iJOBS SciPhD Workshop: Leadership and Business Skills for Scientists
iJOBS Blog
By Antonia Kaz
Featured
iJOBS and Eagleton: Science Policy Career Panel
iJOBS Blog
By Joshua Stuckey
Congratulations to winners at Annual Biomedical Graduate Student Symposium hosted by MBGSO
Awards & Honors
Congratulations to the winners of the Molecular Biosciences Graduate Student Organization (MBGSO) symposium on Friday March 6, 2026.
There were a total of 48 posters and 6 oral presentations, all of which were excellent.
iJOBS Career Panel: Medical Communications
iJOBS Blog
By E. Beyza Guven
What Can You Be with a PhD
iJOBS Blog
By Joshua Stuckey
iJOBS Careers Panel: Project Management
iJOBS Blog
By Janaina Cruz Pereira
Career Panel: Business Development in Pharma and Biotech
iJOBS Blog
By Anna Tassou
iJOBS and CAPS Workshop: Time Management and Life Balance
iJOBS Blog
By Megan Schupp
iJOBS Site Visit: Merck Rahway
Professional Development
Event Description
This is your chance to peek inside the walls of Merck’s headquarters. We will tour two different labs and hear from a panel of PhD level employees in a variety of roles followed by networking time. The areas of focus at Merck Research Laboratories include oncology, vaccines, infectious diseases, cardio-metabolic disorders, immunology, neuroscience and ophthalmology. At Merck they believe that research is the will to conquer the impossible and that science will lead the way.
iJOBS Career Panel: Contract Research Organizations
Professional Development
Center for Computational and Integrative Biology (CCIB)
201 S Broadway
Joint Health Sciences Center, Room 104BC
Camden, NJ 08103
Phone
908-803-9874Virtual Location
https://rutgers.zoom.us/my/alderja Passcode: JanetEvent Description
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 who work at CROs to learn how you can get this kind of job and the benefits of working there to get your foot in the door of industry.