Kate Stuart

Applications for the Fall 2026 Aspire Path in Molecular Medicine (APMM) are due Monday, June 1, 2026. The APMM program is open to graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in the Biomedical Sciences at Vanderbilt University. It offers a unique opportunity to integrate your thesis work with clinically relevant,… Read More

Check out the Vanderbilt Global Health Symposium!                 Tuesday, April 7, 2026 ⏰ 4:00–6:30 PM Alumni Hall 202 https://anchorlink.vanderbilt.edu/event/12094509                 (RSVP is welcome but not required!) As we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Vanderbilt Institute for Global… Read More

New for 2026! The Lasker Foundation is proud to announce a refreshed format for its annual student essay contest. For 2026, the annual essay contest will transition to a video, reflecting the growing importance of visual storytelling in conveying complex biomedical research to diverse audiences. The Lasker video essay contest provides talented,… Read More

Written by Georgia Caso, PhD Candidate, Microbe-Host Interactions The transition from academia to industry can feel daunting to many PhD students and postdocs. Just getting your CV past the hiring manager may feel like running a marathon, but once you do, you still have miles to go before that job is yours –… Read More

The Cruchaga lab (https://cruchagalab.wustl.edu/) at Washington University School of Medicine has a fully funded Postdoctoral position to study Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative disease proteomics signatures. The Cruchaga lab generates and analyzes high-throughput multi-omic data to study neurodegeneration and diseases of the central nervous system with emphasis… Read More

Recent studies from the lab (https://cruchagalab.wustl.edu/) have demonstrated that circular RNAs (circRNAs) are associated with Alzheimer’s disease status and when measuring in blood can be used as disease biomarkers. We have generated brain and blood transcriptomic data in thousands of samples with several neurodegenerative diseases with emphasis on… Read More

The Gilliam Fellows Program supports PhD students and their faculty thesis advisors to advance cutting-edge research, facilitate the transition to postdoctoral scientist, and foster the development of inclusive scientific training environments. The HHMI Gilliam Fellows Program launches promising PhD students into impactful scientific research careers while fostering inclusive training environments. Read More

Are you ready to secure your first or next postdoctoral position? We are excited to invite you to the 2026 Academic Postdoc Hiring Fair, a premier virtual event connecting top-tier talent with institutions actively recruiting across all disciplines. Building on the success of the Fall 2025 fair with 23… Read More

The 7th annual 3M RISE Symposium (Raising Influence in Science and Engineering) is accepting applications! The purpose of the symposium is to introduce emerging doctoral students in science and engineering to the wide range of rewarding careers in research and development at 3M. This is a virtual event that will… Read More

Awesome speaker alert! Due to the ice storms, Dan Beaudry will now be joining us on Thursday, March 26th at 2:30pm. VU alum and author of Power Ties: The International Student’s Guide to Finding a Job in the U.S., will present on job search strategies and navigating the U.S. Read More