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Competency: Communication

SACNAS Public Speaking Seminar Part 2: Preparing a Poster Presentation

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Join SACNAS for the second part of their seminar series. They will share advice on how to prepare scientific posters, as led by Lindsay Roth, PGG PhD candidate and 2019-2020 Chair of BGSA, and a PhD student panel. Lunch will be provided! Co-organized with BGSA and PGWISE.

Young Scientist Seminars Competition

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The 2020 Competition for the iBiology Young Scientist Seminars (YSS)
A partnership of the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation, the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook University, and iBiology

Are you a graduate student or postdoc in any field of biology with a research story that you want to share with the world? Do you want to learn how to give one of the best science talks of your career?

The application for the 2020 Young Scientist Seminars is now open! Click HERE to submit your application. Access a PDF version of the application questions HERE.

Overview
The Young Scientist Seminars (YSS) is a video series produced by iBiology that features early-career scientists giving talks about their research and discoveries. As with all iBiology videos, YSS videos are freely available online and widely viewed by an international audience of students, scientists, educators, and the public. Applications must be received by December 16, 2019 (11:59pm PT) to be considered.

Learn more about eligibility and application details here.

BioSciences Career Fair 2019

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Attend the BioSciences Career Fair on October 24, 2019 from 1 – 4 PM in the Colket Research Building to meet over 50 employers across biotech/pharma, consulting, science communication, and many other career fields!

Register and view the employers who will attend: https://upenn.joinhandshake.com/career_fairs/9858

“Dance Your Ph.D.” Contest

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White sneakers dancing on the street

The application to participate in the 12th edition of the annual “Dance Your Ph.D.” contest sponsored by AAAS and Science is now open!

The competition challenges scientists to explain their research without PowerPoint slides or jargon—in fact with no talking at all.  The grand prize consists of a payment of $1000. The deadline for submissions is 21 January 2020.

Find more details and apply here.

Open Labs at Penn

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Are you interested in giving a TED-style talk to high school students during our Fall Science Cafe event? Would you like to mentor high school students and inspire them? Join Open Labs at Penn on Oct. 8th or 9th at 5:15-6:45pm in ARCH 110 over food and soft drinks to pitch your idea about a talk you would like to give. For any questions, you can reach us at pennopenlabs@gmail.com.

Open Labs is a graduate student organization at Penn, with associate chapters at Yale, Princeton, Columbia, and Harvard. Open Labs is the host of Science Café – a series of outreach events for local high school students featuring TED-style talks by graduate student researchers and breakout sessions focused on encouraging students to pursue careers in STEM.