Institute for Molecular Bioscience HDR Induction Information

Welcome to UQ. The information below is a quick reference resource to help you settle into your enrolling unit, the Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB)

Visit the Institute website and learn about its research strengths and culture.

Below is a list of useful sites for you to access. Please be aware that you will only be able to access these sites once you have been formally enrolled. For some sites, such as online training, you will need to wait until you receive a workday Login from HR, which can take up to 3 weeks from commencement.

Getting Started Checklist - Review and Action
HDR Orientation - Register
HDR E-Handbook - Read Now
Graduate School - Contact Us

Key people

Institute Director

Prof Ian Henderson

Director (Operations)

Lisa Cornish

Director of HDR

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Deputy Director HDR

Prof Irina Vetter

Strategy and Operations – Research Training

Dr Madhavi (Madi) Maddugoda

Research Integrity Officer

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Health Safety and Wellness Officer

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Library Liaison

HDR Representative

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Key information

What	How
Building/Lab Access	The IMB Compliance Officer (Emily Graham) will be advised of your pending commencement. Emily will contact you once you have formally commenced.. All building/lab access is via swipe card, using your student ID card. Once you have completed your Safety Inductions, your card will be activated by the IMB Compliance Team. If you have any problems, with card access, please email compliance@imb.uq.edu.au or visit QBP reception.
Desk Allocation	Please contact your Principal Advisor with regard to desk allocation. You will be seated within your research group.
Equipment Requests	It is expected that all IMB HDR students will have exclusive access to a computer and workstation. Please contact your Principal Advisor to ensure that this has been organised with the Institutes ITS team (help@imb.uq.edu.au)
Health Safety and Wellness Compliance	All researchers must complete required online training via Workday and attend an in-person safety induction. These are held fortnightly. You will receive information about this from the Compliance team compliance@imb.uq.edu.au . If you have any general safety issues, please contact the IMB Safety Manager Dr Donna Easton: d.easton@imb.uq.edu.au (QBP, level 4, west) or speak with your Floor Manager.
Printer Setup instructions	Your printer access will be set up by the compliance team compliance@imb.uq.edu.au
Seminar Series/Key Events	You can access all seminars being held at UQ within the coming week, in the broad area of Science. The Divisions within IMB also run seminar series, with speakers advertised via email. SIMBA runs an annual Student Symposium and IMB is engaged in a number of activities (both internal and external to UQ) that are listed on the Events page and highlighted in the IMB Update newsletter (received via email).
HDR Social Group	IMB has a very active Research Student Association, known as SIMBA. They run both social events and information sessions, as well as the IMBar on the rooftop every Friday afternoon. There is also a Peer mentoring scheme for new students, which is supported by SIMBA-you will hear more about this at the IMB induction.
HDR Funding	Each IMB HDR student has access to an IMB Student development bursary ($2000 for PhD and $1000 for MPhil students).
Specialised HDR training	IMB runs an HDR training week for first-year students and other sessions as you progress through your degree. Foe more information about these sessions please contact Dr Madhavi (Madi) Maddugoda They also run Question and Answer sessions about key HDR topics.