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McKinsey & Co webinar opportunities
May. 22, 2023—Management consulting firm McKinsey & Co has a focused recruiting process for advanced degree candidates, and this May, they are offering two opportunities to learn more before applying: Academia to Consulting May 25 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm EST What is it like to join a global consulting firm if you have a background in...
Job Opportunity: Postdoctoral Fellow, Neuroimmunology, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD
May. 9, 2023—Postdoctoral Fellow in Neuroimmunology Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Position Description The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) conducts and supports a global program of research to better understand, treat, and ultimately prevent infectious, immunologic, and allergic diseases. The Laboratory of...
Job Opportunity: Postdoctoral Fellow, Immunology, Breast Cancer, Genomics, VUMC, Nashville, TN
May. 3, 2023—Have you ever wondered how cancer escapes immune cell detection? The laboratory of Jennifer Pietenpol and Brian Lehmann at Vanderbilt University Medical Center is seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral candidate to study epigenetic mechanisms of tumor immune cell escape. The lab is focused on translational breast cancer research that advances treatment strategies for triple-negative breast...
Consultant Aparna Shekar, PhD, speaker for VUADCC, April 21
Apr. 18, 2023—Join the Vanderbilt University Advanced Degree Consulting Club on Friday, April 21st, at noon on Zoom as they welcome Dr. Aparna Shekar, a consultant with Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Aparna Shekar has worked with the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) since 2019 and performed the role of a Project Leader in the Healthcare and Consumer practice...
Job Opportunity: Postdoctoral Fellow, Vaccines against Pediatric Respiratory Viruses, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, NIAID, Bethesda, MD
Mar. 28, 2023—Postdoctoral Fellow – Vaccines against Pediatric Respiratory Viruses The RNA Viruses Section of the Laboratory of Infectious Diseases within the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has strong basic and translational research programs for pediatric respiratory viruses (human respiratory syncytial virus, human metapneumovirus, and human parainfluenza viruses). Viral biology and host responses are...
Job Opportunity: Postdoctoral Position, Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, NIH, Bethesda, MD
Mar. 28, 2023—The Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch (CMTB) of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) is recruiting a postdoctoral fellow with training in molecular genetics to study genetic risk factors for hematologic malignancy development following curative therapies for sickle cell disease (SCD), under the mentorship of Dr. Courtney Fitzhugh. The Laboratory of Early...
Job Posting: Postdoctoral Intramural Research Fellowship Position, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton, MT
Mar. 16, 2023—Postdoctoral Intramural Research Fellowship Position National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) A postdoctoral fellowship position is available in the TSE/Prion Molecular Biology Section of the Laboratory of Persistent Viral Diseases in the Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, located at the Rocky Mountain Laboratories (RML) in Hamilton,...
Job Opportunity: Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Infectious Diseases at the Uniformed Services University (USU) of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
Mar. 7, 2023—The Division of Infectious Diseases at the Uniformed Services University (USU) of the Health Sciences, Bethesda MD is seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral fellow with strong immunology experience to join our group in summer 2023. Our research seeks to contribute to improved treatment for the neglected tropical disease, cutaneous leishmaniasis, by developing novel oral and...
Job Opportunity: Postdoctoral Intramural Research Fellowship, Gene Therapy Development Unit, Immunology and Microbiology, NIAID, Bethesda, MD
Feb. 27, 2023— Postdoctoral Intramural Research Fellowship Position Gene Therapy Development Unit, Genetic Immunotherapy Section, Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology Bethesda, MD Gene Therapy Development for treatment of Genetic Immunodeficiency Diseases Position Description: The Gene Therapy Development Unit is seeking applicants for a postdoctoral position to work on novel genome editing studies for potential...
Event: Career Opportunities with the FDA
Feb. 23, 2023—Join us as we welcome Dr. La’Nissa Brown-Baker discuss career options at the Food and Drug Administration. Thursday, March 23 1:30pm Light Hall 202 Sponsored by the BRET Office of Career Development ASPIRE Program Featuring Dr. La’Nissa Brown-Baker, Associate Director for Scientific Staffing, Office of the Commissioner, Office of Medical Products and Tobacco (OMPT), FDA,...
Job Opportunity: Tenure-Track Investigator, Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Bethesda, MD
Feb. 22, 2023—The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)—one of the largest Institutes of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)—is seeking to recruit outstanding, highly creativescientists for positions at the Vaccine Research Center (VRC) as tenure-track investigators (equivalent to assistant or associate professor-level academic...
Vanderbilt/Leipzig Partnership: Peptide Therapeutics Short Course
Feb. 17, 2023—Learn more about: VU/LU Short Course in Peptide Therapeutics Available – Vanderbilt / Leipzig University (uni-leipzig.de) Through the Meiler lab partnership with the Max Kade Foundation, Jens has organized a short course titled “Current Developments in Experimental and Computational Engineering of Peptide Therapeutics.” It will be taught in person from February 27th through March 3rd at...
Job Posting: Post-doctoral Fellow, Ayala Lab, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Feb. 15, 2023—The Ayala lab is seeking a post-doctoral fellow interested in mechanisms regulating feeding behavior and body weight. Research in the lab focuses on mechanisms by which the incretin hormone Glucagon-like peptide-1 (Glp1) and pharmacological Glp1 receptor (Glp1r) agonists currently approved for treating obesity target the central nervous system to promote weight loss. We approach this...
Beyond the Lab: Celebrating 100 Episodes!
Feb. 7, 2023—This week, The BRET Office of Career Development ASPIRE program is excited to announce the alumni interview series — Beyond the Lab – has reached 100 podcast episodes published! The podcast, which began as a YouTube video series in 2013, has interviewed 100 Vanderbilt University Biomedical Research Education and Training graduate student and postdoctoral fellow...
BCG Consulting deadlines and virtual events this spring
Jan. 23, 2023—Bridge to BCG Consulting – Applications February 28th Bridge to BCG is an immersive workshop designed to help you test-drive the BCG case team experience. As a Bridge to BCG participant you will: Think strategically while solving a case in a realistic BCG case team simulation Team with Bridge participants and BCG consultants to understand...
Job Opportunity: Research-Focused Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Cognitive Medicine, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Jan. 17, 2023—The Vanderbilt Center for Cognitive Medicine in the Vanderbilt Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences is currently recruiting a new research-focused postdoctoral fellow. The candidate will primarily work in the laboratory of Dr. Warren Taylor that focuses on understanding neurobiological contributors to the occurrence and outcomes of depression in older adults. Dr. Taylor’s lab maintains...
Job Opportunity: Post-doctoral Fellowships in Skin Mechanics and Translational Imaging, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Dec. 20, 2022—Position and project description: A post-doctoral scholar position is available at the Vanderbilt Dermatology Translational Research Clinic (VDTRC.org) and the Vanderbilt University School of Engineering to launch translational research careers. We invite motivated candidates to apply their backgrounds in engineering, physics, data science, and/or computer science to medical problems in oncology (e.g. stem cell /...
SFARI Bridge to Independence Award available for Postdocs
Dec. 19, 2022—The Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) is pleased to announce the Bridge to Independence Award request for applications (BTI RFA). The BTI Award program promotes talented early-career scientists by facilitating their transition to research independence and providing grant funding at the start of their professorships. Awardees will receive a commitment of $495,000 over three years,...
Job Posting: Executive Director- NGI Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Dec. 13, 2022—Position Title: Executive Director NGI Center The NeuroGenomics and Informatics (NGI) Center is a multidisciplinary team working at the forefront of personalized medicine. The goal of the NeuroGenomics and Informatics Center is to understand the biology of neurodegeneration by using high-dimensional omic, human phenotype data and functional genomic approaches. We leverage these approaches to identify...
APMM Course: Human Biology and Disease
Dec. 12, 2022—Summer course: April 28 – May 22, 2023, 8 am until 10 am each day (in-person) Credit: 1-3 hours Registration: Opens March 27, 2023 Enrollment limit: endless Human-Biology-and-Disease-Course-Flyer-2023 Course organizers The course has been organized by Dr. Mark de Caestecker MB BS, Ph.D., Dr. Matt Luther MD MSCI, nephrologists and physician scientists who direct the ASPIRE Program for Molecular Medicine...