Professional Development
Event Description
If you are an international student or postdoc and are wondering how to apply for jobs in the US, you should join us to hear Michael Goldstein who is an immigration lawyer, who will give a presentation and answer your questions.
iJOBS Career Panel: Business Development
Professional Development
Event Description
Business development is the act of pursuing strategic opportunities for a particular business or organization. For example, you could cultivate partnerships or identify new markets for products or services. Many PhD level scientists enjoy this area on the crossroads of research and business. Come hear from several panelists who will share their career journeys and give their advice on how to break into these roles.
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iJOBS Career Panel: Publishing and Editing Jobs at Scientific Journals
Professional Development
Event Description
A career as an editor or publisher of a scientific journal allows you to use your training in the scientific method and critical review of literature across a wide variety of subject matters to helps propel the research field forward. We will meet with PhD level scientists who have successfully made the transition to the world of publishing including
Dr. Emma Van Burns – Editor at Wiley
Dr. Ying Jia – Senior Publisher at Springer-Nature
Dr. Iman Jalilian – Senior Associate Editor – Wiley
Dr. Jeremy Petravicz – Editor-in-Chief Start Protocols (Cell Press)
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iJOBS Seminar: Charting a Future in Medicine and Research at the NIH
Professional Development
Rutgers University, RWJMS Research Tower
675 Hoes Lane West
Deans Conference Room, R123
Piscataway, NJ 08854
Phone
7322355392Event Description
Come in-person to meet Christie Bannock, Director of the Office of Education and Career Development at the NIH. She will share NIH/NIDA Opportunities for Aspiring Researchers and Physicians.
IN PERSON ONLY
675 Hoes Lane West, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Research Tower, Deans Conference Room 123, Piscataway, NJ
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iJOBS Workshop: Tips for Drawing Biological Pathways with BioRender
Professional Development
Event Description
In this 30 minute session, you’ll learn how to organize your canvas to better tell your research story, optimize space without crowding your figure, and grab your audience’s attention using effective color and contrast with a focus on BioRender.
iJOBS Workshop: Top Design Tips for Better Posters using BioRender
Professional Development
Event Description
Take your science posters to the next level! Join us for a free workshop on creating better science posters inBioRender.About the session:In this 30 minute webinar, learn actionable tips and techniques fordesigning research posters. You'll also learn how to quickly create individual figures foryour poster, with a focus on the BioRender software.
iJOBS Seminar: FDA Drug Approval and Case Study
Professional Development
Event Description
Join us to hear from Dan Gordin, PhD who will give a presentation that demystifies the regulatory aspects of the drug approval process at the FDA. We will also go through a case study of an experimental drug that needed a bridging strategy to be competitive with another compound and the changes in formulation that required. This seminar will give you invaluable first-hand insight to the pharmaceutical drug development pipeline.
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iJOBS Workshop: Project Management
Professional Development
Event Description
iJOBS Workshop: Project Management
Are you wondering what project management (PM) is all about and how it fits into life science industry department roles that you may pursue as a career? Come to this workshop
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iJOBS Panel: Internships and Jobs at the NIH, FDA, CDC
Professional Development
Event Description
The Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) connects talented and diverse graduate college students, postdocs, and faculty to programs at a variety of research facilities, including those managed by federal agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the U.S. Department of Defense, the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. These mentor-led, learning-based internship and fellowship experiences are key to the recruitment and preparation of the next generation of our STEM workforce. Join thousands of others who have found a best-in-class paid STEM, policy, or technical research opportunity at 20+ federal agencies and open the door to your STEM career in government, industry, or academia!
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iJOBS Company Visit to Campus: Merck
Professional Development
Rutgers University, Medical Science Building
185 South Orange Ave
Rosemary Gellene Room B515
Newark, NJ 07101
Event Description
Come in person to meet several Merck PhD level employees representing the following groups: Bioanalytical, ADME, Toxicology Safety, and Pharmacometrics. They will each give a background on their area and talk about their own career paths. Then we will have round table discussions with lunch served where you can network and ask questions. Next we will hear about some open positions and the skill sets most in demand. Finally, the Merck scientists that include hiring managers will review resumes in small groups so bring a hard copy of your resume!
IN PERSON ONLY
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