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[Columbia University] Skills for Health & Research Professionals (SHARP) Program Announcement

April 30, 2020

Registration is open for 13 live-stream, virtual summer boot camps designed for health and research professionals from any organization and all career stages! Learn immediate take-away skills directly from the experts over 2-3 days this summer. Scholarships and early-bird rates are available, and capacity is limited.

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Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunities @ Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason

April 30, 2020

Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason (BRI), located in Seattle, Washington, is dedicated to discovering causes and cures of a wide variety of human diseases, with special emphasis on autoimmune and immune system diseases. Research at BRI is organized into Programs that each individually focus on a key research topic, but that together synergize through the use of shared resources and expertise.

The Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Bettelli lab will be engaged in studying novel pathways regulating the differentiation and pathogenicity of T...

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Postdoc Position, van Galen Laboratory @ Harvard Medical School/BWH

April 29, 2020

The Laboratory

The van Galen laboratory is recruiting postdoctoral fellows to perform groundbreaking research on normal and malignant hematopoiesis. We develop and apply experimental and computational methods to push the technological boundaries that limit our current understanding of the development and progression of leukemia. With a focus on myeloid malignancies, we aim to understand epigenetic and transcriptional factors that contribute to clonal expansions by integrating...

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Helping Those With Disabilities Navigate Job Transitions (Inside Higher Ed)

April 26, 2020

Early-career professionals with disabilities face distinct challenges in identifying positions, interviewing and networking, among many other things, write Brian J. Rybarczyk and Allison Gose.

For a graduate student, the job market is an intimidating space full of uncertainty. Add to that a disability, and the navigation of the professional world becomes even more daunting. From simple validation to the more complex navigation of identifying positions, interviewing and networking, individuals with disabilities face distinct challenges.

That’s why the two of...

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Mentoring during the COVID-19 pandemic (Nature)

April 26, 2020

Colleagues facing closed labs and enforced social distancing need a different type of support. Mentors must change their approach, says Ruth Gotian.

The coronavirus outbreak has left many of us feeling frightened, worried and overwhelmed. This is affecting people in different ways, but concerns relating to a lack of focus or productivity are not uncommon. Mentors should always provide a support system for trainees and encourage them to prioritize their health above their productivity: especially in testing times such as these. We must reimagine...

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University Grad Students Step Up To Fill U.S. Coronavirus Testing Void (NPR)

April 26, 2020

Academic science labs around the U.S. are rapidly gearing up to run coronavirus tests for patients in need. They're drawing resources from across campus: technology, chemicals and a formidable workforce — graduate students.

"Normally, when people say they need someone in an emergency, it's not a science grad student," says Katie Cabral, a bioengineering Ph.D. student at the University of California, San Francisco. "But in this case, my particular qualifications are exactly what is needed."

Cabral is volunteering at a new testing center organized by ...

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Amid coronavirus shutdowns, some grad students feel pressure to report to their labs (Science)

April 26, 2020

As the coronavirus outbreak roils university campuses across the world, early-career scientists are facing several dilemmas. Many are worrying about the survival of cell cultures, laboratory animals, and other projects critical to their career success. And some are reporting feeling unwelcome pressure to report to their laboratories—even if they don’t think it’s a good idea, given that any gathering can increase the risk of spreading the virus.

It’s unclear exactly how common these concerns are, but social media posts reveal numerous graduate students expressing stress...

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What About Graduate Students? Graduate student seek time-to-degree and funding extensions (Inside Higher Education)

April 26, 2020
Graduate students face many of the same challenges as faculty members during COVID-19 but have received fewer assurances. Top on their wish list are extended funding and time-to-degree extensions.

Tenure-clock stoppages came fast and furious last month to faculty members worried about how COVID-19 will throw off their career timelines. Graduate students have similar concerns about how their research has been upended and how that will...

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