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Highlight: Brown's SACNAS Chapter Award


To join, contact brown.sacnas@gmail.com

Congratulations to Brown University's SACNAS Chapter for being awarded the 2013 Outstanding New Chapter Award.  SACNAS is a national organization of scientists devoted to advancing Hispanics, Chicanos & Native Americans in STEM.   SACNAS@Brown is open to anyone (undergrads, grads, postdocs, faculty and staff) of all cultures and ethnicities.  

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Postdoc Opportunity

Emory University, Dept of Pediatrics, Div of Infectious Disease
seeks postdoc to join the laboratory of Dr. Wrammert. The projects available are focused on the induction and maintenance of human B cell immunity in the context of viral infection or vaccination. Ongoing projects involve clinical studies focusing on influenza, HIV/SIV and dengue infection or vaccination, and includes both national and international collaborations.

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Career Position

McGill University, Dept of Anatomy and Cell Biology 
(Montreal, Canada) seeks tenure track cell biologist.  Preference will be given to applicants working on a theme that aligns well with one of the departmental axes (Cell and Molecular Imaging, Cytoskeletal Mechanisms and Signaling, and Extracellular Matrix Dynamics).

See more career positions by visiting the Job discussion section of the Brown University BioMed Postdoc & Graduate Student Group on LinkedIn.  

Postdoc Funding Opportunities

Cancer Research Institute
Deadline October 1.  *no citizenship requirements.

Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research
Important Dates:  Online application form available: October 1, 2013.  Application Deadline: April 1, 2014.  *no citizenship requirements.

Ford Foundation Fellowship Program
Dissertation and Postdoctoral deadlines will be November 15, 2013.

American Association for Cancer Research
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network-AACR Fellowship.  Application Deadline:  October 29, 2013 at noon, Eastern Time.

National Institutes of Health – Fellowships in Bioethics
Postdoctoral application deadline is December 31, 2013.

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Graduate Student Funding Opportunities

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Applications Due Life Sciences: November 8, 2013
Reference Letter deadline: November 14, 2013.

Ford Foundation Fellowship Program
Pre-doctoral application deadlines will be November 20, 2013.

Grand Challenges in Global Health
Application Deadline:  November 12, 2013 at 11:30 a.m. Pacific Standard Time.

National Institutes of Health – Fellowships in Bioethics
Post-baccalaureate/pre-doctoral application deadline is January 15, 2014.

American Lung Association – Lung Health Research Dissertation Grant
Deadline: November 12, 2013.

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