Public writing can be a touchy subject. From one perspective, we are living in a golden age of public intellectualism. Today’s scholars have numerous ways to reach a broad audience — from online magazines hungry for fresh takes on the topics of the day to print magazines looking for authoritative essays. Writing coaches and programs such as the OpEd Project offer training in how to pitch to general-interest publications, while grant agencies in Europe and North America increasingly require...

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"How to protect your bright mind from the drain of everyday racism you may encounter in academic life."

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The Position

 

We are seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral research fellow to join the Rutz lab in the Department of Cancer Immunology at Genentech. The successful candidate will initiate an independent research project to investigate mechanisms by which the ubiquitin pathway regulates T cell responses and immunosuppression. The expectation is that this work will result in novel and important contributions to our understanding of the regulation of adaptive immune responses in cancer and chronic inflammation, as evidenced by publications in top tier...

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The DNA Enzymes Division of New England Biolabs (NEB) invites
applicants for the position of Postdoctoral Fellow. Projects will be part of a
research program aimed at studying DNA replication and repair using
enzyme kinetics, genetic, biochemical, and next generation sequencing.
Required Qualifications:
• Ph.D. in biochemistry, bioengineering, molecular biology or related field.
• Technical expertise in enzyme kinetics and enzymology.
• Excellent presentation and writing ability.
• Publication of original scientific work in high-quality journals.
• Next...

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Collections Editor / Curriculum Specialist, pd|hub

Position Description and Responsibilities: The Collections Editor/Curriculum Specialist will be part of the pd|hub core team, working closely with the PI/Director and Collections Co- Investigator to ensure success of the Collections and corresponding activities.

• Oversee & manage Collections, including the submissions process, peer review process, model annotations, instructional strategies in train-the-trainer workshops, and mentoring groups

• Work with the PI, co-I...

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Program Manager / Sr. Program Manager, pd|hub

Position Description and Responsibilities: The Program Manager will be part of the pd|hub core team, working closely with the pd|hub PI/Director across all initiatives of pd|hub, including project management, strategy, communications, relationship management, fundraising, and sustainability. This position may start at part-time and, over time, move to full-time. Example responsibilities:

Program management

• Coordinate activities of pd|hub, managing day-to-day logistics and operations...

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Call for internal submissions:

The NCI Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Award (F99/K00)

 

The purpose of the NCI Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Award (F99/K00) is to encourage and retain outstanding graduate students recognized by...

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We have an opening for a postdoctoral research associate on the Evo-Med-Ed Project, an NSF-funded project that aims to design, pilot, and test a set of interactive and integrative instructional materials for biology focused on the evolutionary roots of selected human medical conditions. The Evo-Med-Ed Project is a direct offshoot of the Evo-Ed Project (...

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We at Theolytics are focused on harnessing viruses to combat cancer, and are looking for a Bioinformatician to join our growing multidisciplinary team.

This position represents an excellent opportunity for someone looking to contribute to the development of methods to assess diversity amongst virus metagenomes. The successful applicant will be working in a fast-paced environment, designing and building bioinformatics tools and pipelines, and contributing to key strategic documents. The candidate must be a...

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The Harvard Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology (HSCRB) is the first and only cross-school academic department in both the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences and Harvard Medical School. As a result, the educational mission spans undergraduate, graduate, and medical communities on both the Cambridge and Longwood campuses, as well as the Harvard-affiliated hospitals. Recently with the approval of a new joint degree program in Biotechnology: Life Sciences with Harvard Business School, HSCRB will welcome business school...

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Applications due by September 18. See flier for details.

Since 1990, the Office of the Vice President for Research has supported two postdoctoral fellowship programs with the primary goal of diversifying the pipeline of candidates qualified to become academic leaders in their fields.  These programs support the stipend, plus benefits, for the fellows along with some funds for their research career development. Because a major goal of these fellowships is to prepare the fellows to be competitive for faculty positions, we will be enhancing the research development activities associated with these awards. Fellowship recipients will pursue an...

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Covid-19 has laid bare an unavoidable truth for doctoral programs: The academic-job market — dismal in many fields before the virus — will not be improving anytime soon. That fact has many implications for individual departments and for academe as a whole. But for graduate...

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Research Assistant III- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Division of Nephrology
Exciting opportunity to work on an academic/pharma drug discovery collaboration to treat kidney disease.
Conduct and help coordinate a variety of routine and specialized laboratory tests using molecular, cell
biology and/or biochemistry techniques, and animal models. The successful applicant will have previously
demonstrated a high degree of independence in conducting research projects and may have technical
expertise in specific area(s) that surpasses basic performance expectations.... Read more about Research Assistant @ Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Division of Nephrology