Shredded muscle fibers from Drosophila stained with Dihydroethidium, highlighting areas where free radicals are produced. These free radicals have the potential to cause cellular damage and play a role in tissue and organismal aging. 

Jefferson College of Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University has postdoctoral research fellowships in molecular dermatology & fibrotic diseases available immediately.  These are NIH T32 supported positions for MDs, PhDs or MD/PhDs with interest in an academic career. For MDs, the training can be combined with Dermatology Residency (2+2 program).  To apply: Send CV to Carol Kelly (Carol.Kelly@jefferson.edu), Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA.

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Academic Job Search: Negotiating the Job Offer in the Sciences, Monday, February 11, 2013; 4:00-5:00 PM; CareerLAB, 167 Angell Street.  

Private Foundation Workshop, Tuesday, February 12, 2013; 4:00-5:30 PM; Petteruti Lounge, Stephen Robert Campus Center.  Learn from faculty who have received private foundation funding, and also get an inside look from former foundation program staff at how foundations think and make funding decisions.

F-Series Workshop, Wednesday, February 13, 2013; 12:00-1:00PM, J Walter Wilson 403.  Sponsored by Office of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies.  Presented by Dean Elizabeth O. Harrington, PhD.  Submitting an NRSA F-Series Fellowship?  Need some guidance preparing your application?  This basic training session will cover fellowship overview, program announcement vs. instructions, tour of available resources, timelines and administrative contacts.  Brown bag lunches welcome. Registration required.

Classroom Communication, Wednesday, February 13, 2013; 12:00-1:00 PM; Sheridan Center for Teaching & Learning, 96 Waterman Street. Learn strategies to better communicate in the classroom and improve student learning.  Improve your own proficiency in communicating.

A Critical Approach to Storytelling for the Science World, Wednesday, February 13, 2013 12:00-1:00 PM;  Science Center, 3rd floor Sciences Library, 101-109 Waterman Street.  Question and answer session on communicating serious issues with humor and art. Guests marine biologist turned filmmaker Randy Abrams and Cool Globes founder Wendy Abrams.

The Better Angels of Our Nature, Wednesday, February 13, 2013 5:00-6:00 PM; Salomon Center, Room 101, De Ciccio Family Auditorium, 69-91 Waterman Street.  Presented by Dr. Steven Pinker, Johnstone Family Professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University and experimental psychologist, cognitive scientist, linguist and author.

Teaching Undergraduate Science Laboratories, Thursday, February 21, 2013; 12:00-1:00 PM; Sheridan Center (96 Waterman); an interactive seminar designed for grad students and postdocs facilitated by Kathleen Hess (Chemistry) and John Stein (Neuroscience) will address how to design laboratory courses to enhance science curricula.

Toastmasters Meeting (Public Speaking Club), Wednesday, February 13, 2013; 8:00-9:00 PM, Barus & Holley, Room 190, 182 Hope Street.  Practice writing and delivering planned and impromptu speeches, receive helpful criticism of your technique, and become familiar speaking in front of an audience with Toastmasters International. Of course, no experience required.  If you have an upcoming presentation, such as an elevator pitch or poster presentation, Toastmasters is an excellent place to practice!

Race Decoded: Medical Ethics at the Frontier, Monday, February 11, 2013; 5:30-6:30 PM; 222 Richmond Street, Room 170.  Presented by Catherine Bliss, Catherine Bliss, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of California, San Francisco; Howard Hughes Medical Institute Postdoctoral Fellow.

Denitrification in terrestrial ecosystems: A tale of misery and woe, Tuesday, February 12, 2013; 12:00-1:00 PM; Biomed Center, Room 291 (Eddy Auditorium).  Presented by Peter Groffman, University of Georgia, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies.

New Results from the MoBa Cohort on Whether Background-level Exposure to Perfluorinated Alkyl Substances Is a Risk Factor for Preeclampsia, Tuesday, February 12, 2013; 4:00-5:00 PM;  121 South Main Street, room 245.  Presented by Matthew Longnecker, MD, ScD, Senior Investigator in the Epidemiology Branch of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.

Climate Skeptics: They’re Here; They’re Queer; Get Used to Them, Wednesday, February 13, 2013; 5:00-6:00 PM, Science Center, 3rd floor Sciences Library, 101-109 Waterman Street.  Communicating effectively about climate change in the face of continuing skepticism and doubtmongering.  Presented by filmmaker Randy Olson.  Lecture/ panel discussion/ reception/ screening of the film Sizzle:A Global Warming Comedy.

Bribes, Incentives and Differing Interests: Navigating Partnerships in Global Health, Wednesday, February 13, 2013; 5:00-6:30 PM; Biomed Center, Eddy Auditorium, 171 Meeting Street, Room 291.

Unscripted Empathy: Art and Healing from the Inside Out, Wednesday, February 13, 2013; 5:30-7:00 PM, Pembroke Hall, Room 305, 172 Meeting Street.  Speaker Jane Hesser is an artist, with an MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design, and a clinical social worker at Woman and Infants Hospital in Providence, RI.

Genome Instability: Causes, Consequences, and Potential Therapeutic Interventions, Thursday, February 14, 2013; 4:00-5:00 PM, 70 Ship Street, Room 107. Presented by Neil J. Ganem, Ph.D., Instructor of Pediatrics at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School.  

Transcriptional Regulation of Innate Lymphocyte Differentiation, Friday, February 15, 2013; 12:00-1:00 PM, Biomed Center, Room 291, Eddy Auditorium, 171 Meeting Street.  Presented by James Di Santo, M.D., Ph.D.

Evaluating the Effect of Training on Wagees in the Presence of Noncompliance, Nonemployment and Missing Outcome Data, Monday, March 4, 2013; 3:30-4:30 PM, 121 South Main, Room 245.  Presented by Donald Rubin, PhD, Department of Statistics, Harvard University.

Between Thought and Therapy: Translating Neurobiology Research into Treatments, Wednesday, February 13, 2013;  12:00-1:00PM.  A Science Webinar Series.

Writing a Business Plan, Wednesday, February 13, 2013; 5:30-7:00PM; 95 Chestnut St., Third Floor, Providence, Betaspring office/  Sponsored by RI Business Plan Competition 2013.  

AAAS 2013 American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting, Thursday, February 14-18, 2013; Boston, MA.

China STEM program, Johns Hopkins University offers a June 25-August 16 Chinese immersion program geared towards Health Sciences Chinese with experiential research trips to labs, hospitals, and academic institutions in China.  Deadline February 15, 2013.

Genetown Career Fair, Thursday, February 21, 2013;  11:00AM-4:00PM, Cambridge Marriott.  Job seekers can spend a day with HR representatives and Hiring Managers from top biotech, pharma, and medical device companies in the Northeast region.  Graduate students and postdocs welcome.

Advancing Cancer Genomics: The Impact of Personalized Genome Sequencing, Wednesday, February 25, 2013; 12 PM Eastern, Science webinar series.

European Career Fair at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, February 23-25, 2013;  Johnson Athletics Center, MIT Campus and Hyatt Regency Cambridge. 

How Payers and Patients Impact Medical Product Development, Tuesday, February 26, 2013; Genzyme Center, Roscoe Brady Lecture Hall - 500 Kendall Street, Cambridge, MA.

New England Science Symposium, Saturday, March 2, 2013; Harvard Medical School, 77 Ave Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA. 

9th Annual MicroRNA Targets and Tools for Therapeutic Development Conference on March 4-5, 2013 at the Boston Marriott in Cambridge, MA.

Experimental Biology 2013, Scientists and researchers in the fields of anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, pathology, nutrition, and pharmacology will meet to discuss the strides and contributions made to the field of science.  Boston, MA.

Protein Engineering Summit, April 29-May 3, 2013; Seaport World Trade Center in Boston; Cambridge Healthtech Institute is pleased to present its Ninth Annual PEGS, the essential protein engineering summit.

Science Outside the Lab, a policy immersion program in Washington, D.C. for graduate students, Monday June 3 - Friday June 14, 2013.

 

Notice of Intent to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement for NIH Director’s Workforce Innovation Award, available to doctoral degree-granting institutions that propose bold and innovative programs to significantly enhance traditional research-oriented doctoral and postdoctoral training.

Notice of Intent to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement for Planning Grants for the NIH National Research Mentoring Network, NIH is establishing the Increasing the Diversity of the NIH-Funded Workforce program to unify and strengthen institutions and faculty that are dedicated to the recruitment and retention of diverse scientists.

Register for Science Webinars, arrange to receive alerts for upcoming webinars, and view archived Career or Technology webinars.  

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Propel Careers Newsletter, a Boston based life sciences search and career development firm with the unique distinction of being dedicated to networking, mentoring and career development.

Visit Training.brown.edu to see available sessions for graduate students or postdocs (click on Faculty tab).  

American Association for the Advancement of Science: Entry Point! is a program offering outstanding internship opportunities for students with apparent and non-apparent disabilities in science, engineering, mathematics, computer science, and some fields of business.

Gen Foundation Grants, a charitable trust which principally provides grants to students/researchers in biological, chemical, botanical, and food sciences. Applications are hard copy only, and must be postmarked by the due date.  Deadline: March 31, 2013

The National Human Genome Research Institute invites talented and dedicated graduate students to apply to the Advances in Genomics Research Summer Program running August 5-9, 2013.

The National Cancer Institute offers Health Communications Internship Program to graduate students and recent graduate degree.  Recipients have the opportunity to participate in vital health and science communications projects in one of the many Institute offices.  Interns will select an area of emphasis: health communications or science writing.  

The NIH Office of Technology Transfer has postdoctoral fellowship opportunities available under the Intramural Research Training Award (IRTA) authority to qualified candidates in the field of technology transfer. These fellowships enable candidates to combine their science background with training and experience in the technology transfer field.

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Jefferson College of Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University has postdoctoral research fellowships in molecular dermatology & fibrotic diseases available immediately.  These are T32 supported positions for medical or graduate degrees with interest in an academic career. The training can be combined with Dermatology Residency.  To apply: Send CV to Carol Kelly Carol.Kelly@jefferson.edu, Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA.

Monsanto Emerging Leaders in Science Rotation Program, the program consists of three, one-year rotational assignments within your selected strategic scientific focus area. Following successful completion of the three-year program, you’ll be placed in a key role within Monsanto’s Technology Organization.

Department of Health & Human Services, National Institutes of Health, and National Cancer Institute Technology Transfer Center has two fellowship opportunities available to qualified candidates:  one in the Marketing Track and one in the  Agreement Negotiation Track.

Epilepsy Foundation's Behavioral Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowship develops excellent behavioral scientists to teach the appropriate psychosocial intervention techniques used in working with people with epilepsy, and contributes to the body of behavioral research in epilepsy. Deadline: March 22, 2013

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