Bystander Intervention Training for PhD Trainees & Postdocs
Oct. 15, 2019—Thursday November 7 2-4pm 1220 MRB III This is a skills-building training, led by Cara Tuttle Bell (of Project Safe). You will learn strategies for how to respond when you witness incivility/harassment/discrimination without putting yourself at risk, and how to support the person harmed, minimized, or offended. Bystander intervention is key to building and maintaining a...
The Academic Interview: What Do Search Committees Want?, October 29
Oct. 8, 2019—The Academic Interview: What Do Search Committees Want? Register Here Tuesday, Oct. 29; 4:30 – 6:00 pm Alumni Hall 201 Who better to learn from than faculty members who have been on the other side of the interview? The wisdom you’ll gain comes straight from those who have been where you are and who now...
LinkedIn is Your Friend, workshop on 10/16
Oct. 8, 2019—LinkedIn is Your Friend, Register Here Tuesday, Oct. 16; 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. Alumni Hall 201 Learn how to effectively use LinkedIn for your career search, even for those with advanced degrees. There are many good tools that LinkedIn can provide that makes connecting with other professionals easier. We will demystify the process and highlight its...
Beer and Biotech, October 10th
Oct. 7, 2019—Please come to Flying Saucer (111 10th Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37203) on October 10 starting around 5:30pm, to join Life Science Tennessee and the LST Academic Alliance to network with each other, idea share, and hear about the latest life science industry news. THE FIRST BEER IS FREE! This month’s speaker is Dr. Paul Folta, who has 25+ years international commercialization experience. His...
Scientific Software Developer Summer Internship at Enthought
Oct. 2, 2019—About This Position Enthought is seeking full-time summer interns to take on challenging projects and work closely with our team of developers in our Austin, TX headquarters and Houston, TX office. We will accept applications for summer internships through November 18th. Internship selections are made by the first week of January. Many summer interns return...
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Vanderbilt Writing Studio’s Fall Dissertation Writing Retreat
Sep. 27, 2019—October 24-25, 2019 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Sponsored by the Graduate School and the College of Arts and Science Dean’s Office Over Fall Break, the Writing Studio will host a two-day dissertation writers’ retreat, which will provide dissertating graduate students with loosely-structured time to work individually in a quiet, collegial atmosphere. We will couple ample...
The Role of an Editor: A Career Path Talk Featuring Manuel Breuer, PhD
Sep. 26, 2019—Do any of the following apply to you? you have an interest in science communication/writing/editing you have always wondered what it was like to work for a science journal you career path is still undecided, but you would like to learn more about science communication you know what you want to do, it’s not related...
Job Opportunity: Sr. Scientist, Molecular Virology, Pfizer, Morrisville, NC
Sep. 26, 2019—The Senior Scientist in molecular virology will help drive advancements of Pfizer’s Gene Therapy platform in the Bioprocess Research and Development group. The successful applicant with be a main contributor for a collaborative interdisciplinary research program focused on the development of recombinant adenoassociated virus (rAAV) vector manufacturing platforms to support the growing Pfizer gene therapy...
Eli Lilly Fellowship Opportunity
Sep. 25, 2019—The Visiting Scientist Fellowship (VSF) is an esteemed pharmaceutical industry-based program, which has been developing recent graduates (PharmD, MD, and relevant PhDs/Masters) into highly competitive and marketable industry professionals since 1994. This one-year program presents fellows with the opportunity to directly impact the business at Lilly through cross-functional exposure to drug development in an environment...
Other Events
Sep. 23, 2019—
ASPIRE Module: Management and Business Principles for Scientists
Sep. 23, 2019—Home About the Module Time Committment Syllabus Earn a badge! Home This module is offered in the spring Business principles affect all organizations. In today’s highly competitive and highly complicated working environments, understanding these principles gives leaders and managers a strategic advantage, enabling them to handle situations more effectively and make decisions more effectively. It is...
GDN – Oct 7th Leadership Lunch Speaker Tom Tait (Vandy Alum)
Sep. 23, 2019—Tom Tait is a Double Dore with degrees from the Law School and the Owen School of Business. As former Mayor he promoted Anaheim as a City of Kindness and spearhead a kindness initiative that has gained national recognition. Tom will be speaking about the City of Kindness initiative and authentic leadership. Lunch will be...
Get to know Larry Thompson, PhD, our October PhD Career Stories speaker
Sep. 19, 2019—Dr. Thompson will be our featured speaker for the October PhD Career Stories seminar. Find our more about him below and be sure to attend his talk on October 18th. Registration is requested How he spends his day His career path
ASPIRE Cafe: Negotiating Your Faculty Compensation and Start-Up Package
Sep. 19, 2019—Thursday, January 27, 2022 11:00 am Light Hall 214 Kathy Gould, Ph.D., Senior Associate Dean for Biomedical Research, Education, and Career Development and Louise B. McGavock Professor, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology Join Kathy Gould, Ph.D., as she shares tips and strategies for how to negotiate your salary and start-up package for your faculty...
Department of Energy webinar on federal funding, Sept. 26
Sep. 19, 2019—A special webinar on federal funding from the Department of Energy is scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 26, from 2 to 3 p.m. in the Baker Building, Room 800C. Remote viewing will be available with advanced registration. “DOE and Biological Sciences” will cover a broad range of research areas such as fundamental genomic science, microbiome research and...
The Open Notebook/Burroughs Wellcome Fund fellowship now accepting applications
Sep. 18, 2019—We are now accepting applications for the next two rounds of The Open Notebook/Burroughs Wellcome Fund fellowship for early-career science writers. (See here for stories written by our previous fellows.) The Fellowship The next TON/BWF fellowship period will begin on January 2, 2020 and end on August 31, 2020. The subsequent fellowship period will begin on July 1, 2020 and end on...
VECD Fogarty Global Health Fellowship applications open
Sep. 17, 2019—Vanderbilt-Emory-Cornell-Duke (VECD) is one of six consortia that comprise the Fogarty Global Health Program for Fellows and Scholars, which replaced the Fogarty International Clinical Research Scholars & Fellows (FICRS-F) Program in 2012. The purpose of this program is to provide mentored global health research training opportunities in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) for pre- and post-doctoral candidates from the U.S. and LMICs. The...
Vanderbilt Software Carpentries, Oct 24th-25th
Sep. 16, 2019—Vanderbilt Software Carpentries, a two-day boot camp scheduled for October 24th-25th, aims to help graduate students and other researchers get their work done in less time and with less pain by teaching basic research computing skills. This hands-on workshop will cover basic concepts and tools, including program design, version control, data management and task automation. Registration is...
Job Opportunity: Program Director, Genetic Mechanisms Branch, Division of Genetics and Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, NIH, Bethesda, MD
Sep. 13, 2019—We’re recruiting for an accomplished scientist to manage research grant, fellowship, training, and other types of awards focused on the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying inheritance, gene expression, and development. The position is in our Division of Genetics and Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology. Job responsibilities involve working collaboratively with other staff to stimulate, plan, advise,...