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Pop Talks Competition

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Do you like free food from Hummus and Insomnia Cookies? Prizes that are worth over $1,200? Then sign up for the Pop Talks Competition Monday, November 25th from 6:30-8pm in Berger Auditorium in Skirkanich Hall! 

Competitors will give 60 second talks about their research without using any scientific jargon.  All master’s students, PhD students and postdocs in STEM are eligible to compete.  A panel of faculty judges will select a winner from each category (chemistry, physics, biology, engineering) as well as an overall judge’s choice winner.  The audience will vote for the audience choice winner.

 Reserve your spot now, only 25 students can compete!

Not competing?  Have friends who want to watch you deliver your talk on the big stage?  We encourage anyone who wants to spectate to come out and watch (free dinner for the audience as well)!

See you there!

Women in Chemistry, Professional Advancement Committee 

This event is co-sponsored by SASGov, BGSA, GSEG, and GAPSA IPF Funding.

Patel Award application extension to November 15, 2019

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To apply, please email Eric Brown (brownej@upenn.edu) and Margaret Chou (mmc@pennmedicine.upenn.edu) a copy of the NIH Summary Statement face page or a screen shot of the NIH eRA Commons site with the impact score shown. Please write ‘Patel Scholar Award’ in the subject line of your email so that it is not missed or filtered.  

Due date for applications is Friday, November 15, 2019.

SACNAS Academic Development Seminar

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The Penn SACNAS Chapter invites you to an Academic Development Seminar on Tuesday, November 19, 2019 from 3 – 4 PM in BRB Room 1412.

“Dissecting Mechanisms of immune evasion by Staphylococcus aureus“
Presented by Victor Torres, PhD
C.V. Starr Associate Professor of Microbiology 
NYU School of Medicine
Department of Microbiology 

Cookies and coffee will be provided! 

Interviewing for Faculty Jobs – Panel Discussion for STEM

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Join Penn Career Services for a panel discussion on interviewing for Faculty Jobs as a STEM PhD/postdoc.

Making a good impression during a campus interview will be the best way to convince search committees that you are the ideal candidate. This requires that you can talk effectively about yourself and your research, ask good questions to the faculty, administrators, and students that you will meet, and highlight how your particular knowledge and experiences set you apart from other candidates. Whether you are applying for a visiting assistant professor position, a non-tenured research/teaching faculty role, or a tenure track faculty position at a college or university, it helps to be prepared for the types of questions you will be asked, and to understand what search committees are looking for. 

The campus visit can also give you insight into what you might negotiate for if you receive an offer after the interview. Ask the panelists about their experiences, and learn from the best practices they share.

November 12, 2019, 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Ben Franklin Room, Houston Hall, 3417 Spruce St
Register here

Panelists include:

Jini Naidoo, PhD
Research Associate Professor, Division of Sleep Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
[Penn Alumna – PhD, Chemistry]

Avery D. Posey, Jr., PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics, Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
[Former Penn Postdoc in Cancer Immunotherapy, 2011-2016]

Peter Huwe, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology
Temple University
[Penn Alum – PhD, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics]

Neuroscience Public Lecture: OUCH! The Neuroscience of Pain

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Penn Neuroscience graduate students are hosting a public lecture entitled “OUCH! The Neuroscience of Pain” which will feature three 15-minute TED style talks from Penn neuroscience faculty members Drs. Nicholas Betley, Gregory Corder, and Ishmail Adbus-Saboor.

Date & Time: Wednesday, December 4th, 6:30pm (Check-in and demos begin at 6pm)
Location: Rubenstein Auditorium, Smilow Center for Translational Research Auditorium, 3400 Civic Center Blvd, Philadelphia, PA, 19104

Check-in and fun neuroscience demonstrations will begin at 6pm, and a reception with snacks and refreshments will follow the talks so that the audience can interact with the scientists. Please see the attached flyer for more details. 

Please register for the event here: https://upennglia.com/publiclecture.