Featured Postdoc (Travel grant winner): Dr. Stefano Santaguida

Dr. Stefano Santaguida was awarded a PDA travel grant for the Jan-June 2015 cycle.             BIO: Dr. Stefano Santaguida did his PhD studies in the lab of Andrea Musacchio at the European Institute of Oncology (Milan, Italy) where he studied the molecular mechanisms underlying the proper execution of mitosis, focusing…

This week at MIT (Jan 18th – 24th)

      January 20, 2014 What are the Benefits? (organized by the MIT GECD, registration required) Location: 4-257 Time: 2:00pm – 4:00pm Making the Most of Your Presentation, featuring Jean-luc Doumont (organized by the MIT GECD, registration required) Location: 10-250 Time: 2:00pm – 4:00pm China Study/Intern/Research Abroad Info Session (organized by the MISTI and MIT GECD)…

Postdoc Seminar Series

On Wednesday, we held our first new casual seminar series for postdocs. The three great included: A Mathematical Model of Merging Departments at MGH (David Scheinker), Theory of Mind from Videos (Tao Gao), and The Bacterial Breadboard: Engineering Cellular Responses to Metabolic Stress (Felix Moser)….

This week at MIT (Jan 11th – 17th)

      January 12, 2014 Leadership 101 (organized by the MIT GECD, registration required) Location: 4-257 Time: 1:00pm – 2:00pm   January 13, 2014 Does your resume communicate the right message? (organized by the MIT GECD, registration required) Location: 4-237 Time: 2:00pm – 3:30pm Negotiating for women (organized by the MIT GECD, registration required) Location: 4-257 Time: 4:00pm –…

This week at MIT (Jan 4th – 10th)

      January 6, 2014 Writing compelling cover letters (organized by the MIT GECD, registration required) Location: 3-333 Time: 2:00pm – 3:00pm   Negociating job offers (organized by the MIT GECD, registration required) Location: 3-370 Time: 4:00pm – 5:00pm   January 7, 2014 Effective Iinternship search strategies (A GECD Webinar) (organized by the MIT GECD, registration required)…

This week at MIT (Dec 14th – 20th)

      December 15, 2014 Difficult Discussions and Gendered Communication in the Work Place (Sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Research, registration required) Location: 46-3002 Time: 3:00pm – 4:30pm Please contact our Corresponding Secretary Magali Gauthier (mgauthie@mit.edu) to add new events to this list…

This week at MIT (Dec 7th – 13th)

        December 8, 2014 W20 Holiday Tree Decorating Location: W20-100 Time: 4:00pm – 5:00pm   December 9, 2014 Supporting Ourselves and Others Through Grief and Loss (organized by the MIT Work Life Center, registration required) Location: E25-401 Time: 4:00pm – 5:00pm   December 10, 2014 Winterfest 2014 Location: 32, Charles M. Vest Student Street Time:…

Skating Night with MIT S&P and PDA, this Sunday, 6:30-9:30 pm at Community Ice Skating Rink!

Greetings MIT Postdocs and Families!   Winter is finally approaching, and MIT Spouses & Partners and Postdoc Association would like you to invite you to an evening of outdoor fun. Please join us this Sunday, Dec. 7, from 6:30-9:30pm at the Community Ice Skating Rink @Kendall Square. We are looking forward to this festive opportuniy to spend some quality time with our…