Read more about Extension Educator, 4-H Youth Development @ University of Illinois Extension

Duties and Responsibilities: We are seeking a motivated postdoctoral associate to work in the field of Hemodialysis. The overarching goal is for the candidate to develop miniaturized hemodialysis (HD) subsystems for portable or wearable hemodialysis. The position will be held in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. The main research areas will include: (1) development of a sheet-membrane based dialyzer for large-animal HD; (2) development of a membrane-based plasma generator; (3) benchtop evaluation of the two devices alone and in tandem; (4) conduct large-...

Read more about Postdoctoral Position, Department of Biomedical Engineering @ University of Rochester

"Choosing a lab during the first year of your Ph.D. program is tough. When I started doing rotations, I assumed the most important factor to consider during this decision-making process was the research. I looked through labs’ papers asking, “Is this interesting? Can I think about this for a long time?” While that is undoubtedly a key question for grad school, because you will be sitting and thinking about one small slice of the science world for a long time, I learned during the course of my Ph.D. program that there are a lot of other variables that are worth considering seriously. Had...

Read more about What to Consider During Your Ph.D. Rotations [ASBMB Today]

"The entire job search had been done during the pandemic. We had screened applicants, gone through three rounds of interviews, and recruited our candidate of choice — all without shaking a hand, being in the same room, or hosting finalists. Even local contenders for the job never crossed beyond the digital threshold. Speaking with her that first day on the job, it struck me how unusual all of this would have seemed only six or eight months ago." Read more here: https://www-chronicle-com.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/article/the-job-season-without-in-person-interviews Read more about The Job Season Without In-Person Interviews [Chronicle of Higher Ed]