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Precision medicine is a tailored healthcare approach that customizes treatments and prevention strategies based on an individual's unique genetic makeup, environment, and lifestyle. By integrating vast amounts of data from various sources like genomics, big data, and AI, it aims to move beyond a one-size-fits-all model to offer more precise diagnoses, effective treatments, and proactive disease prevention. Come hear from Rutgers alum Ryma Benayed, PhD, to learn how she transitioned from graduate school to working at Memorial Sloan Kettering as the Director of the Clinical Next Generation Sequencing Laboratory to Executive Director of Precision Medicine at AstraZeneca. She will advise current trainees how to prepare for careers in the field of precision medicine.

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How do we juggle performing enough lab research to produce data, , taking classes, writing papers/fellowship/thesis, going to seminars and workshops to prepare for our careers, getting enough sleep, eating well, exercising, taking care of our families and maintaining a social life? Let’s talk about strategies for managing and prioritizing our busy schedules.

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Food will be served

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Visual abstracts are becoming increasingly prevalent in publications, social media, and conferences.  It is critical to convey the essence of your research findings in a simple but compelling way. In this webinar, learn actionable tips and techniques including how to:

* Plan a clear and logical visual flow using effective layout strategies

* Use color theory to guide your viewer’s focus and reinforce meaning

* Avoid common pitfalls by leveraging contrast, transparency, and color

* Create polished visuals with professional use of arrows, lines, and labels

* Discover how to use BioRender to accelerate your graphical abstract creation process!

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In this current job climate, working for a startup or even launching your own company is one way to gain experience that will start your career. Come to learn how Nucleate can give you the edge in becoming an entrepreneur. Nucleate is a student-led organization that represents the largest global community of bio-innovators. You will hear from alumni of the program who have taken their research to the next level and gotten their biotech companies off the ground. This is a fantastic networking opportunity.

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Come learn how PhD level scientists have made the transition from academia to industry using the transferrable skills they gained in graduate school and now work at Johnson & Johnson. J&J is a leading pharmaceutical company with drug pipelines in infectious disease, cardiovascular, immunology, neuroscience, and oncology. The panelists will include precision medicine director Andrea Stevens, PhD, senior scientist process development Yoliem Miranda Alarcon, PhD senior data scientist Rajesh Arasada, PhD, and manager search solutions Chang Zhang, PhD

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The unofficial motto of academia is “publish or perish”. But a good research agenda always has more to explore. How do we know when to put down the pipette and pick up the pen? This workshop examines the process of scientific writing: how to start and sustain an effective proves, manage its various stages, and translate a project into a scientific story. 

The workshop will be led by Ardon Shorr, PhD who teaches science communication for graduate students and postdocs at Princeton University and Deb Levy, PhD a cognitive neuroscientist and educator specializing in the neural bases of language.

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Lunch will be served

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We are excited to invite current graduate students, postdocs, alumni, industry professionals, and faculty to attend our annual iJOBS symposium. Our keynote speaker, will be Karen Akinsanya, PhD President, head of therapeutics R&D and chief strategy officer, partnerships at Schrodinger who will deliver a talk on "New Dimensions: How Computation is Accelerating Drug Discovery". Dr. Akinsanya leads the company’s therapeutics research and development organization. She is also responsible for therapeutics business development, ventures strategy, and outreach as well as growth initiatives that leverage synergies between the company’s therapeutics and software businesses. She has more than 30 years of experience spanning academia, pharmaceutical R&D and business development. We will also have a professional development activity. You will also hear an update of iJOBS activities and outcomes followed by our current Phase 3 trainees sharing about their iJOBS shadowing experiences and coursework. Finally, there will be a networking lunch and an opportunity for industry professionals to share their advice with current trainees.

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Project management is a skill that we all develop during our PhD education while working on our thesis project and it is in high demand in industry settings!  Olajompo (Jompo) Moloye-Olabisi, PhD and Yung Chan will guide attendees through a structured, project-management-based approach to transitioning into industry. Topics include creating a career timeline, identifying target sectors, crafting impactful resumes, executing a focused job search, and interview preparation. They will also share their own career journeys through R&D and supply chain as real-world examples to illustrate the process.