Professional Skills

Kim Petrie, from the BRET Office of Career Development will be a featured panelist in the final event in the Women in the Academy Series. This program sponsored by thr Margaret Cuninggim Women's Center offers PhD students a chance to reflect on the ways gender affects their experience as… Read More

NIH BEST’s PhD/Postdoc blog series features scientists at different stages of career development and includes BRET’s very own Edward van Opstal! He will be discussing training in science communication. Check out his first post at the link below: Finding my scientific voice – Edward van Opstal, Ph.D. (wordpress.com)  … Read More

Visit the program website for more information and to register! The ASBMB Public Outreach Committee is proud to offer “The Art of Science Communication”, an online course available for ALL scientists and STEM professionals.   Overview: The goal of the course is to provide participants with fundamental training in… Read More

The NIH September 28 published a notice announcing three online video briefings the NIH Center for Scientific Review (CSR) will host in the coming weeks for NIH grant applicants, their mentors, and reviewers. The first two briefings (November 2 and December 1) will provide fellowship and R01 grant applicants… Read More

Life Science Tennessee Conference Intern 217 5th Ave. North Suite 200 Nashville, TN 37219   Life Science Tennessee (LifeSciTN) is a statewide, non-profit, member organization whose mission is to advance and grow the life science industry in Tennessee through advocacy, partnerships and alignment… Read More

You're Invited to a Life Science TN Webinar  Staying Ahead of the Curve in Diagnostics Policy Thursday, September 1 9:30 – 11 a.m. CT The BRET Office will be streaming this webinar live from Light Hall 415C.   Please plan to join us… Read More

ASBMB–BEST summer webinar series http://www.asbmb.org/careers/webinars/ The ASBMB is partnering with the NIH's Broadening Experiences in Scientific Training (BEST) program to pilot a webinar series in summer 2016. Recordings of the webinars will be available here afterward. Registration is free but limited, so register early.   Careers in industry… Read More

The American Society for Cell Biology Minorities Affairs Committee (MAC) is accepting applications for the 11th Annual Junior Faculty and Postdoctoral Fellows Career Development Workshop. The workshop will be held July 16-18, 2016, at the University of North Carolina Rizzo Conference Center in Chapel Hill, NC. The application deadline has been extended until… Read More

M.V. Lee Badgett, Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst Co-sponsored by the Department of Economics, College of Arts and Science April 12th, 2016  Calhoun Hall Rm 109, 4:10-5:30 pm with reception to follow How To Use Your Research to Change the World M. V. Lee Badgett, Professor of… Read More

We are pleased to open registration and abstract submission for the 10th Annual q-bio Conference to be held at Vanderbilt University.  Please consider joining us in Nashville and sending your trainees to this meeting! Specific conference information, abstract submission, and registration can be found http://vu.edu/qbio2016 Submit your abstracts now… Read More