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Penn I-Corps Program

Posted on January 22, 2021
by Rebecca Lopez
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The Penn I-Corps Program teaches entrepreneurs how to test and validate their startup ideas by performing customer interviews; participants walk away with feedback from at least 20 potential customers. As such, it helps you develop a product/market fit strategy for your ideas. I-Corps is free to participants, and accepted teams receive grants of up to $2,000 for their startup. This short course meets five times over six weeks, starting on March 19. The program is restricted to Penn affiliated students, staff, researchers, or faculty with Penn-generated ideas and technologies originating in academic research.

Why Participate in I-Corps:

● Penn I-Corps can qualify you for participation in National NSF I-corps ($50k), which in turn entitles you to apply for an NSF PFI-TT (Partnerships for Innovation- Technology Translation) grant ($250k) and correlates with a high ratio of success in SBIR grant applications (~$1M)

● Participants do not need to have a full team upon signing up. We can help pair those with startup ideas with those who want to join a team, so you are not going through the process alone.

● By de-risking your idea, Penn I-Corps improves your chances for selection to the Penn Health-Tech Medical Devices and Health Technology Development programs.

● For Penn Faculty: Penn I-Corps enables you to pursue your technology development through your graduate students and post-docs. They can form a team with your backing. You can allocate $499 of the $2000 grant toward stipends for lab-personnel.

Apply Now: Space is limited; Penn I-corps evaluates teams on a first-come-first-serve basis. Applications are rolling, and we are currently accepting them. The final application deadline for the Spring is February 24, 2021.

If you are interested in learning more about I-Corps, come to one of our upcoming information sessions. Register here!

To date, Penn I-Corps trained 148 teams comprised of 373 individuals. The courses enabled teams to participate in valuable programs, such as YCombinator, DreamIt, Wharton Venture Initiation, and HAX hardware accelerator. Thus far, six companies are generating revenue and creating jobs. Thirty-four received $25 million in external funding and created 47 jobs in the Philadelphia area. The Penn President’s Innovation Prize was awarded for the past three years to I-Corps teams. Seven teams have participated in the National I-Corps program, and eight teams received SBIR/STTR grants.

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McNeill Baur PLLC seeking Technical Specialist

Posted on January 22, 2021
by Rebecca Lopez
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TECHNICAL SPECIALIST

McNeill Baur PLLC (www.mcneillbaur.com) are seeking a Technology Specialist with superior verbal and written skills and a PhD in Biology or Biochemistry from a superior institution. The Technical Specialist will provide scientific support to patent attorneys working on patent prosecution and counseling projects. Prior experience with patent law is not required as the position offers substantive training and career advancement opportunities in patent law.

Responsibilities include:

  • advising attorneys based on technical or scientific area of expertise,
  • drafting patent applications, including examples, descriptions of figures, claims, and detailed descriptions of inventions,
  • preparing draft responses to office actions and other prosecution filings,
  • performing technical analysis of commercial products, scientific literature, and patent documents for freedom-to-operate, invalidity, and noninfringement opinions, and
  • performing research to support review of technology and patent portfolios that clients may acquire or license.

Technical specialists at McNeill Baur are given the opportunity for significant responsibility early in their career, which provides meaningful career development towards a career as a patent agent. Technical specialists and patent agents typically work one-on-one with associates, counsel, and partners while gaining experience in a broad range of patent strategy, drafting, prosecution, and diligence matters.

A successful candidate will be expected to take and pass the USPTO registration exam within a year of being hired. The firm will pay for a USPTO registration exam review course to supplement on the job training with the firm’s attorneys on client matters.

We will consider candidates for both part-time and full-time positions, residing in the city of your choice. We also welcome on-ramp candidates who want to return to the workforce. The firm offers health insurance, dental insurance, disability insurance, life insurance, EAP program, a competitive salary, and a 401K plan with generous matching component.

Please submit resume, cover letter, salary requirements, desired schedule, and writing samples to careers@mcneillbaur.com. 

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BGS Improv Workshop Series

Posted on January 21, 2021
by Rebecca Lopez
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Did you know you spend 80% of your time communicating? Want a way to improve your communication skills while de-stressing after a long day?

Sign up for the BGS Improv Workshop today! https://forms.gle/UXWx6nb343CKYSxp9

Sign up with a friend to try something new together!

Mondays, February 1 – March 8, 6 – 8 PM
Please reach out to Laura Ohl (laura.ohl@pennmedicine.upenn.edu) with any questions.

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Penn Libraries IPSAG: Together in Gather.Town

Posted on January 21, 2021
by Rebecca Lopez
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Penn Libraries InterProfessional Student Advisory Gatherings #IPSAG is hosting a “Together in Gather.Town” event Monday, January 25, 12pm – 1pm. 

Register at http://bit.ly/ipsag2021

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Institute for Regenerative Medicine (IRM) Retreat

Posted on January 20, 2021
by Rebecca Lopez
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January 26, 1-5pm
Event details here; register here

The Institute for Regenerative Medicine will host a virtual edition of our annual retreat on Tuesday, January 26, 2021 from 1 PM to 5 PM. This year, we plan to focus on collaborations: how have IRM researchers recently partnered on exciting projects and how can we foster new team science efforts.  We hope to share examples of team-ups across disciplines, approaches, and the basic/clinical gap. Our goal is to have an afternoon of great discussion to help you think about your own research and what is possible in the coming years. Please email Chris Yarosh (yaroshc@pennmedicine.upenn.edu) with any questions.

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Penn Bio Launch: Biotech Fellow Information Sessions

Posted on January 20, 2021
by Rebecca Lopez
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Are you interested in being part of a team that helps translate research in a lab to biotechnology that can impact patients?  Do you want to learn about how to create a biotech startup with exclusive access to talks and personal mentorship from investors, founders, and other leaders in biotech?

Penn Bio Launch (PBL), (http://www.bio-launch.com/) beginning in Spring 2021, will create Penn’s first community for biotech entrepreneurship. Our educational program will match high impact biotechnologies from Penn with multidisciplinary venture teams composed of Penn PhD, MD, MBA, and Masters students interested in biotech entrepreneurship. These newly formed teams then attend a 10-week workshop series on business strategy, development, and execution taught by biotech venture capitalists, attorneys, and founders.

We are now recruiting Biotech Fellows for our venture exploration teams. Each venture team will consist of a Tech Lead(who will bring in a specific biotechnology that their lab is working on) and 4-5 Biotech Fellows (multi-disciplinary team members who may or may not have venture capital/entrepreneurial experiences and are interested in learning/developing a venture based off the piece of technology). Please apply via the link below. Admissions will occur on a rolling basis until February 1st.

If you’re interested in learning more about PBL’s mission, what it offers, and how you can get involved, please join our first fellow info session/coffee chat on January 26 @7-8PM EST. Please register using the link below to receive the Zoom link. If you can’t make it on the 26th, there will be another info session on January 28th@7-8 PM EST.

Biotech Fellow Info Session Registration

Tuesday, January 26th, 7-8 PM EST: Register Here

Thursday, January 28th, 7-8 PM EST: Register Here

Biotech Fellow Application 

Graduate students of ALL backgrounds welcome to apply! Apply Here

Hope to see you at the info session! And check us out at http://www.bio-launch.com/

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IgA Wellness Panel: Signs of a Healthy Relationship in Science

Posted on January 19, 2021
by Rebecca Lopez
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January 28, 6-7pm
Register & submit questions: https://forms.gle/xZSJxax29SjyKQdn8

Continue your personal wellness journey and building healthy relationships with IGA’s wellness team on January 28th from 6-7pm!  There are a lot of challenges early-career scientists face when considering the next steps in their scientific development, but opportunities may become more limited when you are coordinating for two. Join Signs of a Healthy Relationship in Science to hear faculty discuss unique challenges partners within academia face such as the two-body problem.

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Penn Biotech Group (PBG) Healthcare Consulting: Spring 2021 Kickoff

Posted on January 15, 2021
by Rebecca Lopez
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Interested in gaining real life consulting experience? Want to learn more about consulting and the healthcare industry? 

Join Penn Biotech Group Healthcare Consulting at the Spring Kickoff for:

– An intro to the consulting career path
– An overview of PBG, including what we do and how to apply for projects
– Network with fellow PBG members
– For more information about PBG, visit our website at pbgconsulting.org
– No prior business/consulting experience necessary

Date for the Kickoff: Wednesday, January 27, 2021 at 6:00 pm-7:00 pm ET
Register by clicking here to obtain a link.

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Flagship Pioneering Fellows Program – Applications Open! Info Session on January 21, 2021

Posted on January 15, 2021
by Rebecca Lopez
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Flagship Pioneering Completes Raising a New $1.1 Billion Capital Pool

Flagship Pioneering is recruiting for their 2021 Fellows Program (description here).  It’s a 12 week paid fellowship sponsored over the summer at Flagship’s offices in Cambridge, conditions permitting. Last year the program transitioned into a remote experience with great success. The fellowship is designed to be a unique opportunity to be exposed to our unique approach to basic science, innovation, and venture creation and learn from our talented team to apply this approach first-hand. Who knows, you could come up with the next Moderna!

You can find a job description here and the application is available at this link.

There will be a virtual information session on Thursday January 21st from 1-2pm about Flagship Pioneering and its Fellows Program.

Interested candidates can find more information about the event here: https://app.joinhandshake.com/events/649978.

Meeting link is here: https://flagshippioneering.zoom.us/j/95675996614?pwd=RU5WY2RDMTBVOXpKYkxlK0tOU3lJZz09&from=addon

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Perelman School of Medicine – NYAS Membership

Posted on January 15, 2021
by Rebecca Lopez
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Home | The New York Academy of Sciences

As members of the PSOM, BGS students are entitled to use this membership.  Please use the enrollment link to join.  

The benefits of Science Alliance Members include:

  • Discounts of 50% or more on registration for our scientific symposia, webinars, and public lectures annually
  • Effective career planning workshops that include skill-building, grant-writing, securing research funding, & communications
  • Online Courses enabling students to earn career-strengthening credentials in areas such as Teaching, Clinical Research Management, and more.
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