Event Description
Come to learn about BD and meet its employees who are in various job roles. BD is one of the largest global medical technology companies with 70,000 employees and a presence in virtually every country. The Life Sciences segment delivers innovative solutions from discovery to diagnosis, continually advancing science and clinical outcomes across infectious diseases and cancer. Offerings include preanalytical solutions for sample management; immunology research solutions, including flow cytometry and multiomics tools, microbiology and molecular diagnostics lab automatic and informatics solutions and differentiated reagents and assays. BD enhances the safety and efficiency of medical treatments, enables laboratory scientists to accurately detect disease and advances researchers' capabilities to develop the next generation of diagnostics and therapeutics.
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Computer Tools for Researchers: Software Carpentry (Shell, GitHub, R) Workshop
By Natalie Losada
Grantwriting Fundamentals for Biomedical PhD Students
Event Description
This workshop covers the basics of converting your highly complex project ideas into a compelling story. The focus is on the creation of a flawless "Specific Aims" page as the foundation of any well-engineered grant. This workshop will be useful for those writing Pre-doctoral fellowships as well as their Propositional Qualifying Exams
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Call for Applications: Mentoring for Social Justice and Community-Building
The Mentoring for Social Justice and Community-Building Project (sponsored by the School of Graduate Studies and Douglass Residential College) is now accepting applications from master’s and doctoral students across disciplinary areas in the School of Graduate Studies (SGS) to mentor Douglass undergraduates in AY 2022-23.
The Recipe for Success for Minorities in Academia
By Adriana Jones
We always focus on the future and things will be better (wrong approach); everyday do something you enjoy and make one step at a time towards your goals. – Dr. Renata
IMSD workshop: Rigor and Reproducibility
Professional Development
Event Description
We have all experienced the "my experiment did not work". It is the unavoidable reality of doing research. However, many frustrating moments, days, months and at times even years, can be avoided by a collective effort to be true to yourself, your colleagues, and the scientific community at large. At this meeting we will discuss best practices that will help you make contributions that really count.
iJOBS Career Panel: Technical Specialists and Patent Law
By: Sonal Gahlawat
iJOBS Career Panel: Careers in Stem
Professional Development
Event Description
The virtual panel on Careers in STEM was held on 4/8/2022, hosted by Rutgers-Newark's Department of Psychology Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee, and sponsored by the IDEA Innovation grant and iJOBS. The event featured 7 panelists who have obtained their PhDs in various STEM fields and went on to pursue careers outside academia - Dr. Itzamarie Chevere-Torres, Dr. Juan Valdez Capuccino, Dr. Kholud Dardir, Dr. Sally Blandford, Dr. Laura Braunstein, Dr. Sonya Dougal, & Dr. James Thomas
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Imagine PhD Workshop: Career Discovery for Humanists
Event Description
ImaginePhD is a free online career exploration and planning tool for PhD students and postdoctoral scholars in the humanities and social sciences. This workshop will focus on how Humanities and social sciences PhD students can use the tools and resources on this platform to:
• assess their career-related skills, interests, and values
• explore careers paths appropriate to their disciplines
• create self-defined goals
• map out next steps for career and professional development success
Please create an account by visiting https://www.imaginephd.com/users/sign-up before attending the event.
3MT Info Session: Learn about the 2022 3MT competition for SGS students
Event Description
Created in 2008 by the University of Queensland, the Three Minute Thesis Competition (3MT®) has become an acclaimed national and international research competition. We are looking forward to celebrating all the wonderful research and scholarship conducted by SGS students from across the disciplines. This will be an online 3MT competition following the virtual competition rules.
We will hold the 2022 3MT this semester. Please join us for information session (over Zoom).