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Neuroscience Public Lecture: OUCH! The Neuroscience of Pain

Posted on November 7, 2019
by Rebecca Lopez
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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.

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Open Science event at Van Pelt Library Oct. 23rd

Posted on October 22, 2019
by Rebecca Lopez
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Open Science is a collaborative effort to improve open access to scientific research through multimodal platforms. Open scientific research is in demand not just for those who do not have access, but also creators and researchers who believe in the potential it has to offer. Please join us for a series of presentations to learn more about the evolution of scientific research and open access.

Our diverse panel of speakers will feature: Theodore Satterthwaite M.D. Assistant Professor Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; Daniel Himmelstein, Postdoctoral Fellow at Greene Lab, Department of Systems Pharmacology & Translational Therapeutics, University of Pennsylvania; and Jennifer Stiso, PhD Candidate for Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.

Each speaker will give a short presentation, which will be followed by a Q&A session with all three speakers. We look forward to your attendance and participation!

Date: Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Time: 1:30pm – 3:00pm
Location: Class of 1955 Conf. Room, 2nd Floor, VPDLC

https://libcal.library.upenn.edu/calendar/wicshops/openscience

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Google PhD Fellowship

Posted on October 22, 2019
by Rebecca Lopez
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Penn has been invited to submit 4 nominees for the Google PhD Fellowship Program. Please share this information with students who meet the eligibility requirements:

  • Full-time graduate students pursuing a PhD in Computer Science or related field (see research areas below)
  • Completed graduate coursework by the Fall of the award year, when the Fellowship begins.
  • The recipient must remain an active, full-time student in a PhD program for the duration of the Fellowship or forfeit the award.
  • Google employees, and their spouses, children, and members of their household are not eligible.
  • Students that are already supported by a comparable industry award are not eligible.

Approximately fifteen fellows will be named in the following areas this year:

  • Algorithms, Optimizations and Markets 
  • Computational Neuroscience 
  • Human Computer Interaction 
  • Machine Learning 
  • Machine Perception, Speech Technology and Computer Vision 
  • Mobile Computing 
  • Natural Language Processing (including Information Retrieval and Extraction) 
  • Privacy and Security 
  • Programming Technology and Software Engineering 
  • Quantum Computing 
  • Structured Data and Database Management 
  • Systems and Networking

For Fellowship details please see the FAQ: https://ai.google/research/outreach/faq/?category=phd

This application requires 2-3 letters of recommendation, at least one of which should be from your thesis advisor.  Please visit the Letter of Recommendation Request form as soon as possible so as to give your recommenders ample time to submit letters of recommendation before the November 11 Penn Deadline.

Please combine the following into one PDF:

  1. Most current CV
  2. 1-page CV of your advisor
  3. All undergraduate and graduate transcripts
  4. Research/dissertation proposal (no longer than 8 pages)
  5. Student essay response (350-word limit) to: Describe the desired impact your research will make on the field and society, and why this is important to you. Include any personal, educational and/or professional experiences that have motivated your research interests.
  6. Student essay response (350-word limit) to: Describe an example of your leadership experience in which you have positively influenced others, helped resolve disputes or contributed to group efforts over time.
    1. A leadership role can mean more than just a title. It can mean being a mentor to others, acting as the person in charge of a specific task, or taking the lead role in organizing an event or project. Think about what you accomplished and what you learned from the experience. What were your responsibilities?
    2. Did you lead a team? How did your experience change your perspective on leading others? Did you help to resolve an important dispute at your school, church, in your community or an organization? And your leadership role doesn’t necessarily have to be limited to school activities. For example, do you help out or take care of your family?

Once that is prepared, visit the Penn Internal Fellowships Application to submit your application.

Deadlines:

Internal Competition Deadline: November 11, 2019 at 5PM
Internal Competition Winners notified: November 25, 2019
Provost’s Office submits 4 nominees: November 30, 2019

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MINS Year of Brain Science Technology Symposium

Posted on July 31, 2019
by Rebecca Lopez
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On behalf of the Mahoney Institute for Neurosciences at the University of Pennsylvania, we would like to invite you to attend our student-led symposium for the Year of Brain Science Technology, highlighting innovative approaches to neural and behavioral data acquisition and analysis. This event will feature talks by students and postdocs from the Philadelphia area, poster sessions with prizes, and a reception with food and drinks.

If you would like to attend, give a talk, or present a poster, please register at the form here.

The event is going to be held on Friday September 13th, 2019 from 1-6 pm in the Rubenstein Auditorium, located in the Smilow Center for Translational Research (3400 Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia PA, 19104).

Hope to see you there!

Thanks,
MINS Student Planning Committee

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Information Session with Insight Data Science – Oct. 4, 2018

Posted on September 24, 2018
by Rebecca Lopez
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Please RSVP by Monday, October 1, 2018 to join BGS for an Information Session and Q&A with Morgan Taylor, BGS (NGG) alumna and Insight Data Science’s Health Data Program Director in Boston. Lunch will be served.

Scientists and engineers from diverse fields, including physics, astronomy, computational biology, neuroscience, math, statistics, and computer science, are playing key roles in transforming the way companies and public institutions work with data to impact our daily lives. The Insight Data Science Fellows Program is an intensive, seven week postdoctoral training fellowship that bridges the gap between academic research and a career in data science. Based in Silicon Valley, New York, Boston, Seattle, and Toronto, the program enables scientists to learn the industry-specific skills through a project-based, industry-driven learning approach designed to train academics in many of the cutting edge data science tools and practices used in industry.

There are now over 1500 Insight alumni working as data scientists and data engineers on top data-driven teams including Facebook, the New York Times, Netflix, Twitter, Bloomberg, Apple, LinkedIn, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Viacom, Enigma, Jet.com, and NBC, as well as at various well-funded startups.

This event will: (1) provide a high-level overview of data science in the health and technology industries and (2) describe the Insight Fellows Program, which has an October 22 application deadline for the January 2019 session. The session will include time for Q&A, as well as advice for those interested in transitioning to careers in data science and data engineering. Learn more at insightdatascience.com

When: October 4, 2018 at 12PM

Where: Smilow 09-146AB

To RSVP, click here or copy and paste the URL below into your internet browser:

https://goo.gl/forms/jKwAnjVp65P9WsNM2

 

If you have any questions, please contact Rebecca Lopez.

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Event – Learn to Lead: Expanding Opportunities for BGS Graduates – Melanie Watson, Ph.D.

Posted on March 20, 2017
by Mercury Meulman

Navigating the Crossroads: Where Do We Go From Here?
presents
Melanie Watson, Ph.D., NGG , 2007 (Bonini)
Scientific Director, C4 MedSolutions
Thursday, March 30, 2017
12-146 SCTR
12:00-1:00 p.m.
For more information, see the events calendar.

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