Harvard Innovation Lab Thursday, November 21, 2013 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (EST) Ultimately, every team will reach a point at which the honeymoon of team formation wanes and challenges ensue. More often than not, these challenges have more to do with a team’s internal dynamics than external obstacles. However, in the fast-paced realm…
From Lab to Startup: Stories of entrepreneurs working to solve researchers’ problems
Speakers: Caitlin Trasande, Head of Research Policy, Digital Science; and Alex Hodgson: CEO of 1DegreeBio and Director of Marketing at ReadCube Date and Time: Tuesday, November 26 from 3:00 to 4:30 pm Location: Singleton Auditorium, Building 46-3002 (Department of Brain & Cognitive Sciences) Sponsored by the MIT Postdoctoral Association and the Office of the Vice President for Research Register Now Hear from…
de la Femme’s “How to Effectively Network for Better Opportunities” Career Event
Event details: It has been recorded at various universities that less than 20% of students got their first job from a direct application to an employer. The other 80% received employment through networking. This remains true throughout one’s professional career. It is easy enough to show up to a networking event, but talking to random…
PhD to Business Panel: Nov. 13, 5:30 PM
From PhD to Business: A Panel on the Consulting Industry Interested in learning about career options in business?Come listen to MIT PhD alums talk about their transition from academia to the business world. Snacks will be provided. When: Wednesday, November 13, 5:30 PM Where: Stata Center, Room 32-155 Contact: gsc-arc@mit.edu…
Lean In Women of MIT!
Global Education & Career Development (GECD) is organizing a Lean In Women of MIT event to accompany the nationwide college student livestream event where Sheryl Sandberg, author of Lean In, discusses her book and answers student questions. This event is open to the entire MIT community – Undergraduates, Graduate students, Post Docs, Faculty and staff….
BMC’s Technology Seminar on 10/23/2013
BMC’s Technology Seminar Series returns Wednesday with Clontech. Clontech’s SMARTer system is what we use for doing RNAseq on samples with limited input. They have some new techniques coming out that may be of interest. Technology Seminar Series – 2013/2014 Sponsored by the BioMicro Center SMARTer® Solutions for Low Input Transcriptome Sequencing…
Biotechnology & Healthcare Career Panel for PhDs on 10/23/2013
Dear MIT Postdocs, the following session, sponsored by the Graduate Student Council (Academics, Research, and Careers), may be of interest: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 Career Panel for PhDs: Biotechnology & Healthcare…
PDA Fall 2013 Travel Grants: Award Announcement
Dear fellow MIT PostDocs, The PDA is pleased to announce the recipients for the Fall 2013 Travel Awards. This year we have received an impressive number of high quality applications. Out of the 72 applications, the evaluation team from the PDA professional development committee has selected six outstanding applicants as recipients of the award, based exclusively on…