Online Course to Help Postdocs Transition to Biotech
Feb. 16, 2022—The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) is offering a week-long, virtual course to help postdocs transition to a job in biotech, medtech, or pharma. They will discover the business side of science, network, and learn interdisciplinary skills through a team project. Of all the attendees from 2014-2020, nearly 70% now have jobs in industry,...
Grown-Ish: Skills for Life – Changing Career Paths Panel
Feb. 14, 2022—Grown-ish: Skills for Life is a program sponsored by the Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center that focuses on career and life readiness. This program aims to give students the tools to succeed in their future as they emerge into adulthood. This program is open to all undergraduate and graduate students. Changing Career Paths Join a panel...
2022 Call for Applicants Scientist Mentoring & Diversity Program (SMDP)
Feb. 10, 2022—What is SMDP? The one year career mentoring program pairs ethnically diverse students (Baccalaureate, Master or Ph.D.) and early career researchers with industry mentors who work at companies in the medical technology, biotechnology and consumer healthcare industries. With their mentors, Scholars attend a 5-day training session to learn about career opportunities in industry and receive...
PhD Career Stories: Ryan Bender, PhD, FACMGG
Feb. 10, 2022— Our February PhD Career Stories speaker will be Dr. Ryan Bender, PhD FACMGG. He is currently the Director of Molecular Operations at NeoGenomics Laboratories, Inc. Be sure to register to hear more about Dr. Bender’s career path to NeoGenomics from Vanderbilt. Registration is required to receive Zoom login information. Dr. Ryan Bender is...
BCG is Hiring Advanced Degree Candidates | Bridge to BCG
Feb. 10, 2022—Are you interested in pursuing a career in business? BCG is hiring advanced degree candidates, aka ADCs (PhDs, postdocs, MDs, JDs, residents, practicing physicians). See below for hiring opportunities and upcoming events! Read more here on their website: https://www.bcg.com/en-us/careers/students/advanced-degrees Bridge to BCG Program April 2022 overview: https://www.bcg.com/en-us/careers/students/adc-bridge-to-bcg Deadline: Feb 21, 2022 Get to Know us virtual event: https://www.bcg.com/en-us/careers/students/adc-virtual-events Resources:...
Job Opportunity: PRIME Education – Scientific Affairs Manager – Fort Lauderdale, FL
Feb. 10, 2022—PRIME Education: Scientific Affairs Manager Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL PRIME Education, a leading innovator in medical education and healthcare research, seeks highly motivated pre-doctoral fellows looking to apply their analytical mind and research passion to drive sustainable change in clinical practice and patient care. This is an excellent opportunity for anyone who enjoys scientific writing and...
NIH OITE Mental Health Series – Depression and Depressive Disorders
Feb. 10, 2022—The NIH OITE continues our series on the mental health and well-being of the biomedical research community with a webinar on depression and depressive disorders on February 7th at 3:00pm. The webinar will explore the spectrum of depressive experiences, from feeling down to clinical depression, and significantly impaired functioning. Additionally, the webinar will share tips, tools and resources...
GLI Spring Workshop Series – Leadership Skills
Feb. 10, 2022—Join the Russell G. Hamilton Graduate Leadership Institute in their Spring Workshop Series! This workshop series features four leadership skills workshops throughout the spring term: Leading During Times of Ambiguity & Change Wednesday, February 16th 10:00 am – 1:00 pm VIRTUAL via zoom Register Motivating Others: Leading without Power Tuesday, February 22nd 12:15pm – 1:15 pm...
Job Opportunity: Project Manager, VUMC, Nashville, TN
Feb. 10, 2022—Job: Program Manager, Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine. Location: VUMC, Nashville, TN Key Responsibilities Manages research projects Assists with grant preparation and progress reports Contributes to the design, coordination and conduct of research projects Interfaces with academic and industry collaborators Oversee data management and analysis involving large, complex datasets Combines data from...
Spring Dissertation Writers’ Retreat
Feb. 10, 2022—The Writing Studio’s dissertation writers’ retreat series provides dissertating graduate students with time to work individually in a quiet, collegial atmosphere. During retreats, we couple ample writing time with optional, one-on-one consultations and daily workshops meant to focus writers on their argumentation, chapter structure, and daily writing goals. We hold an annual week-long retreat during...
ASPIRE on the Road is back! Boston-bound, Spring 2022
Feb. 4, 2022—The much-anticipated return of ASPIRE on the Road is here! We are off to Boston, MA MAy 2-4, 2022! We will spend time with area biotechnology and pharma companies learning about career paths, hearing from key leadership, touring the facilities, and meeting with alumni. A maximum of 12 trainees will be selected to participate. Airfare and hotel accommodations will be...
Explainer: hard vs. soft money
Feb. 4, 2022—You may hear academics throwing around terms like “hard money” and “soft money” when talking about salaries. What do these terms mean, anyway? This blog post explains the difference.
PhD Career Stories: Marquicia Pierce, PhD, MBA
Feb. 3, 2022—March 2022 PhD Career Stories will feature Marquicia Pierce, PhD, MBA, Dr. Pierce received her PhD from Vanderbilt in Molecular Physiology & Biophysics. Her experience includes program management, product development, consulting and startups. Currently, Dr. Pierce is Business Consultant at Michigan Small Business Development Center. She is also founder of Ruby Leaf Media, and Entrepreneur in...
Job Opportunity: Postdoctoral Fellow, Colorectal Cancer, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Feb. 2, 2022—An immediate opening for a postdoctoral position exists at Vanderbilt. The project is a direct extension of recent work that identified a new cell-of-origin in human colorectal cancer associated with distinct stem cell populations, as documented in (Chen et al., Cell, 2021). The work will entail examining the role of tumor-initiating cells in mouse models...
Job Opportunity: Lecturer, Indiana University Department of Biology, Bloomington, IN
Feb. 1, 2022—Lecturer Indiana University Department of Biology The Department of Biology in the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University invites applications for a full-time Lecturer position beginning August 1, 2022. Responsibilities include teaching two courses per semester: molecular biology (both semesters), genetics (fall), and one other course (microbiology or a non-majors course on heredity,...
Job Opportunity: Scientific Project Manager (Research Coordinator), VUMC, Nashville, TN
Feb. 1, 2022—The candidate in this position will coordinate multiple aspects of the Pancreatlas™ imaging resource (http://www.pancreatlas.org), a public platform created at Vanderbilt to bring together imaging data from human pancreas samples to accelerate diabetes-related research. The candidate will oversee project operations, including maintaining documentation and organizational structures, leading regular meetings and establishing milestones, developing data visualization...
Job Opportunity: Scientific Data Curator (Biostatistician), VUMC, Nashville, TN
Feb. 1, 2022—The candidate for this position will lead data and metadata curation for human pancreas and islet phenotyping projects. As a member of a multidisciplinary research team, they will coordinate and maintain project timelines, assess and continually improve on best practices for local metadata/data storage and annotation, and assist group members with data analysis, visualization, and...
NSF-funded fellowship opportunities for entrepreneurship
Jan. 28, 2022—The Innovative, Postdoctoral Entrepreneurial Research Fellowship (IPERF) has still 10 postdoctoral positions to fill until May 2022 at 400 NSF approved, high-tech startups distributed throughout the United States. I-PERF addresses a small business innovation research by providing start-ups with doctoral level expertise in STEM while training the postdocs in high-tech entrepreneurship. Women, underrepresented minorities in...
Financial Wellbeing Week Feb 21-23 and Feb 28, 2022: Events Schedule
Jan. 28, 2022—Financial concerns are one of the top issues causing anxiety/stress in graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, and it is our hope you will find one or more of these topics of interest for you. The event includes the opportunity to complete a Demystifying Taxes module at your own pace (see flyer for details) should you have...
BCG is hiring Advanced Degree Candidates! See their website for hiring opps, upcoming events and resources
Jan. 28, 2022—Are you interested in pursuing a career in business? BCG is hiring advanced degree candidates, aka ADCs (PhDs, postdocs, MDs, JDs, residents, practicing physicians). See below for hiring opportunities and upcoming events! Read more here on their website: https://www.bcg.com/en-us/careers/students/advanced-degrees Bridge to BCG Program April 2022 overview: https://www.bcg.com/en-us/careers/students/adc-bridge-to-bcg Deadline: Feb 21, 2022 Get to Know us virtual event: https://www.bcg.com/en-us/careers/students/adc-virtual-events...