Postdoc Update 03-30-2015 - DBBS

March 30, 2015
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11th Annual Postdoc Symposium – this Thursday!
Events This Week
1. CIRTL Network Events
2. The New NIH Biosketch Workshop 4/1
11th Annual Postdoc Symposium 4/2
3. Skandalaris Center First Friday 4/3
Events Next Week:
4. Career Talk: Combining Pharmaceutical Industry and Teaching 4/7
5. Women in Innovation & Entrepreneurship Event 4/8
6. Global Health and Infectious Disease Conference 4/9-10-11
7. OUTgrads Trivia Fundraiser 4/10
Future Events
8. Academic Women's Network 25th Anniversary Celebration 4/17
Fellowships & Awards
9. Keck Fellowship
10. Lilly Innovation Fellowship
11. FDA Commissioner's Fellowship Program
Opportunities
12. Procter & Gamble Research & Development PhD 2015 FIRST Conference
13. ASCB & KGI Management Training Course
14. Data Incubator – Summer 2015
FYI
15. Postdoc Tuition Benefit
16. Instructors Needed: Bard College’s Citizen Science Program
11th Annual Postdoc Symposium
Registration is now closed, but you can still join us! The 11th Annual Symposium is this Thursday April 2nd in the Farrell Learning &
Teaching Center at the Medical Campus from 11am to 5pm. Go to http://postdoc.wustl.edu and click on Postdoc Symposium on the
left side bar to view the full schedule of events!
University-Wide Blood Drive - Thursday, April 2 – give blood before the Symposium!
Appointments are strongly encouraged, and they’ll help you get in & out sooner! To schedule your donation, volunteer, or learn
more, please visit www.blooddrive.wustl.edu.
1. CIRTL Network Events
CIRTL: The Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching & Learning (CIRTL)
CIRTLCast series, a synchronous weekly series on Tuesdays from September to April. Each month CIRTLCasts sessions will focus on
different themes in teaching and learning in STEM higher education.
April’s topic: Personal Financial Management (starts March 31st, no session April 14th)
March 31, 2015 2-3ET/1-2CT/12-1MT/11-12PT
Strategies for Success in Personal Finance
April 7, 2015 2-3ET/1-2CT/12-1MT/11-12PT
Investment Basics: Saving for Your Life Goals
April 21, 2015 2-3ET/1-2CT/12-1MT/11-12PT
Financially Inclusive Teaching and Advising
April 28, 2015 2-3ET/1-2CT/12-1MT/11-12PT
The Wise Use of Credit and Student Loans
CIRTL Reads Journal Club
For event details, times, and to join the sessions, please visit www.cirtl.net/events.
There's a new CIRTL LinkedIn group! Join for CIRTL networking and news: http://go.wisc.edu/0rg88x
2. The New NIH Biosketch Workshop
The NIH Notice NOT-OD-15-032 announced a new NIH biosketch format is required for all NIH and AHRQ applications as of May 25,
2015. At this workshop, attendees will learn how to use two NCBI tools, SciENcv and My Bibliography, to auto-populate a NIH
biosketch. Registration is highly encouraged to reserve a seat; limit of registrants is 50.
Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Noon to 1 p.m.
Farrell Learning & Teaching Center, Room 214 A&B
Registration
Questions? Contact Cathy Sarli at sarlic@wustl.edu.
3. Skandalaris Center First Friday
Friday, April 3 is the last Skandalaris Center Skills Session and IdeaBounce® of the Spring semester. You can catch up on the series of
seven workshops on our YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/SkandalarisCenter, from our first “Reality Check” to last
week’s soon-to-be-added video on “Financial Projections.” Our April 3 session will be on “The Narrative.”
4. Global Health and Infectious Disease Conference
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Join us for the 3 ANNUAL GLOBAL HEALTH AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONFERENCE on April 10, 2015, from 8:30 am – 5:30 pm,
EPNEC, Medical School Campus. The theme of the conference is “The Risk of Emerging Infectious Diseases: From Bench to
Implementation in Research”. Event Flyer
CALL FOR POSTERS: Global Health & Infectious Disease Conference
April 10, 2015, Eric P. Newman Education Center, Medical Campus
We encourage students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty working in global health to present a poster. The top two posters in
the student and postdoctoral fellow category will receive an award.
The Trainee Oral Symposium, Thursday, April 9, will feature presentations from students and postdocs.
April 9, 2015, 1 to 5:15 pm, McDonnell Sciences Building, Erlanger Auditorium, Medical Campus
The Forum for International Health and Tropical Medicine Symposium will take place on April 11, featuring keynote speaker Dr.
James Hughes.
All are welcome to attend. Registration is requested. For more details visit: Conference Website. To REGISTER: Click Here.
5. Career Talk: Combining Pharmaceutical Industry and Teaching
Tuesday, April 7th, 9am, FLTC214 A/B
Learn about what it is like to have a career in both Industry and Teaching from Tony Mannino, PhD as he discusses his career at
Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals and as an adjunct professor at University Missouri St. Louis. Bagels and coffee will be served.
To reserve a space at this talk visit: http://dbbs.wustl.edu/Resources/Pages/calendar_event.aspx?EvID=3545
6. Women in Innovation & Entrepreneurship Event
Women in Innovation & Entrepreneurship: Building Networks to Translate Academic Inventions
The WU Office of Technology Management (OTM) invites you to the next Women in Innovation & Entrepreneurship (WIE) event on
Wednesday, April 8. Keynote speaker, Judy Giordan, PhD, will present, "The 21st century innovator imperative - what women can
(and must) do."
Keynote Speaker: Judy Giordan, PhD, Vice-President, Managing Director and Founder at ecosVC
Date: Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Seminar: 3:00 - 4:30 p.m., Cocktails 4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Location: OTM Offices, @4240 Duncan Avenue, Suite 110
Please RSVP
For more information contact Amy Johnson (314) 747-1794.
7. OUTgrads Trivia Fundraiser
To benefit Metro Trans Umbrella Group
Join us for a night of trivia hosted by local drag king, Rydyr, with all proceeds going to the Metro Trans Umbrella Group which
provides services and support for the transgender community of St. Louis.
For just $10 per person, you get to play trivia (no need to form teams beforehand) and help yourself to FREE beer, wine, and snacks
throughout the night. There will be $2 raffle tickets for purchase with chances to win hundreds of dollars in prizes from local
businesses! The top 3 trivia teams will also receive prizes. Anyone 21+ is invited!
Friday, April 10th from 8pm – 10pm
Washington University Medical campus, Shell Cafe (near the Olin dorms), 4550 Scott Ave.
OUTgrads is a university-wide LGBTQ group dedicated to developing community among Washington University graduate and professional students,
faculty, and staff of all genders and sexual orientations. We hope to promote awareness of the issues that affect our communities and to facilitate
community involvement by our membership. http://gradpages.wustl.edu/outgrads
8. Academic Women's Network 25th Anniversary Celebration
Continuum of Excellence: Women in Science and Medicine - Celebrating the Impact of Diversity
Educational Symposium - Friday, April 17, 2015, 8:00 am - 4:00 pm, EPNEC
Registration to the symposium is free. To RSVP for the symposium, email specialprograms@wusm.wustl.edu or call 314-286-0071.
To reserve a box lunch ($18), please pay by April 10. Please use commerce.cashnet.com/AWN You will need to click on AWN
Events to access the rsvp page.
8:15–9:00 am Keynote speaker: Vivian W. Pinn, MD, Former Director, Office of Research on Women’s Health, NIH
9. Keck Fellowship
DBBS Faculty are invited to nominate their WU postdocs for partial fellowships ($30,000) through the 2015 Keck Postdoctoral
Program in Molecular Medicine at Washington University. The following limitations apply:
- Nominees must not have completed more than two years of postdoctoral training, excluding clinical training, as of July 1 (the
preferred applicant is either just beginning or early in the postdoctoral training period).
- Applicants must not hold any other named fellowship.
- Only U.S. CITIZENS are eligible.
- Nominations are limited to one per advisor. Consideration will be given to those mentors not recently awarded a Keck Fellowship.
For more information, please contact your advisor. To check that your advisor is a member of DBBS, please visit
http://dbbs.wustl.edu and click on “Faculty” and search the listings. Deadline is Wednesday, April 15, 2015.
10. Lilly Innovation Fellowship
The Lilly Innovation Fellowship Award is a competitive post-doctoral fellowship award and training partnership program. This
prestigious Award program is designed to foster post-doctoral research proposals by providing the recipient with up to four years of
salary, benefits, limited travel support, and a unique training experience while participating in the program. WU anticipates being
invited to nominate two candidates for the Lilly Innovation Fellowship Award (LIFA) and is holding an Internal Competition. Please
see https://cfr.wusm.wustl.edu/Pages/LillyInnovationFellowshipAward.aspx for details. You may need to be on a WU computer or
may need to use your WUSTL key to access.
11. FDA Commissioner's Fellowship Program
The FDA invites outstanding healthcare professionals, scientists, and engineers to apply to its two-year Fellowship Program, where
they will receive regulatory science training and the chance to conduct cutting-edge research on targeted scientific, policy, or
regulatory issues under the mentorship of an FDA senior scientist. Applications will be accepted from March 16, 2015 through April
24, 2015 5 p.m. EST. The program starts in October. Applicants must be U.S. citizens, non-citizen nationals of the U.S., or have been
admitted to the U.S. for permanent residence at the time their applications are submitted. Please see the website for more
information and application instructions:
http://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/WorkingatFDA/FellowshipInternshipGraduateFacultyPrograms/CommissionersFellowshipProgram/d
efault.htm
12. Procter & Gamble Research & Development PhD 2015 FIRST Conference
Procter & Gamble (P&G) is committed to maintaining a diverse workforce. The Company, its minority scientists, and the PhD
Recruiting office developed this unique conference in 1990, intended to give participants a deeper understanding about industrial
research careers. Participants will travel to Cincinnati-based technical centers to view industrial careers in action, network with a
group of successful minority scientists and other professionals whose leadership in science and technology is well established, and
gain a deeper understanding of the realities of cultural and workforce diversities.
The FIRST Conference is a unique recruitment opportunity that will be held September 20-23, 2015, in Cincinnati, Ohio. All travel
expenses and hotel accommodation costs will be paid by P&G. Participants could leave this conference with a day visit invitation and
may be considered for future employment at P&G.
The FIRST Conference is primarily intended for African American, Hispanic, and Native American doctoral and postdoctoral scientists
from STEM disciplines who want to learn more about industrial research careers. We strongly encourage scientists in those affinity
groups to apply. Other qualified candidates, including foreign nationals, also will be considered for participation. Applicants must
have a doctoral degree or expect to receive one within 9-12 months of the conference date. For maximum individual benefit, a
limited number of applicants will be chosen to participate.
Applications must be received by June 30, 2015, to be considered for the 2015 conference. For more information and to apply:
www.facebook.com/PGFIRST
13. ASCB & KGI Management Training Course
The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB), in partnership with the Keck Graduate Institute, is offering a two-week intensive
management training course from July 12-24, 2015, at the Keck Graduate Institute in Claremont, CA. This course will accommodate
40 graduate students and postdocs (international and domestic) who will receive free tuition, room and board, plus 50% of their
travel costs, thanks to generous support from EMD Millipore Corporation.
The course will introduce PhD scientists to the skills they need to thrive in industry and will expose them to the culture,
organizational structures, and practices of life science companies through MBA-style case-based classroom experiences, professional
development workshops, and a team-based project. They will learn how the industry develops leads, organizes and conducts
research and development, and shepherds compounds through to clinical trials. The course is designed for advanced graduate
students with at least three years of research experience and for postdocs.
The deadline to apply is April 15. The application is straightforward, and the only stipulation is that applicants must be or become
an ASCB member. Click here for more information and to apply.
14. Data Incubator – Summer 2015
The Data Incubator is an intensive 7 week fellowship that prepares masters, PhDs, and postdocs in STEM + social science fields
seeking industry careers as data scientists. The program is free for fellows and supported by sponsorships from dozens of employers
across multiple industries. In response to the overwhelming interest in our earlier sessions, we will be holding another fellowship.
Locations: There will be both an in-person (in NYC, DC, SF) and online section of the fellowship. There is a common application for
both the online and in-person sections.
Dates: All sections will be from 2015-06-01 to 2015-07-17
Application Link: http://www.thedataincubator.com/#apply?ref=wZGV0ZXJtYW5jQHd1c3RsLmVkdQ==
Who should apply: Anyone within one year of graduating from a masters or PhD program or who has already obtained a masters or
PhD is welcome to apply. Applications from international students are welcome. Everyone else is encouraged to sign-up for a future
session.
For additional information, checkout our blog, Venture Beat article, or Harvard Business Review piece.
15. Postdoc Tuition Benefit
Reminder: Benefits-eligible Postdoctoral Research Scholars/Associates are eligible for the Postdoctoral Tuition Remission
Benefit. Registration is now open for Summer UCollege classes! Please remember that summer classes meet twice as often for
longer durations than full semester classes – please make sure you can commit the time before registering. Per the Postdoc Tuition
Policy, postdocs make take up to four credits for career development purposes.
Postdocs may take undergraduate classes (classes that begin with a 1, 2, 3 or 4) at University College for career development
purposes. Postdocs may take up to 4 credits per semester and a passing grade is required. Please visit http://ucollege.wustl.edu
and click “Registration” to access course listings, registration procedures and other policies and procedures. Classes must relate to
your professional development. If you decide not to take a class, it must be dropped within the 100% refund period otherwise you
will be sent a bill. Please visit the website for the schedule: http://ucollege.wustl.edu/tuition/refunds
You should register online and select the Postdoc Tuition Remission benefit as your method of payment. Then fill out the required
form and route to the approver listed for your School. All registration and forms should be completed before the start of the
semester and please allow at least 3-4 working days to process. If you have questions about registering, please visit
http://ucollege.wustl.edu, click on Registration, then How to Register. For information on the postdoc tuition benefit & form, click
on Tuition & Aid, Payment Options scroll to Tuition Remissions - Washington University Employees and then click on Employee
Tuition Remission page, then scroll to the postdoc section.
16. Instructors Needed: Bard College’s Citizen Science Program
Bard College’s Citizen Science Program is a science literacy program required of all first year students, regardless of intended major.
Held in January, this short, intense academic program introduces our students to scientific thinking by engaging them in problembased learning classroom, computing and laboratory experiences. We are currently accepting applications from excellent scientists
who are interested in undergraduate education. More information can be found at (http://citizenscience.bard.edu/), and the job
posting can be found at: http://www.bard.edu/employment/employment/descriptions.php?listing_id=1142099. Applications are
due May 13, 2015.
POSTDOC HOODIES!
We are down to the last box of postdoc hoodies. Stop by the office between 9am-4pm to purchase your hoodie, cost is $18 each,
cash only please and exact change is appreciated. We have sizes Small, Medium and Large in navy blue. Now is the time to buy!
Questions? email postdoc@wusm.wustl.edu.
Don’t forget to check out the DBBS Jobs Board at http://dbbs.wustl.edu/jobs. We have posted Career positions and postdoctoral
positions both at WU and elsewhere. The board is self-service, so feel free to post jobs, or forward the site to others who may want
to post a job.
We are on Facebook & Twitter! The audience for both accounts is current WU postdocs but they are open anyone, so please like
our FB page and follow us on Twitter! We’ll be posting info about OPA & WUPS events and Career Center activities as well as other
events and items of interest to postdocs. You can find us at:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OPA.WUSTL, Washington University Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
Twitter: @WUSTLPostdoc, WUSTL Postdoc Office http://twitter.com/wustlpostdoc
We also have a LinkedIn Group for current & alumni postdocs – Washington University in St. Louis Postdocs - please join if you
haven’t already. This is a private group for career development and networking and is meant to help postdocs keep in touch,
especially after they complete their postdoc.
This newsletter was created for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Postdoctoral Appointees at Washington University. You have
received this email because you have been identified as a postdoc or other associated with postdoc functions. If you have questions, please contact
Mary Bradley at bradleym@wustl.edu or 362-2591.