BGS Career Development

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Career: Research (academic)

The Attractions of a Career in Academic Bench Science

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Have you mostly heard about ‘alternatives’ to a career at the bench?

Does carrying out research, writing grants and manuscripts, and supervising others appear overwhelming?

Are there secrets to being an academic scientist while balancing family life and managing well-being?

How much fun is life in academia, really?


Hear positive perspectives on academia from:
Faye Mourkioti, PhD
Assistant Professor

Ken Zaret, PhD
Professor

February 24, 2020, 3:30 – 5 PM (Smilow 12-146 AB)
Light refreshments will be served. Register here.

Postdoctoral Positions

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Please see the following postings for postdoctoral positions in the labs of Drs. William A. Banks and Michelle A. Erickson at the Seattle VA Medical Center and University of Washington. 

Position Title: Postdoctoral Researcher- in vitro blood-brain barrier dysfunction
PI: Dr. Erickson/Banks

Position Title: Postdoctoral Researcher- metabolic dysfunction in Alzheimer’s disease
PI: Dr. Banks/Erickson

iBiology, “Take Your Skills Up a Notch”

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iBiology offers a number of free online courses for professional development:

Promo image for Let's Experiment course: drawn man, woman, mouse, plant and molecule with title of the course

Goal: Effectively design and execute your wet lab experiments
You: Senior undergrads, grad students or postdocs looking to learn or brush up on your experimental design skills
Why?? Real scientists + real case studies + useful tools and templates = powerful experimental skills building
Link: http://bit.ly/LE-self-paced

Promo image for Planning Your Scientific Journey course: pictures of 13 scientists with the title of the course

Goal:  Develop a great scientific question and build your research plan around it 
You: Senior undergrads, grad students or postdocs looking to learn or brush up on how to design research projects or build achievable plans
Why?? Fantastic scientists give you the skills to tackle the exciting unknown of research
Link: http://bit.ly/PYSJ-self-paced

Promo image for Business Concepts for Life Scientists course: drawn lightbulb surrounded by science-related icons: microscope, flask, molecules

Goal:  Learn the core principles of business in a course built for scientists  
You: Senior undergrads, grad students or postdocs looking to move into business roles or bring key business concepts to your research
Why?? Practicing businesspeople, all trained scientists from diverse backgrounds, show you what you need to know about business
Link: http://bit.ly/BCLS-self-paced

NCBI Tools and Databases for Bioinformatics (11/19) & Introduction to BioCyc (11/26) workshops

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NCBI Tools and Databases for Bioinformatics workshop

If you are interested in learning about the types of resources NCBI –home to Pubmed– offers in bioinformatics, then come to my NCBI tools and databases workshop that is being held in the training lab (G3) at the Biomedical Library on November 19 at noon.

The primary goal of this one hour workshop is to provide an introduction to the various databases and tools that are available through NCBI. In addition to an overview, I will be exhibiting demos on a select few tools and databases.

​Date: November 19, 2019 at noon    
Location: Training lab (G3) of the Biomedical Library
Register HERE

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Introduction to BioCyc workshop​

Come learn to work with BioCyc: a collection of Pathway Genome Databases (PGDBs) that provides information on genomes and metabolic pathways for thousands of organisms.

This one hour workshop will provide an introduction to BioCyc and showcase the various features BioCyc supports. In addition, there will be an interactive demo that complements the overview on BioCyc.

​Date: November 26, 2019 at noon 
Location: Training lab (G3) of the Biomedical Library
Register HERE

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the workshops please contact Subin George (Bioinformatics intern) at sgeo@pobox.upenn.edu