BGS Career Development
Making It Count!
In a recent blog post published by Penn Career Services, Pharmacology graduate student Katherine Webb shares what she’s learned from coordinating Penn’s PhD Career Exploration Fellowship 2020. According to Katherine, the fellowship provides an opportunity to, “simultaneously support other graduate students’ career exploration as well as improve my own professional skill-set and networking.”
Read the full post here.
Exploring Pharmacology with Upward Bound:”Introduction to Cancer: The Hijacked Cell Cycle”
Pharm4GOOD has partnered with Upward Bound at Penn to teach a pharmacology-themed curriculum as part of their “College Prep Saturday” program. Upward Bound is a national organization that provides educational resources and support for low income students.
You will have the opportunity to work with small groups of high school students as they learn about the cell cycle and discover how cancer is the loss cell cycle regulation. Students will learn how to use microscopes and examine stained slides to assess cancer cell morphology.
When: Saturday, Feb. 23, 12-1 PM
Interested? Sign Up: https://goo.gl/forms/al3dW627R8YBRb5s1
Questions? Contact Jessica Murray (murrayj@pennmedicine.upenn.edu)
Exploring Pharmacology with High School Students: “Your Body on Sugar: Diabetes Explained”
Sat, Jan 26th 12-1PM in Meyerson Hall
Pharm4GOOD has partnered with Upward Bound at UPenn to teach a pharmacology-themed curriculum as part of their “College Prep Saturday” program. Graduate student volunteers will work with small groups of students during a hands-on activity. Students will measure the amount of sugar in soda, apple juice and fresh apples and learn how the body converts sucrose into glucose. The activity will be complemented with a lecture that will de-mystify how and why people living with diabetes metabolize sugar differently and how diet can play a role in their overall health.
Interested? Sign up here
Questions? Contact Theresa Patten (tpatten@pennmedicine.upenn.edu)
Navigating the Crossroads: Where Do We Go From Here?
presents
Rana Gupta, Ph.D., PGG, 2006 (Kaestner)
Assistant Professor, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Thursday, April 20, 2017
12:00-1:00 p.m.
BRB 252
For more information, see the events calendar.