Skill Development

AAUW Start Smart Salary Negotiation Workshop Tuesday, April 6 4:00 PM CT https://bit.ly/3l8eAVo Sponsored by the Vanderbilt Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center    … Read More

The Digital Scholarship and Communications (DiSC) Office of the Libraries is offering online beginner lessons in R using RStudio and Python using Jupyter notebooks during the spring semester. You can work as part of a group of learners, or study at your own pace. All sessions are free. For more… Read More

The Graduate Leadership Institute at the Vanderbilt Graduate School is hosting Dr. Carl Cohen, scientist and author of the terrific book, Lab Dynamics, for two virtual workshops for graduate students on leadership skills in the research workplace. Click on the link to register. Read More

BioTN Scipreneur Challenge 2021 General interest meeting via Zoom on January 19th at 5:30pm – Zoom Info below.   After the cancellation of the 2020 edition of this event, we are excited to announce we will be having the Scipreneur Challenge in 2021!   In a “Shark Tank”-like competition setting, the… Read More

The Spring 2021 Results and Discussion newsletter needs a graduate student or postdoctoral writer for the faculty profile. Interested? Contact kate.stuart@vanderbilt.edu. Article deadline is January 15, 2021.  … Read More

ASPIRE Internship The DADA2 Foundation Nashville, TN (REMOTE) Patient Registry and Biobank Intern Are you curious about career opportunities in the non-profit and rare disease world? Ph.D. trained scientists can provide an invaluable perspective and skill set to non-profit organizations looking to change outcomes for patients around the… Read More

The Vanderbilt Software Carpentries two-week boot camp is scheduled for Nov. 2–5 and Nov. 9–12 from 3 to 5 p.m. each day. The boot camp will feature: Intro to Unix Intro to Git and Version Control Intro to Python Register here. >> The event is sponsored by the Office… Read More

Attention Postdocs: For those of you interested in mentoring, we invite you to get involved with the Fisk-Vanderbilt Masters-to-PhD Bridge Program. (www.fisk-vanderbilt-bridge.org) The Bridge Program finds and fosters PhD-level scientific talent within traditionally overlooked groups. It focuses on increasing the number of PhDs from underrepresented groups in astronomy, biology, chemistry, materials science… Read More

Want to learn Python? DiSC Python lessons are provided by the Digital Scholarship and Communications Office (DiSC) of the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries at Vanderbilt University. The DiSC office provides regular lessons for Python beginners with a variety of followup intermediate and advanced lessons. There is no cost associated with the… Read More

The BRET Office of Career Development ASPIRE Program is excited to welcome regulatory expert Linda Bowen, RAC, FRAPS, to facilitate a small virtual regulatory-intensive workshop. All details below: Transitioning to a Career in Regulatory Affairs and FDA Overview Virtual Workshop December 10, 11, 17, and 18… Read More