BGS Career Development
Making It Count!
Penn State Berks in Reading, PA is looking to hire a non-tenure track, fixed-term teaching only position in Biology to begin in Fall 2023. PhD is required by time of hire – those that are interested can view the job description and application here.
The postdoctoral T32 training program in Cancer Chemical Biology and Metabolism at Harvard University Dana Farber Cancer Institute is recruiting (https://danafarbercancerbiologytraining.org/). The program has 3-4 slots opening up in 2023. Please see the Applicants page for eligibility requirements and application instructions.
Penn Career Services is excited to announce the launch of the 2023 Career Exploration Fellowship (CEF) for PhD students.
This program provides doctoral students the opportunity to explore careers beyond the professoriate through one-on-one mentoring with an advance degree holding professional. Hosts this year include Amazon, Merck, Janssen, and many other organizations internal and external to Penn. The list of hosts for 2023can be downloaded here. The application is open until till January 20, 2023.
This unpaid fellowship runs from February to May and typically entails approximately 8-10 hours oftime commitment. In 2023, the program will allow for both virtual and hybrid fellowships. Detailed information about the fellowship, including our list of hosts can be found on the program webpage. You can also see this blog post about the CEF program.
Eligibility: PhD students in any department or school within the University may apply. Those who participated in the CEF program or the PhD Externship program between 2017-2022 are not eligible.
Please apply here.
If you have any questions about this program, please contact Tithi Basu Mallik, PhD at tithibm@upenn.edu.
Postdoctoral positions are available in Alberto Ciccia’s laboratory in the Department of Genetics and Development at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. The Ciccia laboratory investigates 1) the molecular mechanisms that maintain genomic stability to suppress cancer development and regulate chemotherapy and immunotherapy responses (Taglialatela A et al, Molecular Cell, 2021; Huang JW et al, Nature Communications, 2020; Joseph SA et al, DNA Repair, 2020; Taglialatela A et al, Molecular Cell, 2017); 2) the function of nucleotide variants in DNA repair genes using innovative base editing screens (Cuella-Martin R et al, Cell, 2021; Hayward SB and Ciccia A, Current Opinion in Genetics and Development, 2021); 3) the interplay between DNA repair and genome editing (Nambiar TS et al, Molecular Cell, 2022; Nambiar TS et al, Nature Communications, 2019); and develops 4) novel methods for precision genome editing (Billon P et al, Cell Reports, 2020; Billon P et al, Molecular Cell, 2017). More information can be found at www.ciccialab.com/.
Interested candidates with Ph.D., M.D. or equivalent degrees are encouraged to apply by December 31, 2022. Experience in molecular and cell biology, genetics or computational biology, and first-author publications are preferred.
To apply for this position, please submit a cover letter describing research experience and interests, CV and contact information of three references to:
Alberto Ciccia
Associate Professor
Department of Genetics and Development
Irving Cancer Research Center
Columbia University Irving Medical Center