The Scientific Citizenship Initiative at HMS (SCI) is offering an online nanocourse series this Fall on the Ethics and Governance of Biotechnology. This 3-course series is aimed at STEM graduate students and is open to postdocs.

These nanocourses will challenge students to grapple with ethical,...

Progress in biology and medicine today is limited by our ability to measure and perturb biological systems. We are a community of engineers and scientists operating at the interface of biology and engineering to develop first-in-class biotechnologies that enable us to map, control, and build biological systems. Previous technologies we have invented include Slide-seq [1], RNA Timestamps [2], Implosion...

Employment Opportunity for Teaching Fellows at Harvard College

Life Sciences 1b: Genetics, Genomics, and Evolution

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Position Summary

GreenLight Biosciences is seeking an exceptional and highly motivated Research Associate to help advance the company’s platform technology for mRNA therapeutics. The successful candidate will support R&D efforts within the company in the areas of platform and process development, sample generation, and product characterization. A strong background and independence in molecular biology is required. Organizational and communication skills, creative problem-solving, and flexibility are essential.

This is a six-month...

The National Library of Medicine (NLM), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), is recruiting for a tenure-track or tenure-eligible investigator within its Intramural Research Program (IRP) in Bethesda, MD. The recruitment is part of a planned expansion of NLM’s intramural research in computational health sciences. The goal of this search is to identify candidates with the potential to develop a dynamic, innovative, and independent research program with a focus on clinical...

“The new Harvard Ideation Hub (I-Hub) at HMS is currently looking to hire two Therapeutics Innovation Fellows (TIFs), one Fellow each for the following projects at HMS: (1) a COVID-19 Translator Research Program and (2) a Lyme Disease Research Program, detailed job posting can be found here...

The department of Health Sciences at Stetson University invites applications for a visiting assistant professor position beginning January 2021. The position is a full-time, 9-month appointment that spans January 2021-May 2022 (3 semesters), with the possibility of renewal. In 2018, an $18 million gift for the enhancement of health and science education spurred new thinking about partnerships, interdisciplinarity, and plans for a new building (slated for occupancy in May 2022). It...

The pandemic has posed a unique set of challenges for graduate students, who find themselves navigating a new educational environment as both students and instructors. Now, a new study quantifies just what those challenges are.

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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...