We want to congratulate the RISE 2022 scholar, Joy Akeju, for their recent publication in GBE. Their article can be found HERE.
By Joycelyn Radeny
With the support of the Collaborative Center for Community Engagement, the School of Graduate Studies is pleased to announce the two recipients of SGS’s inaugural Community Engagement Award: Allegra Pocinki (Sociology) and Sean Stratton (Public Health).
Join us on-campus for an introductory half-day training/workshop/networking event for university-based researchers & innovators at Rutgers, NJIT, Stevens, Rowan and Princeton to help scientists and researchers shift the mindset from the technology to the people who would benefit. Innovation-minded teams & individuals are welcome to attend including faculty, graduate students, post-docs, research staff, and undergrad students. Networking Lunch will be provided where you can meet with key leaders to get your questions answered about Intellectual Property, innovation & entrepreneurship, and possibly identify new team members to participate in an upcoming I-Corps regional program. Come learn about various ways to get started with innovation! Register by May 29.
IN PERSON ONLY 185 South Orange Ave, Medical Science Building Room B619
Teva is a global pharmaceutical leader, with a full spectrum of products from generics to biosimilar medicines to over the counter treatments. For over 120 years, Teva’s commitment to bettering health has never wavered. Today, the company’s global network of capabilities enables its 37,000 employees across 60 markets to push the boundaries of scientific innovation and deliver quality medicines to help improve health outcomes of millions of patients every day.
iJOBS Virtual Site Visit: Johnson & Johnson
Come learn about career opportunities for PhD level professionals at Johnson & Johnson. J&J is a leading pharmaceutical company with drug pipelines in infectious disease, cardiovascular, immunology, neuroscience, and oncology. We will hear from research scientists as well as those who have transitioned off the bench to contribute to the biopharma industry using the transferrable skills they gained in graduate school.
Dr. Kevan Shokat will deliver the inaugural Morris-Inouye Lecture at 4 PM on April 23rd in the Main Lecture Hall of Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in Piscataway. His lecture is titled “Overcoming the Undruggable Nature of the Most Common Human Oncogene, K-Ras”. A reception will be held in the Great Hall will follow.
Dr. Shokat’s research focuses on the discovery of small molecule tools and drug candidates that target kinases, GTPases, and helicases. His laboratory utilizes the tools of synthetic organic chemistry, protein engineering, structural biology, biochemistry, and cell biology.
Dr. Shokat is currently an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Professor in the Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology at the UCSF and Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the UC Berkeley. He is the recipient of numerous prestigious awards and a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Medicine, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Congratulations to the winners at the MBGSO Graduate Student Symposium!
Oral Presentation
First Place: Kiranmayi Vemuri
Second Place: Kyle Flannery
Poster Presentation
First Place: Leelabati Biswas
Second Place: Robert Madromootoo
Third Place: Reem Alatrash
169 College Ave
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Preparing Job Materials: A Co-Mentoring Session with Graduate Students and Postdocs
April 15, 2024
12:00-2:00pm ET
The Hatchery Innovation Studio at Alexander Library (169 College Ave., New Brunswick)
Applying for jobs can be an intimidating, time-consuming, and uncertain experience. This co-mentoring work session is designed to bring together graduate students and postdocs to share wisdom, ideas, and feedback with one another on job application materials for both academic and non-academic positions.
In an interactive, roundtable format, participants will both provide feedback on peers’ documents and receivefeedback on their own. Please bring 3 copies of one job application material (i.e., CV, teaching statement, diversity statement) on which you’d like to receive feedback from peers!
To attend this event, please sign up by April 10. Lunch will be provided!
Questions? Please contact Briana Bivens (briana.bivens@rutgers.edu), Janet Alder (janet.alder@rutgers.edu), and Itzamarie Chévere-Torres (ict@oq.rutgers.edu).
~This event is hosted and supported by the School of Graduate Studies, the Rutgers Health Office of Postdoctoral Affairs, and the Office of Postdoctoral Advancement and emerged from the ideation and advocacy of the SGS DEI Graduate Student Advisory Committee.~