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Rebecca Lopez

Publishing Resources from the Penn Libraries

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Navigating the publishing world can be a daunting process for established and emerging scholars alike. Whether you’re preparing to publish a book or review, or working on journal articles or dissertations, Penn Libraries can help you make informed decisions about where and how to publish.

Services for Authors

The Libraries offers services for authors at every step of the publishing journey. Our team of subject specialists can offer customized recommendations in identifying, evaluating, and assessing the impact of journals and publishers across disciplines. Request a consultation or browse the Libraries’ online resources to start developing a publishing plan that suits your project and audience, choose the best journal or publisher for your work, and identify metrics and tools to measure the influence and scholarly impact of your publications.

The Libraries’ subject specialists, including a new dedicated copyright advisor, can also help you navigate the finer points of copyright, fair use, and open-access publishing. Learn how to retain your rights under copyright as you publish, increase the discoverability of your work, and use the Creative Commons licensing system to control the way you share your work. The Libraries also manages ScholarlyCommons, a freely-accessible repository for the scholarly output of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania.

Get in Touch

Ready to work with us? To learn more about the Libraries’ services for students and faculty:

Spring 2021 Publishing Workshops

The Libraries is hosting a series of workshops this spring focused on various elements of the publishing process. From February to April, tune in to virtual sessions covering citation management, impact metrics, fair use, and more. Find the full suite of publishing workshops online and register to attend.

2021 Love Data Week

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Love Data Week 2021

The Penn Libraries present a series of workshops on data analysis and visualization. Learn more at https://guides.library.upenn.edu/lovedata/2021.

NIH OITE, “Managing Up to Maximize Mentoring Relationships”

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Please join NIH for the next installment of their “Becoming a Resilient Scientist” series: Managing Up to Maximize Mentoring Relationships.

Tuesday, February 9th, from 2-4 pm EST
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3222926275919384846


“We all need mentors to support and encourage us throughout our educational and career journey. In this webinar, we will the mentoring relationship in research environments with a focus on improving your relationship with your PI, finding mentors and on improving communication and interpersonal interactions. The webinar will help clarify what you need from your supervisors and mentors and address how to get what you need from these important interactions.

We will host the small group discussions to this topic on Monday (2/22) and Tuesday (2/23).

To participate in the series, please register for the webinar using the provided link above or visit our website. Attend the webinar or if you cannot join live, watch the webinar recording later. Invitations to sign up for the small group discussions will be sent out the day of the lecture to everybody who registered for the webinar.

For questions regarding this series, please contact the OITE at OITE@mail.nih.gov.”

Immunotherapy Listing – Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Duke University

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A Postdoctoral Research Fellow position is available in the Applied Therapeutics Center (Department of Surgery) at Duke University, Durham, NC.  This fellow will work with Drs. Zachary Hartman and Erika Crosby to explore the fast-developing and highly interdisciplinary fields of oncology and immunobiology with an emphasis towards immunotherapeutic strategies to treat different types of breast cancer.  This emerging field has recently seen the clinical development and approval of multiple checkpoint inhibitors and industry interest, which should yield experience for the candidate applicable to a career in academic medicine or biomedical pharmaceutical research. We are interested in a fellow to explore combinations of different immunotherapeutic strategies with targeted therapies in a variety of breast cancer models.  As our group is in collaboration with multiple industry and academic partners, we are seeking an applicant with excellent communication skills to serve as a member of an interactive team.

Training/Experience:  Strong English communication and interpersonal skills are required as the candidate will need to be able to work with many collaborators in a multi-disciplinary team environment.  Experience and proficiency with cloning design and execution, in vitro assays, in vivo mouse models, as well as versatile cellular and molecular biology techniques (quantitative RT-PCR, flow cytometry, western blotting, ELISA, immunological techniques, immunohistochemistry, immunofluorescence, recombinant DNA cloning, and luciferase reporter analyses) are preferred.  Additional skills utilizing high-throughput shRNA screening, next-generation sequencing, or modelling in vivo tumor environments are highly valued.  Proven ability to learn and pioneer new techniques and assay systems will be equally valued to past familiarity with any particular techniques.  We are looking for a passionate, hard-working, and self-motivated individual that is able to work on a multidisciplinary project and wishes to pursue a career in translational cancer research.

Education: Candidate must have recently graduated (within three years) with a Ph.D. and/or M.D./Ph.D. degree in Immunology, Cancer Biology, or related field. 

Interested candidates should submit a current CV/biosketch with their references and contact info to zachary.hartman@duke.edu.

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital – Lecture Series & Open Postdoc Positions

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Give back this holiday season with gifts for friends, loved ones from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and St. Jude Thanks and Giving partners

The Academic Programs Office in Biomedical Sciences St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital invite you to join them for the spring session of  The Science of Childhood Cancer, a weekly virtual lecture series hosted by the St. Jude Comprehensive Cancer Center. The series is designed to engage the scientific community on key questions in pediatric cancer research. Based on the enthusiastic reception of the inaugural series in fall 2020, a new 15-week session of the series will launch at 1pm EST on Thursday, January 28, 2021.

For the first session, St. Jude’s own Jinghui Zhang, PhD, will be presenting “Genomic Variants in Pediatric Cancer: Landscape, Precision Oncology, and Data Sharing Ecosystem.”

They have also attached a list of open postdoctoral positions. Any students interested in applying should send their CV to Postdoc@stjude.org.