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1. Upcoming Events 2. Announcements for Post-Docs
- April 20th: NUPF Coffee Hours
- April 23rd: NUPF Environmental Day of Service
- April 27th: Networking Skills 101 with Mearah Quinn-Brauner
- May 1st: NUPF “Meet Us” at the Chicago Civic Orchestra!
- May 3rd: Walk to support the fight against MS
- May 8th: NUPF Sunday Funday* Explore Devon Ave.
- May 12th: NUPF hosts new PubSci Talks!
- 2016 Postdoctoral Preparation Institute Seminar
- RSG Research Communication Training Program
- H Foundation Basic Science Symposium
- Post-Doc Opportunities at Washington University in St. Louis
- Join the NUPF International Committee
The next NUPF bi-monthly coffee hour is coming up!
Need coffee? Come join your fellow post-docs for some free java and snacks!
Chicago Campus: April 20th at 3:00pm
Location: Method Atrium
RSVP HERE FOR CHICAGO
Evanston Campus: April 20th at 3:00pm
Location: Pancoe Building; Einstein Bagels
RSVP HERE FOR EVANSTON
Environmental Day of Service
Join fellow NUPF members and the whole University get involved in the community.
Saturday, April 23, 9 am – 11 am, Ingraham Park, 2100 Ridge Ave., Evanston
Northwestern’s Associated Student Government will team up with the City of Evanston to host a volunteer day at Ingraham Park. Join other Northwestern volunteers to clean up this park, located just a few blocks west of the Evanston campus.
RSVP HERE
Networking is an important activity for building a career in any field, yet many postdocs and PhD students are unsure of how to spark engaging conversations with people they don’t yet know. At this workshop you will learn and practice strategies for delivering an audience-sensitive introduction, asking engaging questions, and starting and ending conversations with strangers, colleagues, and potential employers!
Lunch will be provided!
Location:
- Evanston Campus
- April 27th 2016
- 12:00-1:30pm
- Silverman Hall First Floor Atrium
- 2170 Campus Drive
Interested in opportunities to practice public speaking? Check out our PubSci talks!
RSVP HERE
Join us as we walk to support the fight against MS!
This event will be lead by Dr. Haley Titus, NUPF treasurer. She is the Chicago Lakefront Walk MS volunteer coordinator and is inviting you to join her team “Titus’s Trotters”. Please consider joining as a VOLUNTEER or WALKER (can be VIRTUAL) for Sunday May 1st at Lincoln Park.
Fundraising drives groundbreaking research, provides life-changing programs and guarantees a supportive community for those who need it most. All receive complimentary lunch and volunteers receive free t-shirts. All participants can earn prizes for various levels of fundraising.
Please visit the link below to join the team. By joining my team, you will be signing up for a great event and an important cause. Each mile we walk, each dollar we raise brings us that much closer to our goal – a world free of MS. There is no minimum fundraising to participate by the NMSS but she asks if you join Titus’s Trotters that you consider fundraising at least a $25 donation to cover the meal and clothing provided by the NMSS.
Come join us for our new “Meet Us” events, casual events where postdocs can meet up and explore their interests. This month we’re going to the Civic Orchestra of Chicago to hear Brahms and Strauss!
Order your tickets here: http://cso.org/ticketsandevents/Production-Details/civic/civic-mozart/?perfNo=7594
The Civic Orchestra provides tickets for free but there is a $5 processing fee.
This RSVP is so we can keep track of who we are meeting. Meet us in the restaurant, Tresori, around 6:30 pm if you want to grab food beforehand! Otherwise, meet us around 7:30 pm to just grab a seat.
See you there!
RSVP HERE
NUPF is hosting Sunday Funday*
RSVP HERE
NUPF is hosting PubSci Talks!
Ever wanted to present your science to the world? Well how about start with Evanston. NUPF is hosting PubSci Talks! It’s an opportunity for 4-5 grad students and postdocs to present their research in an elevator pitch fashion. Each scientist will compose a short, fun speech for a general audience, like how you explain it to impress your relatives.
The talks are open to a general audience, so encourage everyone you know to come check it out!
Meet us at World of Beer in Evanston at 7:30 pm and grab a beer and snacks. The talks start at 8:00 pm. RSVP and let us know if you’re just excited to listen or if you want to join in an give a speech! Spots are limited for speakers, so sign up soon.
Meet us at:
- World of Beer
- 1601 Sherman Avenue, Evanston, IL
- 7:30pm
- May 12th, 2016
Want to learn how to craft you science into a concise and enticing speech? Check out our event on networking and interviewing:
RSVP HERE
- 2016 Postdoctoral Preparation Institute Seminar
- RSG Research Communication Training Program
- H Foundation Basic Science Symposium
- Post-Doc Opportunities at Washington University in St. Louis
- Join the NUPF International Committee
Applications are due May 6th!
The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) is sponsoring the 2016 Postdoctoral Preparation Institute (2016 PPI) on June 2-3, 2016 at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center in Bethesda, MD.
The 2016 PPI is intended to bring together postdoctoral investigators who will soon be seeking their first independent positions. A key objective of the 2016 PPI is to provide insights about the various career pathways PhD-trained scientists may consider as they prepare to transition into independent careers in the biomedical research workforce. The broad landscape of career opportunities includes areas such as science policy, science writing, intellectual property law and patents, industry, consulting and entrepreneurship, academic research/teaching, science education, nonprofit sector and government.
The 2016 PPI will provide a range of information and resources which postdocs will need in order to make a successful transition to independence, including making the right career choice, finding the right institutional fit, applying for a position, succeeding in the job interview and seminar, negotiating a startup package, networking and forming collaborations, and balancing research with many other commitments.
The 2016 PPI seminar is geared towards 5th year PhD students or new assistant professors (within 1 year) engaged in science/research and are within 12-18 months of completing their postdoctoral training.
Travel awards (up to a maximum of $1,500) will be provided for all eligible and selected applicants.
View the flyer for more information or check out twdprograms.org.
2. RSG Research Communication Training Program is now accepting applications for summer 2016.
RSG is a 12 week summer workshop series that brings in experts from theatre, broadcast journalism, marketing, and education to help scientists and others to better communicate their research.
It is open to TGS PhD students and post docs. The program will run June 21 – September 14 and meet 5-7 pm in Evanston (Wednesdays) or Chicago (Tuesdays).
Applications are due by May 1.
3. H Foundation Basic Science Symposium - April 29th
A rapidly developing area of research, adhesion dysregulation, is the topic of The H Foundation Basic Science Symposium. Hosted by the Lurie Cancer Center and Northwestern University Physical Sciences-Oncology Center, the symposium will be held April 29 on Northwestern’s Evanston campus.
Joan Brugge, PhD will present the 2015 Keynote Address: How Tumor Cells Survive Without Natural Matrix Adhesions
Symposium Speakers:
Andrew Ewald, PhD (Johns Hopkins University)
Senthil Muthuswamy, PhD (Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University of Toronto)
Lindsay Hinck, PhD (University of California, Santa Cruz)
Patricia Keely, PhD (University of Wisconsin)
Erik Sahai, PhD (The Francis Crick Institute
Carole LaBonne, PhD (Northwestern University)
Register now (free of charge)
Visit cancer.northwestern.edu/hfoundation for details
4. Post-Doc Opportunities at Washington University in St. Louis
I am the Program Director for a post-doctoral training grant (T32) from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the NIH. This program deals with statistical genetics and cardiovascular genetic epidemiology. The training is achieved using a multidisciplinary setting with an emphasis on statistical genetics and substantive applied orientation in cardiovascular disease and related risk factors as well as other complex traits related to heart, lung, and blood disorders. Please see the attached flyer.
If possible, I would also really appreciate it if you could please have the attached flyer posted on bulletin boards and/or distributed to potential audiences. If you happen to know of anyone offhand who might be interested, please have them contact me at post-do...@wubios.wustl.edu.
View flyer here
5. Join the NUPF International Committee!
The International Committee is looking for new members. Do you want to get involved with the Northwestern Post-doctoral community and organize fun events? Get involved and get in touch! Contact: sri...@northwestern.edu
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Veronika Hoeke
Wow! Thanks everyone for putting together this awesome package of events!!! I am super excited. Great job everyone!!!
Regarding the NewsLetter: I like the layout with the short summary on top. Justin, can you make the lists on top linkable to the event descriptions in the main part of the newsletter? That would be even easier to navigate, but if this is too much detail work, just keep it the way it is, that's ok of course.
Two minor things:
- Do we want to keep the RSVP for the coffee hours? I thought we had agreed to keep this non-RSVP, informal...but I may be wrong here. If we keep the RSVP: we should reopen it, it says "Sales ended".
- I will reply to Michelle regarding the environmental event thing in a minute.
The link to the job postings website is well placed in the newsletter, I think. One thing about the postings page: We may not want to adopt the original header of the Medicinoxy newsletter, because "Our..." sounds like this is actually some newsletter related to NUPF. Maybe just say "Academic and clinical job vacancies in schools of medicine, pharmacy and biomedical sciences from Medicinoxy.com"? Or even only link to the Medicinoxy.com website?
Again, thank you all for putting so much effort in setting up and promoting these events!! You guys are great!
All the best
Veronika
-- Veronika Hoeke, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Researcher Hoffman Lab Department of Chemistry Northwestern University 2145 Sheridan Road Evanston, IL 60208 847-491-4488 (office) 847-491-7595 (lab)
Marco Biancucci
Hi Justin,
We will have another event on May 12th: Interviewing Skills 101 with Mearah Quinn-Brauner (Chicago Campus)
Best,
Marco
Sent: Monday, April 18, 2016 3:10 PM
To: Justin Lee Eddy
Cc: Dean Joseph Procter; Haley E Titus; Eleonora Forte; Jennifer E. Hobbs PhD; Michelle A Harris; Marco Biancucci; Sumeyye Yar; nu...@googlegroups.com; Kristen K. Mighty PhD; Arunoday Prem Narayan Singh; Andrew Robinson Ph.D.; Satyender Goel
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