BGS Career Development
Making It Count!
The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) maintains various Career Topic Blogs, including one about Professional Development. Their latest post covers four ways to use social media to boost attendance at your poster or talk. Much of the advice is applicable for anyone trying to boost their professional presence on social media in general. This is a growing trend, as a growing number of scientists use social media to network and discuss publications.
Read the full post here.
Science magazine offers a Letters to Young Scientists column, featuring training and career advice from within academia. This month’s letter covers ten tips for negotiating job offers, from broad based advice about communicating your worth, to specific tips, like getting everything in writing.
Read more here.
University Nomination Required
Campus Nomination Deadline: 10AM on February 3, 2020
Penn is invited to nominate two graduate students for the Regeneron Prize for Creative Innovation, which recognizes excellence in biomedicine, broadly defined. Each year, one graduate student and one postdoctoral fellow are selected to receive the prize, which includes a check for $50,000 and a $5,000 donation to their home institution to help support their seminar series. Semi-finalists and finalists receive $5,000. To be considered for Penn nomination, applicants must submit the Regeneron Application Form and a Recommendation Request Form that will, upon completion and submission by the applicant, send a recommendation request to your Penn faculty advisor. Applicants should not submit the application directly to Regeneron.
If you have questions, please contact Dr. Aaron Olson at CURF, aolson@upenn.edu.
Interested in a career in management consulting, or other fields where project management skills are highly valued? This feature from NIH’s Office of Intramural Training and Education (OITE) Careers blog describes how to market lab-based skills that also apply to project management: https://oitecareersblog.od.nih.gov/2019/12/09/marketing-your-research-experience-for-project-management-positions/
If you are interested in learning more about project management, consider exploring the topic on LinkedIn Learning, an online training library free for Penn students.
Registration is now open for the Institute for Regenerative Medicine’s annual retreat! Attend on January 30, 2020 at the Franklin Institute to hear from researchers across Penn and CHOP working on stem cell science, tissue engineering, and regenerative medicine. You will also hear about plans for the IRM’s next 5 years and resources to help support your research and outreach efforts.
Trainees are invited to submit abstracts for a poster session and lightning talks. When registering, indicate your interest and send an abstract to yaroshc@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
This year, the keynote speaker will be Paul Frenette, MD, Director of the Ruth L. and David S. Gottesman Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Research at Albert Einstein Medical College. Dr. Frenette is an expert on hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) biology and the connections between HSCs and cancer and sickle cell disease.
Visit the retreat website for more information and to register for the retreat.
The Carpe Careers blog published in Inside Higher Ed features advice from PhD/postdoc career advisors on topics including job searches, career development, building professional relationships, and more.
The latest publication about harnessing the stress of interviewing and negotiating was written by Dr. Joseph Barber, Associate Director of Penn Career Services. He addresses the anxiety and fear that many people face throughout these processes, stating, “Rather than dwell on the negatives, if we can train our thoughts to be more positive, to picture what success will look like and imagine the how great we will feel when these job-search situations go well, then we will be better positioned to make the most out of them.” The article then provides a list of strategies to harness excitement rather than fear. Read more here.