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Merck has a focus on innovation and sound science to deliver vaccines, medications, and consumer and animal health products. Come to their Kenilworth location to hear from PhD-level employees and postdoctoral fellows about the work they are doing in oncology, cardiovascular disease, and infectious disease, and tour their biologics facility.

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It’s election season! Meet several scientists who have transitioned to prominent roles in policy and politics including Assemblyman Andrew Zwicker, PhD and March for Science co-chair Caroline Weinberg. Learn how even if you stay in stay in science, you can help inform the public and ensure that policies are based on research and evidence.

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Our guest speaker, Evelyn Chang, who has science as well as a business background will lead us in a business development case study so attendees can learn what is involved in this career.

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Meet recent Rutgers graduates who have transitioned into careers in science policy including AAAS Science & Technology Fellows, US Dept of Health and Human Services, American Association for Cancer Research, government consulting firms, foundations, think tanks, and campaigns.

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Bayer is one of the world's leading, innovative companies in the healthcare and medical products industry. In the United States, their pharmaceuticals business is comprised of Women’s Healthcare, Diagnostic Imaging, General Medicine, Hematology/Neurology and Oncology. Come meet with PhDs who work at Bayer to learn their roles in the company and how you can join the team.

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Data Carpentry workshops are for any researcher who has data they want to analyze, and no prior computational experience is required. This hands-on workshop teaches basic concepts, skills and tools for working more effectively with data. The focuses of this workshop will be working with genomics data, and data management & analysis for genomics research. 

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This workshop focuses on 24 essential core competencies valued by industry and business, relates those competencies to activities and behaviors commonly experienced by academic scientists through the scientific method, and demonstrates how those competencies work together to form the operational competencies that are essential in business.

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A Contract Research Organization (CRO) is a great place for a fresh PhD to land their first job. More and more pharmaceutical companies are outsourcing parts of their projects to these CROs so it is a growing industry. Come meet PhD-level panelists from Covance, Charles River, Champions Oncology, and Envigo.

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