BGS Career Development
Making It Count!
The first workshop in the PSPDG SciComm Workshop Series is September 30, 2020 from 5-7 PM! Hear from workshop leader Dr. Rafael Luna, Associate Dean, Boston College and author of “The Art of Scientific Storytelling.”
Register here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/scientific-storytelling-workshop-registration-122401926457
Learn more about future workshops in the series:
https://pennsciencepolicy.squarespace.com/workshop-series
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Penn Career Services
Penn Career Services subscribes to a wide variety of digital resources that students may access and offers appointments with career advisors through Handshake. These include the option for same-day, 15-minute appointments with a career adviser. New appointment times open up every day at 9:15 AM ET. To schedule an appointment, sign in to Handshake and click the “Career Center” tab near the top right corner.
Be sure to customize your email settings in Handshake to receive a weekly newsletter featuring jobs and resources tailored to you! Detailed instructions on how to do so are available here.
**SAVE THE DATE – this year Career Services will organize an inaugural virtual STEM Career Fair on Tuesday 20th October 2020, 12:00 – 5:00PM EST!
Student and Postdoc Registration Begins at 6PM EST on Wednesday 14th October
Office of Software Licensing – MATLAB Licenses
Matlab is free for all Penn students through the Office of Software Licensing. You should email licenses@upenn.edu your HostID, operating system, and computer user name. Instructions on how to find this information are available here.
Perelman School of Medicine – NYAS Membership
As a member of the PSOM, BGS students are entitled to use this membership. Please use the enrollment link to join.
Penn Libraries – Media Support for a Remote Semester
This guide: https://guides.library.upenn.edu/Fall20mediasupport/home has been created to help you find the media production resources and support you’ll need for working in the Fall 2020 remote learning environment at Penn Libraries and across campus. The guide will lead you to technology and people to support your research and learning needs. Stay up to date on Penn Library Virtual Services on the Virtual Support page.
Student Organizations
See a full list of BGS-specific organizations, university-wide student groups with active BGS members, and group-specific organizations for peer support, career and professional development, and/or community outreach and engagement.
Other Penn Resources
Dr. Garret FitzGerald and the Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics at the University of Pennsylvania cordially invite you to the 15th Annual ITMAT International Symposium, which will take place as a free virtual event on Mon. Oct. 12 and Tues. Oct. 13, 2020. The symposium program is attached; this year’s theme is Novel Therapeutics and Democratization of Access: Implementation of Translational Science.
Register here (registration is required): https://primetime.bluejeans.com/a2m/register/zxtzbeaj
The program is available here.
For inquiries please contact Genevieve D. Markle: gdmarkle@upenn.edu
Applications are now open for the Genentech Postdoc Program! This is an exciting opportunity that enables students to apply for a postdoc position in any Genentech mentor’s lab regardless of whether they have a current opening posted.
Applications for this opportunity are due October 19, 2020.
Click here for more information and application requirements.
ITMAT Education will host a Regulatory Science Career Panel on Monday, October 5 from 12-1 pm via Zoom.
Join us to learn about academic and industry career pathways in regulatory science, the science of applying contemporary research methods to develop new tools, standards, and approaches to access the efficacy, quality, and performance of FDA-regulated products. Please RSVP at: https://events.med.upenn.edu/itmat/view/event/event_id/720443
Speakers for the panel are:
Gabriela Plesa, MD, PhD. Director of Translational Research Operations
Jessica Goldman, Senior Account Manager, Joule Inc.
Silvia De Paoli, PhD. Center for Biologics Evaluation & Research, FDA
The Penn Science Policy & Diplomacy Group (PSPDG) is kicking off their Science Communication workshop for the new academic year 2020/2021!
The first workshop, “Scientific Storytelling” is September 30th! Details will be sent to all people who sign up for updates.
For additional updates, join the SciComm Workshop Slack!
More info can also be found on their website: https://pennsciencepolicy.squarespace.com/workshop-series.
