a virtual Slack community that is hosted by RockEDU for the scientific community at Tri-I. The goal of this community is to facilitate connection and collaboration among members of this community around the theme of mentorship development. Through this community, and its foundation of D.E.A.I principles (Diversity, Equity, Access and Inclusion), we aim to normalize the professionalization of these skills and enable open conversations and meaningful connections around mentorship education.
Here, at RockEDU online, we share the outputs and actionable items discussed and created in BIOME in the hopes of minimizing barriers to accessing mentorship content and allowing for folks to utilize the resources in a way that makes sense (either independently or as part of a group!)
Mobilizing Mentorship
Balancing Identities in Mentorship: A Facilitation Guide
Based on the articles: Mentoring Underrepresented Students in STEMM: Why Do Identities Matter? and How I …
Revisiting the Basics of Mentorship: A Facilitation Guide
Articles: The Science of Mentoring Relationships: What Is Mentorship? and Mentor as You’d Want to be …
There's always more to learn...
The Push and Pull of Mentoring: A conversation with Dr. Melissa Kosinski-Collins
In May 2023, BIOME invited Professor of Biology and POSSE Academic Coordinator, Dr. Melissa Kosinski-Collins to …
Cultivating empowerment and belonging through mentorship and self-advocacy in science: A fireside chat with Dr. Malika Grayson.
In April 2023, BIOME hosted Dr. Malika Grayson, founder of STEMinist Empowered LLC, an organization focused …
How to invite and give constructive feedback: A virtual webinar with Dr. Jen Heemstra
In May 2022, BIOME hosted Dr. Jen Heemstra (she/her), Professor of Chemistry and department chair at …
Mentorship: From Film to Science
In June 2022, BIOME hosted biologist and filmmaker Alexis Gambis for an interview tackling the intersection …
Principles of Accessibility in Mentorship: a Virtual Conversation with Helen Rottier
In early March 2022 BIOME had the pleasure of hosting Helen Rottier (she/they), a PhD candidate …
How to Write a Letter of Recommendation
It's that time of the year...letter of recommendation writing season! Let's face it, at some point …
