Past Events
2020 Events
February 2020
Biogen Site Visit: The Role of Medical Affairs in Modern Pharmaceutical Industry Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Date: Wednesday, February 19, 2020 from 9:30am-12pm (Register by 2/13/20)
Location: Biogen Building 1 | 225 Binney Street | Cambridge, MA
Description: Visit Biogen’s campus to learn more about Biogen’s 2-year Worldwide Medical Fellowship provides PhD graduates a hands-on opportunity to learn the ins and outs of Medical Affairs and the pharmaceutical industry within the walls of a cutting-edge biotech. First-year fellows will explore different functional areas within Worldwide Medical through a series of rotational experiences. Fellows will also have the opportunity to select one rotation outside of Medical. Second-year fellows will pick an area of concentration within Worldwide Medical to prepare them for a continued career in the biopharmaceutical industry. Dress is business casual.
Agenda
9:30 am: arrival and check-in
10:00 am: breakfast and networking
10:30 am: presentation and Q & A
11:30 am: tour
12:00 pm: depart
Register: https://tinyurl.com/Biogen20
Transition to Consulting with Trinity 2020
Date: Wednesday, February 19, 2020 from 5:30pm-7pm
Location: 610 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 106B
Description: Trinity is a leading life science consulting firm that provides strategic and tactical insights to clients worldwide. We are excited to have our BU alumni, Mike Jager, PhD (Biochemistry, BUMC) and Alex Stankiewicz, PhD (Neurobiology and Anatomy), from Trinity come and speak about their experience in consulting. During this info session you will also learn about their three-day program offering advanced degree candidates a glimpse of a typical day in consulting and the application procedure for this program. Participants will run through an engagement simulation under the guidance of Trinity consultants.
Register: https://tinyurl.com/BUBEST219
Virtual Career Fair
Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 from 9am-7pm
Location: Online
Description: Join online to speak with employers from a variety of employers ranging from AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowship to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital careers and more. Create and account and upload your resume to the website so they have your information for when the company’s are hiring. Master’s students, PhD trainees, Postdocs and Alumni are welcome to attend.
Register here (https://tinyurl.com/GCCVCE20) with your BU e-mail address.
Consulting with Clarion
Date: Thursday, February 27, 2020 from 12pm-1:30pm
Location: 71 E. Concord St., Room K103, MED
Description: Clarion is a Boston-based life sciences strategy consulting firm. Learn about careers in consulting with Clarion and learn about their PROPEL 3-day training program open to PhD/Postdocs and MD candidates. Lunch will be provided, be sure to register!
Register at: https://tinyurl.com/best22720
WPDC Workshop III: Anti-procrastination: Create an IDP for your life
Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2020; 1:30pm-2:30pm
Location: 72 E. Concord St., L306
Description: WPDC will be repurposing the principles behind a traditional IDP to teach students how to avoid procrastination in everyday life. We will help students identify their procrastination “triggers”, create an easy individualized plan to overcome these triggers, and will finish with an interactive exercise designed to help students identify their personal (non-career) and professional goals. They will then determine how best to achieve their goals using the skills they learned in this workshop. It is important that students recognize the difference between personal and professional growth in order to maintain a healthy work-life balance as they get further into their graduate program and eventually their career.
Register at: https://signup.com/go/cvaYjpO
March 2020
NRSA Workshop: Understanding the NIH Process
Date: March 2, 2020 (2:30pm-4:30pm)
Location: 72 E. Concord St., L306
Description: This workshop will be dedicated to providing clarity to the pre-award and administrative process involved in submitting an application to NIH. This includes, but is not limited to:
1. Identifying the correct funding opportunity.
2. Choosing the appropriate funding institute.
3. Interpreting guidelines.
4. Identifying applicable documents to prepare.
5. Electronic application creation.
6. The internal BU submission process and expectations.
Our goal of the session is to not only prepare and familiarize applicants with the multi-step submission process, but also provide assurance that submitting an F grant is not as overwhelming as it appears, and that BU has many resources to assist in the process.
After the presentation, there will be a break out session where members of the Proposal Development Office will prepare submission checklists appropriate to each student’s project and develop a budget.
Register your interest to receive updates: https://tinyurl.com/BU3220
Industry Career Panel with Alumni
Date: Wednesday, March 4, 2020 from 10am-11:50am
Location: 72 E. Concord St., Room L211
Description: Are you interested in learning more about careers as scientists in
industry? Join us to hear more and meet with scientists:
Dr. Kristie Barth; Immunology Scientist, Evelo Biosciences
Dr. Steve Perrin; Chief Executive Officer and Chief Scientific Officer, ALS Therapy Development Institute; Chief Executive Officer, Anelixis Therapeutics
Dr. Anne-Marie Richard; Patient and External Association Engagement Lead, Pfizer; Founder & President, Dominican Health and Education Initiative
Dr. Aleksander Szymaniak; Scientist, Semma Therapeutics
Register at: https://tinyurl.com/BESTIND20
Inclusive Leadership Panel & Networking Discussion with Boston’s Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association
Date: Tuesday, March 4, 2020 from 5:30pm-7:30pm
Location: 610 Commonwealth Ave, Room 101 in Kilachand
Description: It takes ALL of us to drive and lead in an inclusive workplace culture. Join Tomorrow’s Executives Affinity Group for a discussion on what it means to be an inclusive leader and how you can facilitate change in any position.
The panelists will share lessons learned throughout their career, including how to manage up, down, and across an organization. There will also be time for audience Q+A with our speakers.
Come ready to enhance your leadership skills and make new connections while cultivating and promoting diversity and inclusion with like-minded affiliates from a variety of backgrounds.
Featured speakers
Dennis Dean II Principal Investigator Seven Bridges
Nikita Deo Project Management Consultant Integrated Project Management
Alex Duncan Chief Scientific Officer In Transition
Alicja Januszewicz Head of People & Culture Allena Pharmaceuticals
Ghazale Sadri-Vakili Assistant Professor of Neurology Harvard Medical School
Register: https://tinyurl.com/HBABEST
Academia Career Panel with Alumni
Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 from 10am-11:50am
Location: Virtual, please register to receive link.
Description: Are you interested in learning more about careers as a PhD in academia? Join us to hear more and meet with:
Dr. Carly Cederquist; Alliance Manager, Office of Technology Development, Harvard University
Dr. Shawn Lyons; Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine
Dr. Elizabeth Zulick; Assistant Teaching Professor and Faculty Director, Northeastern University College of Professional Studies
Register: https://tinyurl.com/BEST31820b
Grant Writing Workshop: Feedback on Specific Aims Grantsmanship
Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2020 from 2:00 pm-3:00 pm
Location: Virtual, please register to receive link.
Description: Receive feedback on your grantsmanship for your NRSA grant, drafts must be submitted to abolgion@bu.edu and hender@bu.edu 2 days before the workshop, sign up to receive reminder e-mails.
Register: https://tinyurl.com/BEST31720
How to Develop and Present Your Ideas– CANCELLED
Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 from 4:30pm-6:00pm
Location: 72 E. Concord St., Room Evans 720
Description: This session is designed to give participants practical tips on how to develop a rational and balanced idea for a commercial or social venture and how to effectively present the idea to others. Included will be discussions on such topics as defining entrepreneurship, pitching new ideas, adjusting to feedback, and dispelling common myths about the ideation process. This session will be very interactive involving frequent discussions of main points and bringing various practical perspectives into the mix.
Register: https://tinyurl.com/BEST31820
MassBioEd Industry Networking Event Event POSTPONED to Summer
Date: March 23, 2020 from 4:30pm-7:30pm
Location: 610 Commonwealth Ave. Room 101 Kilachand Center
Description: The “life sciences industry” can be a nebulous world for many. It encompasses healthcare, innovation, entrepreneurship, small start-ups, big pharma, governments, think tanks, global consortia – and the list goes on! To crack open this nut, MassBioEd is partnering with BU’s Biological Design Center and BEST Program to bring you an evening of insight into the life sciences industry. Join us to learn about employment trends and hear from professionals about the wide spectrum of career opportunities in the world’s leading life sciences cluster: Massachusetts. Speak directly with industry professionals representing a wide range of functions – in and out of the lab – about the paths available to you to enter a fulfilling and lucrative career in the life sciences industry.
4:30-5:00 pm: 2019 Life Sciences Employment Outlook Overview
5:00-5:45 pm: Career Panel of Life Sciences Industry Experts
5:45-7:30 pm: Facilitated Networking with Professionals and Reception
Register: https://tinyurl.com/BDC32320
How to Launch a Lean Startup– CANCELLED
Date: Wednesday, March 25, 2020 from 3pm-5pm
Location: 72 E. Concord St., Room L109C
Description: This session covers the various approaches, techniques, and strategies involved in launching a startup according to the Lean Startup methodology. It takes participants through relevant topics within the early-stage entrepreneurial process, the first formation of an idea through the development of a simple but full-featured business model, and development of a venture presentation that could be used to seek followers and funders.
Register: https://tinyurl.com/BEST32520
Novartis Drug Development & Pharmacokinetics Workshop CANCELLED
Date: Thursday, March 26, 2020 from 9am-11:30am
Location: 71 E. Concord St., Room K103
Description: Learn about global drug company, Novartis, drug development process. Attendees will get an overview of what industry companies do in the clinic and how they get drug candidates to clinic. There will be much more information in this workshop than what you can glean from reading a paper or textbook. This will be of value for those interested in going to industry or those in academia interested in working with industry.
Register: https://tinyurl.com/BEST32620
I Networked… Now What?
Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2020 from 4pm-5pm
Location: Virtual, please register to receive link.
Description: When you replace the word “networking” with “meeting interesting people,” it suddenly sounds like a lot more fun! Whether you’re intimidated by networking or looking to improve your skills, this presentation is for you. You’ll learn easy and practical steps that will allow you to make the most of your next opportunity to meet interesting people by preparing ahead of time to have meaningful conversations and follow up respectfully afterwards.
Presenter information: -Dr. Aliyah Weinstein has a PhD in cancer immunology and experience in science writing, outreach, and brand management. She currently works as the Marketing and Communications Manager at Addgene (Watertown, MA) and as a freelance writer in biotech.
Register: https://tinyurl.com/BEST33120
April 2020
Introduction to Science Policy
Date: April 1, 2020 from 10:00 am-11:50 am
Location: Virtual, please register to receive link.
Description: What is science policy? How does the federal government impact scientific discovery, and why should the scientific community care about what happens in Washington, DC? Students will learn about the federal government’s role in science, with a particular focus on funding, regulations, and current topics of debate. The class will also discuss the range of science policy careers and the skills one might need to pursue a job in science policy.
Ms. Jennifer Grodsky; BU Vice President for Federal Relations
Dr. Libby O’Hare; Lewis-Burke Associates, Washington, D.C.
Dr. Naomi Webber; Lewis-Burke Associates, Washington, D.C.
Register: https://tinyurl.com/BEST4120b
View event recording here.
Grant Writing Workshop: Feedback on Training Plans
Date: Wednesday, April 1, 2020 from 1:00 pm-3:00 pm
Location: Virtual, please register to receive link.
Description: Receive feedback on your training plan for your NRSA grant, drafts must be submitted to abolgion@bu.edu and hender@bu.edu 2 days before the workshop, sign up to receive reminder e-mails.
Register: https://tinyurl.com/BEST4120c
How to Build the Right Team – CANCELLED
Date: Wednesday, April 1, 2020 from 3pm-5pm
Location: 72 E. Concord St., Room L109C
Description: This session will help participants understand the key considerations that apply in forming a team that is appropriate to the needs of a particular venture and that will be likely to produce positive results. Students will be exposed to various ideas and theories that relate to effective team member selection, successful team-building, positive approaches to team leadership, the effects of diversity of style and thought on the quality of a team’s results, and other aspects of good and bad team dynamics.
Register: https://tinyurl.com/BEST4120
Law/Compliance/Regulatory Affairs Career Panel with Alumni
Date: Wednesday, April 8, 2020 from 10am-11:50am
Location: Virtual, please register to receive link.
Description: Are you interested in learning more about careers as a scientists in law/compliance? Join us to hear more and meet with scientists:
Dr. Erin Bove-Fenderson; Medical Writer and Consultant, Whitsell Innovations; Scientific Writer, MGH Endocrine Unit
Dr. Johanna Lee Crimins; Technical Specialist; DT Ward, PC
Dr. Helen Lockhart; Biotech Patent Attorney, Wolf Greenfield
Register: https://tinyurl.com/BEST4820b
View event recording here.
How to Make Money in a Sustainable Venture- CANCELLED
Date: Wednesday, April 8, 2020 from 3pm-4:30pm
Location: 72 E. Concord St., Room L109C
Description: This session takes a practical approach to the making of money in a commercial venture and the development of funding resources in a social venture. It uses simple and practical examples to illustrate various key financial and business concepts and puts them in useful context. Class discussions will emphasize the need to develop a solid revenue or funding model that will ensure that the venture can be sustainable as it grows over time.
Register: https://tinyurl.com/BEST4820
Career Panel on Careers in Clinical Operations for MS & PhD Trainees
Date: Thursday, April 16, 2020 from 10am-12pm
Location: Virtual, please register to receive link.
Description: Clinical operations is a field with a demand for trained employees. Consider a job that requires an understanding of biology and data analytics as well communication and project management skills; if it sounds interesting, then maybe clinical operations is for you! The field embraces scientists with all levels of college/graduate education so come to the panel discussion to learn more about the field and how best to prepare to be competitive for a job!
Panelists will include:
Laurie Halloran, BSN, MS; CEO & Chairwoman of the Board of Halloran Consulting Group, Inc
Jenn Burg, BA; Senior Director, Head of Clinical Development Operations, Praxis Precision Medicines
John C. Maffeo, BS, MS; Vice President, Head of Clinical Operations, TARIS Bio
Manny Lazaro, BS, MS; Vice President, Head of Clinical Operations, Jounce Therapeutics
Register: https://tinyurl.com/Clinical41620
View event recording here. Password is: D2?ZbbC4
Build your professional brand using social media
Date: Friday, April 17, 2020 from 1:00pm-1:30pm
Location: Virtual, please register to receive link.
Description: What is your online presence saying about you professionally? In this interactive workshop become more aware of how you can sell yourself on LinkedIn, Twitter and other social media platforms. Leave with key next steps to improve your professional online brand.
Register: https://tinyurl.com/BEST41720
What career can you undertake with a PhD?- Career Panel
Date: Wednesday, April 22, 2020 from 10am-11:50am
Location: Virtual, please register to receive link.
Description: Are you unsure of what career you are interested in? Join us to listen to and meet with scientists in a variety of careers:
Dr. Nick Frame; Life Science Investment Banking Analyst at Outcome Capital
Dr. Mike Jager; Senior Consultant, TRINITY
Dr. Daniel Pomeroy; Managing Director and Senior Policy Advisor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dr. Lauren Zajac; Worldwide Medical Postdoctoral Fellow, Biogen
Register: https://tinyurl.com/BEST42220
View event recording here.
May 2020
LinkedIn Workshop
Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2020 from 2:30pm-3:30pm
Location: Virtual, please register to receive link.
Description: Learn how to use LinkedIn to help you navigate networking during these virtual times. In this interactive workshop walk away with tangible steps to have your LinkedIn profile help you put your best foot forward while expanding your network.
Register: http://www.bu.edu/postdocs/using-linkedin-to-virtually-network/
View event recording here.
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June 2020
Career Panel: Planning for Your Career during a Crisis
Date: Thursday, June 4, 2020 from 3pm-5pm
Location: Virtual, please register to receive link.
Description: A great group of panelists will be present to describe their own career journey, what industry hiring practices currently look like in their roles and to describe how their companies have fared in past economic downturns.
Panelists include:
Jane Owens, PhD- Senior Director and Head of Neuromuscular Research, Rare Disease Research Unit at Pfizer
Neema Yazdani- Scientific Program Manager at Taconic Biosciences
Heath D. Schmidt – Associate Professor of Psychiatry at University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine (BU PhD, School of Medicine)
Dara Lee Luca – Senior Researcher, Mathematica (BU PhD, Economics)
Eoin Cannon – Chief Speechwriter, City of Boston (BU PhD, English)
Sarah Parrish – Assistant Prof. of Art History, Plymouth State University (BU PhD, History of Art & Architecture)
Don McDaniel, VP of R&D at Energetiq, a Hamamatsu compan (PhD, Electrical Engineering)
Lisa Peterson, Principal Engineer and President of Aftan Engineering, LLC. (PhD, Environmental Engineering)
Registration: https://tinyurl.com/BU6420
NRSA Workshop: Understanding the NIH Process
Date: Thursday, June 11, 2020 (2:00pm-4:00pm)
Location: Virtual, please register to receive link.
Description: This workshop will be dedicated to providing clarity to the pre-award and administrative process involved in submitting an application to NIH. This includes, but is not limited to:
- Identifying the correct funding opportunity.
2. Choosing the appropriate funding institute.
3. Interpreting guidelines.
4. Identifying applicable documents to prepare.
5. Electronic application creation.
6. The internal BU submission process and expectations.
Our goal of the session is to not only prepare and familiarize applicants with the multi-step submission process, but also provide assurance that submitting an F grant is not as overwhelming as it appears, and that BU has many resources to assist in the process.
After the presentation, there will be a break out session where members of the Proposal Development Office will prepare submission checklists appropriate to each student’s project and develop a budget.
Register: https://tinyurl.com/BEST61120
Grant Writing Workshop: Feedback on Specific Aims Grantsmanship
July 2020
Grant Writing Workshop: Feedback on Training Plans
2019 Events
January Events
Therapeutic Development in the Nonprofit Sector
Date:January 16, 2019 (3-4:30 pm)
Location: L112 (72 E. Concord St.)
Description: Dr. Doug Macdonald, BU Alumnus and Director of Research Operations and Scientific Alliances for CHDI Foundation, will be presenting on his career path into the nonprofit sector. Dr. Macdonald will also present on his work at the CHDI Foundation, a nonprofit foundation focused on accelerating the therapeutic development for Huntington’s Disease.
Register your interest to receive updates:Click here
New Year, New Career
Date:January 16, 2019 (4-5pm)
Location: L109AB (72 E. Concord St.)
Description: Ring in 2019 with a look into the many career choices Ph.D. graduates can pursue and how to start the job hunt. This workshop will cover the following topics:
- Tips to identify which careers areas could be most relevant to your interest
- An Overview of Career options for graduate trained people
- Tips for how to identify organizations
- Tips for how to identify relevant roles
- Networking advice in order to learn about career paths
- Tips to make your job search efficient
Register your interest to receive updates:Click here
Site visit of Mass Innovation Labs
Date: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 (9am-11am)
Location: 21 Erie Street, Cambridge, MA 02139
Description: Tour an incubator space located in the hub of biotech with BU’s BEST that has been used to launch start-up companies. Hear from a panel of CEOs in start-up companies located at MIL and have an opportunity to network with them.
Register your interest to receive updates: Click here
Transitioning into Industry: GSK & Vertex Scientists Story & Science
Date:January 29, 2019 (12:30pm-1:30pm)
Location: CILSE 106C (610 Commonwealth Ave.)
Description: Meet with Scientists Dr. Katelyn Billings from GSK and Dr. Benjamin Chittick from Vertex that transitioned directly from a PhD. Learn about their career transition into industry and their industry research at the interface of chemistry, chemical biology and informatics.
Talk Titles:
“Not Your Average Chemistry: Statistics in Drug Discovery”
“One Billion Reasons to Work on DNA-Compatible Chemistry”
Register your interest to receive updates: Click here
February Events
Data Carpentry: Learning to work with large data sets
Date: February 4-5, 2019
Location: INS 109AB (on 2/4) and K103 (on 2/5) 72 E. Concord St.
Description: The focus of this workshop is on working with genomics data, and data management and analysis for genomics research, including best practices for organization of bioinformatics projects and data, use of command line utilities, use of command line tools to analyze sequence quality and perform variant calling, and connecting to and using cloud computing.
Register your interest to receive updates: Click here
Schedule and more information: Click here
SheInspires Lunch Series with Dr. Kristen Goodell
Date: Wednesday February 6, 2019 (11:50 AM – 12:50 PM)
Location: L202 (72 E. Concord St.)
Description: Join the BU Women’s Professional Development Committee for our next SheInspires Lunch with Dr. Kristen Goodell. Visit the BU WPDC Website or contact buwpdc@bu.edu for more information. Submit any questions you may have for Dr. Goodell in advance, or notify us of any dietary restrictions here.*While space is limited, we have made a remote option available for those who are not able to join in person. Please RSVP for the remote option here. Attend virtually via this Zoom link, or Dial in + 1 646 876 9923 and enter the Meeting ID: 877 105 658.
Please register as lunch will be provided.
RSVP
Lunch & Learn: Biogen Medical Affairs
Date: February 7, 2019 from 12 pm-1:30 pm
Location: L212/L214 (72 E. Concord St.)
Description: Interested in a scientific or medical career away from the bench? Come learn about the different opportunities within medical affairs from scientists who have already made the jump. They will also introduce and field questions about the 2-year Biogen Post-graduate Fellowship Program for all upcoming or recent PhD graduates interested in a hands-on opportunity to experience the different functional areas within medical affairs. Please register as lunch will be provided.
Register your interest to receive updates: Click here
Navigating Mentoring Relationships: Strategies for Uncharted Terrain
Date: February 12, 2019 from 12 pm-1 pm
Location: Kilachand Room 101 (610 Commonwealth Ave).
Description: Working with mentors (advisers, PIs, supervisors, etc.) is an integral part of being a graduate student or postdoc, but sometimes these relationships present challenges. In this interactive workshop, you’ll learn strategies for examining power dynamics, improving communication, and identifying problems in your mentoring relationships. Our four presenters will answer your questions and share their expertise in break-out sessions:
Sarah Hokanson, PhD (Director of Professional Development & Postdoctoral Affairs)
Francine Montemurro (University Ombuds)
Isidore Berenbaum, MD (Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry)
Kaila Rudolph, MD, MPH (Attending Consultation-Liaison Psychiatrist at Boston Medical Center)
Please register as lunch will be provided.
Register your interest to receive updates: Click here
Career Panel: Scientists in Law/Compliance/Regulatory Affairs
Date: February 13, 2019 from 10:00 am-11:50 am
Location: Room 107/108 in 670 Albany St.
Description: Are you interested in learning more about careers as a scientists in law/compliance? Join us to hear more and meet with scientists:
Dr. Katherine Kopeikina; Technical Specialist at DT Ward PC
Dr. Matthew Pavao; Partner at Cooley LLP
Dr. Tracey Tucker Zhou; Senior Medical Writer at Bluebird Bio
Register your interest to receive updates: Click here
GMS Facts & Snacks Series- Implicit Bias & Microaggressions: How our Brain Takes Short Cuts
Date: February 13, 2019 from 12:00 pm-1:30 pm
Location: L112 (72 E. Concord St.)
Description: Progress in careers requires positive interactions with others- interactions that are shaped both by objective information and subjective processes. Guest Speakers Dr. Aza Allsop (Harvard Medical School) and Dr. Bruce Birren (Director of Genomic Center for Infectious Diseases at the Broad Instiute) will lead this interactive discussion. Participants will learn about the neurocognitive processes that underlie implicit bias and microagressions, as well as some constructive steps to counteract these both personally and systematically. E-mail GMSDEI@bu.edu with questions.
Register your interest to receive updates: Click here
NRSA Workshop: Understanding the NIH Process
Date: February 13, 2019 (2:30pm-4:30pm)
Location: L112 (72 E. Concord St.)
Description: This workshop will be dedicated to providing clarity to the pre-award and administrative process involved in submitting an application to NIH. This includes, but is not limited to:
1. Identifying the correct funding opportunity.
2. Choosing the appropriate funding institute.
3. Interpreting guidelines.
4. Identifying applicable documents to prepare.
5. Electronic application creation.
6. The internal BU submission process and expectations.
Our goal of the session is to not only prepare and familiarize applicants with the multi-step submission process, but also provide assurance that submitting an F grant is not as overwhelming as it appears, and that BU has many resources to assist in the process.
After the presentation, there will be a break out session where members of the Proposal Development Office will prepare submission checklists appropriate to each student’s project and develop a budget.
Register your interest to receive updates: Click here
Graduate Women In Science & Engineering (GWISE) + Women’s Professional Development Committee (WPDC) Game Night
Date: Wednesday, February 13, 2019 (5:30 PM- 8:30 PM)
Location: Evans 201 (72 E. Concord St.)
Description: Need a break from the grind? Join your fellow GWISE and WPDC members and friends to blow off some steam with all of the board games you could ever possibly want! We’ll have games like Sttler’s of Catan, Pandemic, Codenames, Bananagrams, and much, much more! Food and drink will also be provided.
RSVP
Finding Your Career Culture Match
Date: February 14, 2019 (3-4pm)
Location: LSE 704 (24 Cummington Mall)
Description: When looking for a job, most graduate students and postdocs focus on criteria that are outlined in a position description such as job title, responsibilities, and salary. Often they do not factor in the workplace culture of an organization to their rubric, since “culture fit” can be difficult to identify. In addition, job seekers often believe that the job responsibilities are the most important factor to determine their potential success and satisfaction at an organization. Hundreds of articles and blogs have been written to highlight the importance of culture fit, but why are so few people paying attention to this important topic? This workshop, will cover why culture fit is important for a job seeker to investigate and will highlight ways to research and understand the culture for a given organization. Lauren Celano of Propel Careers will present.
Register your interest to receive updates: Click here
Industry Panel and Networking Event on Careers in Interdisciplinary Quantitative Systems Research in Biotech/Pharmaceutical
Date: February 19, 2019 from 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Location: CILSE 101 (610 Commonwealth Ave).
Description: Learn about the interdisciplinary nature of Quantitative Systems Pharmacology (QSP) in bio/pharma industry, it’s roots in engineering, and its current status in the industry from Dr. Cynthia Musante of Pfizer. Hear from a panel filled with leaders in Industry about Quantitative Systems Pharmacology (QSP). Following the panel, share a light dinner and meet industry scientists.
Panelists include:
Cynthia Musante, Senior Scientific Director and Head of QSP, Pfizer
Brigit Schoeberl, Global Head Modeling and Simulation, PK Sciences, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR)
Gianluca Nucci, VP Early Clinical Development Clinical Pharmacology, Pfizer
Dean Bottino, Senior Scientific Director, Clinical Translational Modeling & Simulation Leader, Takeda
William McCarty, Modeler and PTR in PKDM at Amgen
Register your interest to receive updates: Click here
Science Policy Chat
Date: February 21, 2019 (5:00pm-6:30pm )
Location: Conference Room 910, 9th Floor, 1 Silber Way, Charles River Campus
Description: The event will consist of a brief overview and introductory background of what science policy is, with the objectives of networking and generating potential actions for trainees interested in engaging science policy while in graduate school and beyond. BU’s BEST encourages all trainees with an interest in science communications, or science policy to attend! This event will be following a great communications workshop that Ms. Jennifer Grodsky, BU’s Vice President of Federal Relations, will be speaking at on the Charles River Campus (3-5 pm, Metcalf Trustee Ballroom 9th Floor, 1 Silber Way), Ms. Grodsky will be joining us from Washington D.C. as our guest at the first BU’s BEST Science Policy event of the year.
Register your interest to receive updates: Click here
Site Visit to Back Bay Life Science Advisors
Date: February 26, 2019 from 9am-11am
Location: 545 Boylston St., Boston, MA
Description: Back Bay Life Science Advisors consult across every phase of a biopharmaceutical and medical technology product’s lifecycle to maximize commercial, R&D, corporate and business development opportunities. Have the opportunity to meet and network with consultants at Back Bay Life Science Advisors. On site we will break up into two teams and participate in a training consulting case.
Register your interest to receive updates: Click here
Career Panel: Scientists in Industry
Date: February 27, 2019 from 10:00 am-11:50 am
Location: Room 107/108 in 670 Albany St.
Description: Are you interested in learning more about careers as scientists in
industry? Join us to hear more and meet with scientists:
Dr. Kadryn Kadasia; Associate Scientist, Post-doctoral Fellow at Merck
Dr. Jennifer Layne; Director, Medical Affairs at Insulet
Dr. Melanie Mott; Clinical Writer at DynaMed Plus (EBSCO Information Services)
Dr. Barbara Natke; Director, R&D Business Operations at Shire
Dr. Sumeet Sarin; Scientist at Homology Medicines, Inc.
Register your interest to receive updates: Click here
Lunch & Learn: Biogen Medical Affairs
Date: March 4, 2019 from 12 pm-1:30 pm
Location: Room 106C in 610 Commonwealth Ave.
Description: Interested in a scientific or medical career away from the bench? Come learn about the different opportunities within medical affairs from scientists who have already made the jump. They will also introduce and field questions about the 2-year Biogen Post-graduate Fellowship Program for all upcoming or recent PhD graduates interested in a hands-on opportunity to experience the different functional areas within medical affairs. Please register as lunch will be provided.
Register your interest to receive updates: Click here
March 2019
Site Visit to C4 Therapeutics
Date: March 13, 2019 from 9:30am-12:30pm
Location: LINX Watertown building, 490 Arsenal Way, Watertown, MA 02472
Description: C4 Therapeutics is a growing biotech company in the Boston Area. C4 Therapeutics approach is to use drugs to target disease-causing proteins for destruction. This breakthrough technology offers many advantages for the treatment of cancer and other diseases, while avoiding traditional drug resistance. On this site visit have the opportunity to tour the lab, have round table discussions with chem, bio, legal and project management teams and listen to brief talks from PhDs at C4 Therapeutics in a variety of career tracks. Transportation to and from C4 Therapeutics and lunch for participants will be provided.
Register your interest to receive updates: Click here
Resumes
Date: March 13, 2019 (4-5pm)
Location: L109AB (72 E. Concord St.)
Description: Propel Careers will provide examples of skills and experiences that should be emphasized for different types of roles will be presented. Advice will be provided regarding resume formatting and examples will be shown to highlight proper formatting. Lastly, attendees will learn how to write a tailored cover letter for a specific job description and what information a hiring manager looks for in this document.
Register your interest to receive updates: Click here
POSTPONED: Beyond the Bench: The Role of Patient Advocacy in the Industry
Date: March 20, 2019 from 12:00 pm-1:30 pm
Location: L201 (72 E. Concord St.)
Description: The pharmaceutical industry and academic research institutions are deeply invested in the discovery and development of new medicines and devices to address the growing needs of our society. More than ever, the voice of the patient and related patient advocacy groups have become crucial to these processes. During this talk, learn more about the role of patient advocacy in the industry from BUSM Alumna and Patient & External Association Engagement Lead at Pfizer Ann Marie Richard, PhD. Please e-mail GMSDEI@bu.edu with questions.
Register your interest to receive updates: Click here
Pro tips from an editor
Date: Tuesday, March 26, 2019 (2:30 pm -4 pm)
Location: LSE 103 (24 Cummington Mall)
Description: Ever wonder what that editor was thinking? Here’s your chance to find out. Cheri Sirois was trained as a research immunologist and microbiologist, went on to do postdoctoral research and teach, and now works as a scientific editor at Cell Reports. She will discuss the differences between doing science and evaluating it, and how the roles of researchers and editors fit together in the big picture of scientific discovery.
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Career Panel: Science Policy
Date: March 27, 2019 from 10:00 am-11:50 am
Location: Room L411 (72 E. Concord St.)
Description: What is science policy? How does the federal government impact scientific discovery, and why should the scientific community care about what happens in Washington, DC? Students will learn about the federal government’s role in science, with a particular focus on funding, regulations, and current topics of debate. The class will also discuss the range of science policy careers and the skills one might need to pursue a job in science policy.
Ms. Emily Burlij; Associate Director, BU Federal Relations
Ms. Jennifer Grodsky; BU Vice President for Federal Relations
Dr. Libby O’Hare; Lewis-Burke Associates, Washington, D.C.
Dr. Naomi Webber; Lewis-Burke Associates, Washington, D.C.
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SheInspires Lunch Series with Dr. Theresa Davies
Date: Wednesday March 27, 2019 (12:00 PM – 1:00 PM)
Location: L202
Description: Join the BU Women’s Professional Development Committee for our next SheInspires Lunch with Dr. Theresa Davies, Ph.D., Assistant Dean, Graduate Affairs, Director, MS in Oral Health Sciences Program, and Assistant Professor of Medical Sciences & Education. Read more about Dr. Davies: http://www.bumc.bu.edu/gms/about/meet-the-staff/theresa-davies/
*Space is limited, as lunch is provided.* Please RSVP here to reserve your spot for lunch. If you RSVP, but are no longer able to attend, please contact us in advance. No-shows may affect your ability to sign up for future events. Submit any questions you may have for Dr. Davies in advance, or notify us of any dietary restrictions here.
Creating and Owning Your Individual Development Plan
Date: Thursday, March 28, 2019 from 3:30pm-5pm
Location: CILSE 106C/D (610 Commonwealth Ave.)
Description:An Individual Development Plan (IDP) is a customized roadmap for your professional training. It can help you set goals and review and update them regularly, enabling you to make the most of your graduate or postdoctoral experience at BU. This workshop will help you create an outline of your IDP that will facilitate career development conversations with your mentor. Dr. Sarah Hokanson of PDPA and Dr. Amanda Bolgioni-Smith of BU’s BEST will be co-facilitating this event.
RSVP
Entrepreneurship Workshop Series with Innovate@BU
Date: April 2, April 9, April 16, April 23 and April 30, 2019 (3-5pm)
Location: L109C (72 E. Concord St.)
Description: This April, build your entrepreneurial mindset through a workshop series led by Innovate@BU staff and faculty! Workshops are open to Boston University students (GMS, MED, SPH, Dental) and faculty.
• April 2: How to Develop and Present Your Ideas
• April 9: How to Launch a Lean Startup
• April 16: How to Build the Right Team
• April 23: How to Make Money in a Sustainable Venture
• April 30: Optional Participant Presentations
Register your interest to receive updates: Click here
Career Panel: Careers in Academia
Date: April 3, 2019 from 10:00 am-11:50 am
Location: Room 411 in 72 E. Concord St.
Description: Are you interested in learning more about careers as a PhD in academia? Join us to hear more and meet with:
Dr. Kelly Conn; Associate Teaching Professor, Graduate School of Education at Northeastern University
Dr. Dennis Jones; BUSM Nancy L.R. Bucher Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Dr. Kathryn Martin; BU Precollege STEM Program Manager
Dr. Elizabeth R. Whitney; BUSM Assistant Professor Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology
Register your interest to receive updates: Click here
LinkedIn Workshop
Date: April 4, 2019 (4-5pm)
Location: L109AC (72 E. Concord St.)
Description: This interactive workshop will help you tailor your LinkedIn profile to highlight your skills and experiences that are relevant to the positions you are looking for after your postdoc. It will also highlight help you distinguish your profile depending on whether you are looking for research or non-research based roles. Please bring your laptop to this session. Everyone that attends will have the opportunity to sign up to take a headshot for their LinkedIn profile. This event is in collaboration with the PDPA.
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Register for LinkedIn Headshot: Click here
Career Panel: What can you do with a PhD?
Date: April 24, 2019 from 10:00 am-11:50 am
Location: Room 411 in 72 E. Concord St.
Description: Are you unsure of what career you are interested in? Join us to listen to and meet with scientists in a variety of careers:
Dr. Lynes Torres; Life Science Consultant at PA Consulting Group
Dr. Chun Shao; Scientist II at Bristol-Myers Squibb
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REPORT: Capitol Hill Day-Science Policy
Date:Thursday, April 25, 2018 (4:15-5pm)
Location: 24 Cummington Mall (CRC) Room 404 (LSE Building)
Description: Are you interested in science policy? Come hear from 4 BU trainees who were selected to attend an all expenses paid AAAS CASE Workshop in Washington D.C. Rachel Wehr, Hannah Peterson, Angel Rubio and Mehraj Awal will share their experiences at Capitol Hill Day. People with an interest in science policy who are considering applying for the AAAS CASE Workshop in 2020 are strongly encouraged to attend.
SheInspires Lunch Series with Dr. Joyce Wong
Date: Tuesday, April 30, 2019 from 12:00 pm-1:00 pm
Location: Room L-202 in 72 E. Concord St., Medical Campus
Description: Join us for lunch and conversation with Dr. Joyce Wong, Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering and an Inaugural Term Distinguished Professor of Engineering at Boston University. She is also the Inaugural Director of ARROWS, Office of the Provost, focused on promoting women in STEM at BU. Read more about Dr. Wong: http://people.bu.edu/wonglab/people.html
*Space is limited, as lunch is provided.* Please RSVP here to reserve your spot for lunch. If you RSVP, but are no longer able to attend, please contact us in advance. No-shows may affect your ability to sign up for future events. Submit any questions you may have for Dr. Wong in advance, or notify us of any dietary restrictions here.
Distinguished Alumni Award Networking Event
Date: Friday, May 3, 2019 from 4:00 pm-6:00 pm
Location: Hiebert Lounge, 14th Floor in 72 E. Concord St., Medical Campus
Description: Join us for alumni networking over light appetizers and drinks. Networking will begin following the 2nd Annual Distinguished Alumni Award presentation and the summary of the Dr. Erika Ebbel Angel Community Service Award Winners. The event is in collaboration with BPSO.
SheInspires Lunch Series with Dr. Ghazaleh Sadri-Vakili
Date:Thursday, May 9, 2019 from 12:00 pm-1:00 pm
Location: Room L-202 in 72 E. Concord St., Medical Campus
Description: Join us for lunch and conversation with Dr. Ghazaleh Sadri-Vakili, Assistant Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School.
*Space is limited, as lunch is provided.* Please RSVP here to reserve your spot for lunch. If you RSVP, but are no longer able to attend, please contact us in advance. No-shows may affect your ability to sign up for future events. Submit any questions you may have for Dr. Sadri-Vakili in advance, or notify us of any dietary restrictions here.
Life after BU: Navigating through the post-graduate years
Date: Thursday, May 9, 2019 from 1:30 pm-2:30 pm
Location: 72 E. Concord St.- Room L109AB- Medical Campus
Description: Join us to hear from BU alumni and Assistant Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Ghazaleh Sadri-Vakili, talk about her career path following her PhD. Learn more about the path to professorship and about different collaborations between industry that academia can have.
Bringing Diversity To Science: A “TED” Style Panel Talk
Date: May 13, 2019 (10am-11:50am)
Location: Room L109AC (72 E. Concord St.)
Description: A panel discussion with faculty from Columbia University, University of Louisville and UMass Lowell who will speak about:
- Mahdi Garelnabi, PhD, MSc, FAHA from UMass Lowell will speak about: “Mentoring and Networking: Key for Suceess in Biomedical Sciences”
- Gissette Reyes-Soffer, MD, Columbia University will speak about: “Remember Where You’ve Been, so that You Can Value Where You Are & Where You Want to Go”
- Alok Amraotkar, MD, MPH from the University of Louisville will speak about: “Do You See a Need for Diversity in Science? Because I Don’t!”
This event is in collaboration with the American Heart Association’s Council on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis & Vascular Biology (ATVB).
Addgene Site Visit
Date: Wednesday, May 15, 2019 from 9:00 am-1:00 pm
Location: 490 Arsenal St Suite 100, Watertown, MA 02472
Description: Hear from Addgene teams in Business Development, Outreach, Scientist, Research and Product. Tour the facilities and have lunch with employees.
RSVP
Internships
Date: May 22, 2019 (4-5pm)
Location: LSE 103 (24 Cummington Mall)
Description: This seminar will cover traditional internship opportunities posted on job boards as well as opportunities that can be created, through proactively reaching out to relevant companies. Insight into flexible internships to leverage scientific training and provide skill building in areas such as writing, business, intellectual property, policy, and strategy will be covered. How to identify organizations, reach out to companies, and initiate discussions for roles will be discussed.Lauren Celano of Propel Careers will present.
Register your interest to receive updates: Click here
Biogen Site Visit
Date: Tuesday, May 28, 2019 from 11:00 am-2:00 pm
Location: Biogen at Building 6 which on Cambridge Ctr between the cross streets of Binney and Broadway. (Main building: 225 Binney St, Cambridge, MA 02142)
Description: Have a Q&A with scientists at Biogen. Network with Biogen employees over lunch with a round table discussion and tour the laboratories.
Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR) Site Visit
Date: Monday, June 3, 2019 from 3:00 pm-4:00 pm
Location: 250 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139
Leadership
Date: June 13, 2019 (4-5pm)
Location: L109C (72 E. Concord St.)
Description: This seminar focuses on cultivating leadership skills during a Ph.D. or postdoctoral program. Tangible examples will be provided on how to become involved with student clubs, academic groups, industry organizations, non-profit organizations, and networking groups to build leadership, management, presentation, communication, networking, and interpersonal skills. Leadership ability is tremendously valuable as you build your career and is sought after by employers.
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Vertex Fellow Program Introduction
Date: June 18, 2019 (4-5pm)
Location: 24 Cummington Mall (Room LSE103)
Description:Come learn about the Vertex Fellows Program and explore if spending a year at Vertex learning about how drug discovery happens in a biotech setting makes sense for you!
RSVP: https://tinyurl.com/61819BU
Grant Workshop: Understanding the NIH Process
Date: Thursday, June 20, 2019 from 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
Location: 72 E. Concord St.- Room L109AB, Medical Campus
Description: This workshop will be dedicated to providing clarity to the pre-award and administrative process involved in submitting an application to NIH. This includes, but is not limited to:
1. Identifying the correct funding opportunity.
2. Choosing the appropriate funding institute.
3. Interpreting guidelines.
4. Identifying applicable documents to prepare.
5. Electronic application creation.
6. The internal BU submission process and expectations.
Our goal of the session is to not only prepare and familiarize applicants with the multi-step submission process, but also provide assurance that submitting an F grant is not as overwhelming as it appears, and that BU has many resources to assist in the process.
After the presentation, there will be a break out session where members of the Proposal Development Office will prepare submission checklists appropriate to each student’s project and develop a budget.
Interviewing
Date: July 10, 2019 (4-5pm)
Location: LSE 103 (24 Cummington Mall)
Description: Advice for how to succeed during an interview and will cover different interview formats including phone, Skype, in person one-on-one and panel settings. Propel will provide guidance relevant for scientific, non-scientific, and consulting interviews. Lauren Celano of Propel Careers will present. In this seminar the following topics will be provided:
• Insight on what hiring managers look for when conducting interviews
• Typical interview questions with examples of responses
• How to prepare for skills based questions as well as “soft skills” questions
• Provide advice on pre-interview research that a candidate can do so they ask the right questions during an interview.
Register your interest to receive updates: Click here
Grant Writing Workshop: Feedback on Grantsmanship
Date: Thursday, July 11, 2019 from 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
Location: 72 E. Concord St.- Room L109AB- Medical Campus
Description: Receive feedback on your grantsmanship for your NRSA grant, drafts must be submitted to abolgion@bu.edu and hender@bu.edu 2 days before the workshop, sign up to receive reminder e-mails.
Behind the Scenes of Industry
Date: Tuesday, July 16, 2019 from 4:00 pm-5:00 pm
Location: 72 E. Concord St., L109AB Medical Campus
Description: Learn from the Head of R&D, Dr. Rebecca Kusko, about the industry interview process, what strategical things in your postdoc or PhD you can be doing if you want to go in, the different roles in industry and much, much more.
Grant Writing Workshop: Feedback on Training Plans
Date: Thursday,July 25, 2019 from 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
Location: 72 E. Concord St.- Room L306, Medical Campus
Description: Receive feedback on your training plan for your NRSA grant, drafts must be submitted to abolgion@bu.edu and hender@bu.edu 2 days before the workshop, sign up to receive reminder e-mails.
Amgen Drug Development Workshop
Date: Wednesday, July 31, 2019 and Thursday, August 1, 2019 from 9:30 am-4:30 pm
Location: 610 Commonwealth Ave, Room 106D on 7/31/19; 24 Cummington Mall, Room LSE103 on 8/1/19
Description: Learn “soup-to-nuts” overview of the drug development process, overview of the biotech industry from Amgen scientists.
RSVP: tinyurl.com/73119BEST
Looking your Best on Paper: Building a Successful Cover Letter
Date: August 8, 2019 (4-5pm)
Location: 72 E. Concord St., Room L109C
Description: This seminar will focus on how to highlight experiences and skills on a resume and cover letter and the importance of tailoring these documents for specific roles. During this seminar, Lauren Celano will provide examples of skills and experiences that should be emphasized for different types of roles including bench research roles, non-bench research roles, business development, marketing, consulting, product/project management roles, and clinical roles. Advice will be provided regarding resume formatting and examples will be shown to highlight proper formatting. Lastly, attendees will learn how to write a tailored cover letter for a specific job description and what information a hiring manager looks for in this document.
What job will you succeed in based on your personality?
Date:August 21, 2019 (12-1:30pm)
Location: 72 E. Concord St., Room L109AB
Description: Behavior is the best predictor of performance. Knowing your personality and strengths will allow you to make a vital road map for your future career. Use a reliable, validated tool with decades of data behind it to reveal development strengths and needs. Take the 16 Personality Factors (16PF) personality test and work with psychologist Dr. Steve Brady during a workshop to learn about your personality and what type of role you will succeed in.
Register your interest to receive updates: Click here
Navigating Mentoring Relationships: Strategies for Uncharted Terrain
Date:August 22, 2019 from 12 pm-1:30 pm
Location: 72 E. Concord St., Room L109AC- Medical Campus
Description: Working with mentors (advisers, PIs, supervisors, etc.) is an integral part of being a graduate student or postdoc, but sometimes these relationships present challenges. In this interactive workshop, you’ll learn strategies for examining power dynamics, improving communication, and identifying problems in your mentoring relationships. Our four presenters will answer your questions and share their expertise in break-out sessions:
Francine Montemurro (University Ombuds)
Isidore Berenbaum, MD (Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry)
Kaila Rudolph, MD, MPH (Attending Consultation-Liaison Psychiatrist at Boston Medical Center)
Please register as lunch will be provided. This event is in collaboration with Grad Affairs and RCR.
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Career Colloquium: Day long career panels
Date:August 23, 2019 from 8:30am-5:00 pm
Location: 610 Commonwealth Ave., Room 101- Charles River Campus
Description: This one-day series of career panels offers doctoral students and postdocs the opportunity to learn from professionals who are using their doctorate in a variety of academic and nonacademic sectors. Explore careers in:
- Teaching
- Museums & Nonprofits
- Policy/Government/Law
- Education Outside the Classroom
- STEM Research
- Humanities and Social Science Research
- Business
- Communication
This event is in collaboration with BU PDPA & Grad Affairs.
Be sure to register as space is limited and food is provided: RSVP
Is a postdoc for me?
Date: September 10, 2019 from 1:00 pm-2:00 pm
Location: 72 E. Concord St., Room L109AB- Medical Campus
Description: Learn what to consider and strategies to use when searching for a postdoctoral position that suits your professional goals.
Register here: https://tinyurl.com/best91019
SheInspires Lunch Series
Date: September 23, 2019 from 12 pm-1:00 pm
Location: 72 E. Concord St., Room L306- Medical Campus
Description: Hear from BUSM Alumna and instructor at UMass Medical School in the Department of Dermatology, Dr. Jillian Richmond about her career path and have a chance to speak informally. Space is limited and lunch is provided so be sure to register to reserve your space.
Register here: RSVP
Elevator Pitch Workshop
Date: September 25, 2019 from 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Location: 24 Cummington Mall, Room LSE103- Charles River Campus
Description: Do you have a clear explanation of what you research when people ask during networking situations or at family reunions? Here is your chance to perfect it.
Register at: https://tinyurl.com/best92519
NRSA Workshop: Understanding the NIH Process
Date: October 15, 2019 from 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Location: 72 E. Concord St., Room L202- Medical Campus
Description: This workshop will be dedicated to providing clarity to the pre-award and administrative process involving submitting an application to NIH. This includes, but is not limited to:
1. Identifying the correct funding opportunity.
2. Choosing the appropriate funding institute.
3. Interpreting guidelines.
4. Identifying applicable documents to prepare.
5. Electronic application creation.
6. The internal BU submission process and expectations.
Our goal of the session is to not only prepare and familiarize applicants with the multi-step submission process, but also provide assurance that submitting an F grant is not as overwhelming as it appears, and that BU has many resources to assist in the process.
After the presentation, there will be a break out session where members of the Proposal Development Office will prepare submission checklists appropriate to each student’s project and develop a budget.
*This event is in collaboration with Boston University School of Medicine: Proposal Development.
Register at: https://tinyurl.com/best101519
Business Side of Industry: the Career Path from Drug Development to Leadership
Date: October 17, 2019 from 1pm-3:30 pm
Location: 72 E. Concord St., Room L109AB- Medical Campus
Description: Listen to and chat with the Vice President and Head East Coast Innovation Center at Bayer, Chandra Ramathan, PhD. Learn about Chandra’s path from PhD to VP and all the twists and turns on his path in industry.
Register at: https://tinyurl.com/best101719
Science Policy STEPUP Business Meeting
Date: October 17 2019 from 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Location: 72 E. Concord St., Room L306- Medical Campus
Description: Interested in science policy, do you want to make a change with your peers? Come to the monthly business meeting where you can join & vote on the leadership & debate specific policies you want the group to develop and advocate for. *Dinner Provided*
Register at: https://tinyurl.com/stepup101719
Overview of PhD Career Opportunities
Date: October 21 2019 from 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Location: 72 E. Concord St., Room L209- Medical Campus
Description: This comprehensive seminar provides an overview
of career opportunities in the life sciences sector with emphasis on the various skills, aptitudes, competencies, and personalities that thrive in this sector. Both research and non-research career paths such as consulting, product development and business development are discussed.
Register at: https://tinyurl.com/best102119
Careers in Publishing Panel
Date: October 22 2019 from 12:20 pm – 2:20 pm
Location: 5 Cummington Mall, Room BRB 113 – Charles River Campus
Description: Are you interested in exploring career paths outside academia? Join three Life and Social Science PhD panelists as they share their experiences at John Wiley Publishing and talk about their recent moves from the lab and field to academic publishing. Lunch will be served!
Panelists, Wiley Publishing:
Sara Belkin, Associate Editor
Think broadly, think beautifully: A Walk through Architecture, Art, Biology and Biomolecular Structure
Date: October 24 2019 from 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Location: 71 E. Concord St., Room K103 – Medical Campus
Description: You are a scientists working to understand how biological processes take place and how they malfunction. You spend your days collecting and analyzing data using the scientific method. Pause and think about how biology fits into the general context of the human experience. How and why does biology recapitulate art and architecture or is it the other way around.
Register at: https://tinyurl.com/bu102419
Museum of Science Site Visit
Date: October 29 2019 from 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Location: 1 Museum Of Science Driveway, Boston, MA 02114
Description: Interested in community outreach and education? Join BU’s BEST for a behind the scenes of the Museum of Science to see how scientist run such an amazing museum. Meet with PhDs working at the Museum of Science to bring community engagement with science to a whole other level.
Register at: https://tinyurl.com/best102919
SheINSPIRES Luncheon with Women’s Professional Development Committee and Professor Shoumita Dasgupta
Date:October 31, 2019 from 12:00 pm-1:00 pm
Location: 72 E. Concord St.- Room L306- Medical Campus
Description: This month’s guest will be Dr. Shoumita Dasgupta, a current leader in educational advancement and academic research at BUMC. Dr. Dasgupta is a Professor of Medicine and Assistant Dean of Admissions at BUMC. *Please reserve your seat as lunch is served and space is limited.*
Register at: https://signup.com/go/fGRfwkV
Grant Writing Workshop: Feedback on Specific Aims Grantsmanship
Date: November 5 2019 from 2:30 pm-4:30 pm
Location: 72 E. Concord St.- Room L306- Medical Campus
Description: Receive feedback on your Specific Aims grantsmanship for your NRSA grant, drafts must be submitted to abolgion@bu.edu and hender@bu.edu 2 days before the workshop, sign up to receive reminder e-mails.
Register at: https://tinyurl.com/best11519
Bringing your ideas to market
Date: November 7 2019 from 5:00 pm-6:30 pm
Location: 72 E. Concord St.- Room L306- Medical Campus
Description: Should patenting your project be where you start? Join us for a discussion with the Office of Technology Development – We will feed you if you sign up.
Register at: https://tinyurl.com/best11719
Creating and Owning Your Career Plan
Date: Thursday, November 7 2019 from 12:00 pm-1:30 pm
Location:72 E. Concord St., Room L109AB- Medical Campus
Description:An Individual Development Plan (IDP) is a customized roadmap for your professional training. It can help you set goals and review and update them regularly, enabling you to make the most of your graduate or postdoctoral experience at BU. This workshop will help you create an outline of your IDP that will facilitate career development conversations with your mentor. Dr. Celine Young of Postdoc Academy and Dr. Amanda Bolgioni-Smith of BU’s BEST will be co-facilitating this event.
Register at: https://tinyurl.com/idp11719
Scismic Industry Job Search Panel with Resume Feedback
Date: November 14, 2019 from 4 pm-5:00 pm
Location: 24 Cummington Mall, Room LSE103 – Charles River Campus
Description: Come listen to experts on the hiring side of industry and receive feedback on your resumes.
Register at: https://tinyurl.com/best191411
SheINSPIRES Lunch with Dr. Fiona Randall of Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Date: November 19 2019 from 12:00 pm-1:00 pm
Location: 71 E. Concord St., RoomK103- Medical Campus
Description: Join WPDC as they celebrate their next SheInspires guest, Dr. Fiona Randall from Vertex Pharmaceuticals! Dr. Randall is Senior Director of Alliance Management at Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. A British neuroscientist and electrophysiologist by training, she has worldwide drug discovery experience in both established and emerging markets, having worked in academia and the pharmaceutical industry in the UK, Japan, and China before moving to Boston in 2014. She is also an active STEM mentor and recently served as chair of the Society for Neuroscience Professional Development Committee “Women in Neuroscience” Subcommittee from 2016-2018.
Please RSVP to attend, as spots tend to fill quickly!
Register for event at: https://signup.com/go/EoXUPht
Grant Writing Workshop: Feedback on Training Plan Grantsmanship
Date: November 19, 2019 from 2:30 pm-4:30 pm
Location: 72 E. Concord St.- Room L306, Medical Campus
Description: Receive feedback on your training plan for your NRSA grant, drafts must be submitted to abolgion@bu.edu and hender@bu.edu 2 days before the workshop, sign up to receive reminder e-mails.
Register at: https://tinyurl.com/best1911
Product Schmoduct
Date: November 22 2019 from 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Location: 72 E. Concord St.- Room L306, Medical Campus
Description: What does it mean to convert an idea or technology into a product? What’s a project and what’s my role? –Standardizing a product/idea so it’s reproducible and package-able. Discuss if you want to be a business person or scientist in this process. Lunch will be served.
RSVP: https://tinyurl.com/best112219
WPDC & Arrows Social Media & Professional Headshots
Date: November 25 2019 from 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Location: 610 Commonwealth Ave., Room 106C – Charles River Campus
Description: WPDC and BU’s BEST are teaming up with GWISE and Propel Careers to host a workshop focused on created and maintaining professional media accounts. By the end of this workshop, each participant should have a LinkedIn account, a good understanding of how to use social media in a professional capacity, and a new professional headshot.
December 2019
Plethora of Postdoc Options Panel & Networking Session
Date: December 3 2019 from 5pm – 7pm
Location: 71 E. Concord St., RoomK103- Medical Campus
Description: Explore the different possibilities of postdocs. Hear from biotech, academic, NIH and VA postdocs and their experiences on training grants, obtaining their own funding, doing research internationally. Compare and contrast your different postdoc options. The panel will be followed by speed networking so you can further your conversations and questions about postdocs. Panelists will include:
Daniel Apicco, PhD- Postdoctoral Scientist at Biogen
Christina Tognoni, PhD – Postdoctoral Researcher at VA Boston Healthcare System
Daniel Taub, PhD – Postdoctoral Researcher at Harvard
Kristyna Kotynkova, PhD – Postdoctoral Researcher at BUSM
Himabindu Gali, PhD- Postdoctoral Researcher at BUSM and prior NIH Postdoctoral Scientist
Register: https://tinyurl.com/pdbest12319
2016 Events
January Events
Tufts Bio-medical Business Club Case Study Group
Date: Monday, January 12, 2016 (5:00pm)
Location: 150 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA (Room 508- Jaharis)
Description: If you want to learn how to crack cases, this is the group for you. The first few sessions are introductory then transition into pairing up participants for practice cases.
If you are thinking about a career in consulting, but don’t know about “cases” you should attend this event. You don’t want your interview to be the first case you work through!
Career Exploration: Life Science Consulting with Dr. Jason Keller
Date: Friday, January 22, 2016 (10:00am)
Location: Charles River Campus, Room LSE 504
Description: Jason received his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Boston University in September 2014. Drs. James Galagan and Catherine Klapperich served as his advisors as he focused on building a microfluidics-based platform for live-cell imaging of Mycobacterium species — basically taking time-lapse movies of living bacteria. After graduating, Jason traveled for a few months before returning to Boston to find a ‘real job.’ He currently works in Waltham, MA at a life sciences-focused consulting firm called Trinity Partners. He is happy to talk about his path to consulting, his approach to the job search process, other non-academic career paths for Ph.D.’s, or anything else that might be helpful. Jason is originally from Sunnyvale, California and completed his undergrad at U.C. Berkeley, graduating in 2009.
New Year, New Career
Date: Tuesday, January 26, 2016 (12:30pm) in
Location: Medical Campus, L206
Description: Ring in 2016 with a look into the many career choices Ph.D. graduates can pursue and how to start the job hunt.
Professionalism 101
Date: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 (12:30pm)
Location: Medical Campus, L109AB
Description: While great for anyone who is looking to brush up on professionalism, this workshop is designed as a prerequisite to any EXPERIENCE (intern-, extern-ship or shadowing). If you’re planning on pursuing an EXPERIENCE in the next few months, take advantage of this event NOW!
Overview of Career Paths in the Life Sciences Industry: A FiLS event
Date: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 (5:30-8:00pm)
Location: MassBio Offices, 300 Technology Square, 8th floor, Cambridge MA 02139
Registration:http://fils12016.eventbrite.com
Description: Great event if you aren’t sure about career options, but think industry may be for you. The cost of this event is $20. Financial assistance is available at www.stayinma.org
Registration: http://fils12016.eventbrite.com
February Events
B-BIC Skills Development Center – “Strategies for Interviewing at the USPTO”
Date: Tuesday, February 2, 2016 (3:00-5:00PM)
Location: Center for Life Sciences – Boston Children’s Hospital, 3 Blackfan Circle, 12th Floor Conference Room, Boston, MA 02115
Description: Gautam Prakash, PhD, JD, will be returning to Boston to answer your questions about his work as a Patent Examiner at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). He will present a patent application case history, provide participants with his expert insights on how to prepare for an interview at the USPTO, and conduct mock interviews.
Registration:http://bit.ly/USPTOinterview
Scientific Training with Real World Impact: Student Opportunities at Novartis Institutes for Bio-Medical Research
Date: Friday, February 5, 2016 (3:00-5:00pm)
Location: Charles River Campus, TBD
Panelists:Donovan Chin (Senior Investigator I), Melody Morris (Investigator II), Peter Tarsa (Senior Research Investigator)
Registration: RSVP to bubest@bu.edu
Date: Wednesday, February 10, 2016 (4:00-6:00pm)
Location: Medical Campus, L110
Panelists: Seth Carbonneau (Scientist II), Emma Cody (Associate Scientist), Aimee Reynolds (Principal Scientist)
Registration: RSVP to bubest@bu.edu
Description: NIBR takes a unique approach to pharmaceutical research. At the earliest stages, research priorities are determined by patient need and disease understanding. At NIBR, physician-scientists are breaking down the boundaries between research and clinical practice. NIBR believes they can better answer the demand for safer, more effective medicines by keeping our sights on both the science and the patient. NIBR’s model of research connects the laboratory to the clinic, and pursues molecular pathways across a landscape of multiple diseases. In order to accomplish this goal, NIBR has committed to a highly collaborative organization.
Join us to learn more about student internships at NIBR. A panel of scientists will share their experiences at NIBR and examples of the types of projects in which they have engaged student interns. This event is open to BU Masters and Ph.D. Students (need to elaborate on the degrees that will be the most relevant to NIBR.)
Following the event, BU students who are interested in being considered for possible summer internships at NIBR will have the opportunity to submit a cover letter and resume.
Networking: From Theory to Practice
Date: Wednesday, February 10, 2016 (2:00pm)
Location: Charles River Campus, 24 Cummington Mall (LSE 103)
Description: Do you, like most of us, know that networking is key, but still lack the practice to make you confident? “What do I say? How do I just start a conversation? How can I politely excuse myself to chat with others in the room?” This workshop is designed to get you comfortable with networking in a safe, friendly environment. Bring your elevator pitch and join us for this highly interactive workshop.
Registration: RSVP to bubest@bu.edu
Skill Enhancement: Hacking Excel
Date: Monday, February 22, 2016 (1:00pm)
Location: Medical Campus, L110 (computer lab)
Description: Pivot tables. Pulling data from multiple sheets into a single workable sheet. Macros. Advanced data sorting. If these phrases have you scratching your head come to our hands-on workshop to learn how to manage your data sets more effectively.
Registration: RSVP to bubest@bu.edu
Mock Interviews
Date: Monday, February 22, 2016 (12:00-2:00pm)
Location: Medical Campus, L306
Description:If you have an interview coming up or you just want the extra practice, contact us to make an appointment. This event is by appointment only. Each participant will have a 20-30min interview.
Registration: RSVP to bubest@bu.edu
March Events
An Editor’s Point of View
Date: Wednesday, March 23, 2016 (10am-noon)
Location: Medical Campus, L211
Description:Hélène Hodak, PhD, Scientific Editor at Journal of Molecular Biology, will be on campus to talk about what it takes to become a scientific editor in a peer-reviewed journal, the skills, everyday job, and career progression opportunities. In the second part of this workshop she will offer a perspective from an editor’s point of view and most of all engage you in a conversation on how to valorize your work. She will also attempt to demystify the “black box” of publishing and behind the scenes of manuscript processing from the moment it is submitted to the moment a decision is made.
Registration: RSVP to bubest@bu.edu
Finding a career that suits YOU
Date: Thursday, March 31, 2016 (12:00-2:00pm)
Location: Medical Campus, L203
Description: Dr. Stephen Brady, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, will use the 16PF assessment tool (questionnaire) to aide you in discovering what personality traits, competencies and strengths may lend themselves to your career choice. 16PF is a comprehensive personality test built upon 60 years of research. This will be an excellent workshop for those who are struggling with the “What’s the right job for me/what will make me happy”question, as well as those who wish to pursue a future EXPERIENCE.
Registration: RSVP to bubest@bu.edu
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Interviewing
Date: March 16, 2016 (2-3:30pm)
Location: Charles River Campus, Questrom 426/428 (595 Commonwealth Avenue)
Description: Join us for this comical and informative session on interviewing! Lauren Celano will be interviewing Drs. Sarah Hokanson and Chelsea (Epler) Barbercheck as they use scripted material from actual interviews. Audience participation is key as you will ultimately decide who gets the job!
April Events
Biotechnology Project Management
Date: Wednesdays, April 6-May 11 (5:30-9:00 pm) (6 nights)
Location: MassBio Offices, 300 Technology Square, 8th Floor, Cambridge, MA 02139
Description: This six-evening in-depth seminar examines critical aspects of project management, including an overview of the drug development process and regulatory agencies. Participants gain practical experience with project management tools, such as Product Development Plans, Responsibility Assignment Matrices, Communication Plans, and Work Breakdown Structures. Participants learn to use tools and strategies for working in a team environment to analyze risk, allocate resources, track projects, resolve conflicts, make decisions, and manage management. Most importantly, participants increase their ability to deliver project results.
Skill Enhancement: Resumes
Date: Thursday, April 7th, 2016 (12:30pm)
Location: Medical Campus, L109A/B
Description:Are you getting ready to start sending your resume out? We will start off by going over the parts of a resume, talk about who to phrase those skills for a specific job, and then you will have time to work on yours during the workshop so you leave with a partially finished product.
Registration: RSVP to bubest@bu.edu
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Data Carpentry Workshop
Date: Tuesday & Wednesday, April 12 & 13, 2016 (all day)
Location: Medical Campus, April 12 in L214, April 13 in L206
Description: “Data Carpentry workshops are for any researcher who has data they want to analyze , and no prior computational experience is required. This hands-on workshop teaches basic concepts, skills and tools for working more effectively with data.
The focus of this workshop will be on working with genomics data and data management and analysis for genomics research. We will cover metadata organization in spreadsheets, data organization, connecting to and using cloud computing, the command line for sequence quality control and bioinformatics workflows, and R for data analysis and visualization. We will not be teaching any particular bioinformatics tools, but the foundational skills that will allow you to conduct any analysis and analyze the output of a genomics pipeline.
Participants should bring their laptops and plan to participate actively. By the end of the workshop learners should be able to more effectively manage and analyze data and be able to apply the tools and approaches directly to their ongoing research.
Data Carpentry’s aim is to teach researchers basic concepts, skills, and tools for working with data so that they can get more done in less time, and with less pain.”
Registration: RSVP to bubest@bu.edu
Speed Networking Event
Date: Tuesday, April 19 (6:00-9:00 pm)
Location: 100 Bay State Rd, Room 613
Description: Join GWISE and the Center for Career Development for a night of networking! The 3rd annual GWISE speed networking event will give you an opportunity to learn about different career options and to expand your network. We will have 10-12 panelists from diverse careers such as consulting, patent law, industry, data mining, VC, teaching, business management and strategy. Participants will switch tables every 15 minutes in a speed networking format to talk to panelists about their experiences and professions. We will conclude the night with an open networking session where you can talk further with the panelists and other attendees. Panelists, with background in STEM pursuing alternative careers, and bios will be announced in a few weeks.
Career Exploration: Combining Teaching and Entrepreneurship
Date: Wednesday, April 20, 2016 (12:00pm)
Location: Medical Campus, L206
Description: Dr. Erika Ebbel Angle, Founder & Executive Director of Science from Scientist and CEO & Co-founder of IXCELA, will be on campus to talk about her career path from beauty queen to Ph.D. to entrepreneur. You won’t want to miss this!
Registration: RSVP to bubest@bu.edu
STEPUP Meeting and Discussion
Date: Thursday, April 21, 2016 (5:00-6:00 pm)
Location: Medical Campus, Room TBD
Description: Monthly STEPUP meeting where members can learn about new policy-related opportunities through the club and have a discussion on a particular topic in science policy. Topic will be announced later in April.
Industry Leaders Lunch & Learn: GlaxoSmithKline
Sponsored by BU Corporate Relations & BU’s BEST
Date: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 (12:00pm)
Location: L206
Description: Debra Peattie, MBA, PhD is the Director & Entrepreneur in Residence, in Alternative Discovery & Development at GSK. She will be here to talk with us about aspects of an ongoing project with an academic collaborator to develop novel therapeutics for Triplet Repeat Disorder.
Registration: RSVP to corprel@bu.edu
FILS Event: Career Paths in Research and Development I (i.e. Chemistry, Biology, Pharmacology, Intellectual Property)*
Date: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 (5:30-8:00pm)
Location: MassBio Offices, 300 Technology Square, 8th floor, Cambridge MA 02139
Registration:http://fils42016.eventbrite.com
May Events
Industry Leaders Lunch & Learn: Sanofi
Sponsored by BU Corporate Relations & BU’s BEST
Date: Wednesday, May 11th, 2016 (12:00pm-2:00pm)
Location: L213
Description: Sridaran Natesan, Ph.D , Vice President, Strategic Initiatives & Science Relations, (North America) will discuss Emerging Trends Impacting the Future of Pharma R&D and Health
Registration: RSVP to corprel@bu.edu
Making the Transition to Leader/Manager
Date: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 (9:00 am-4:00 pm)
Location: MassBio Offices, 300 Technology Square, 8th Floor, Cambridge, MA 02139
Description: The transition from individual contributor to leader or manager can be challenging because it requires a new set of perspectives, skills, and responsibilities. Individual contributors are often promoted because of their knowledge and expertise, but their success as managers depends directly on their ability to get things done through others. This session will provide insight on the main challenges in moving from technical contributor to manager, help identify the traits of successful leaders, and guide participants in how to acquire and strengthen leadership skills. The format is highly interactive with a focus on practical techniques and applications in current roles.
Career Exploration: Business Communications
Date: Tuesday, May 17th, 2016 (1:00-2:00 pm)
Location: CAS 228, 725 Commonwealth Ave (CRC)
Description: Amy Donner, PhD is the Director of Business/Communications at Chemical Probes & the Director of Communications for the Structural Genomics Consortium (SCG). Come hear how Dr. Donner has made her path from postdoc to editor to director. If you want to know more about a career in communications you won’t want to miss this seminar!
RSVP: bubest@bu.edu
Creating and Owning Your Individual Development Plan
Date: Wednesday, May 17th, 2016 (4:00pm-6:00pm)
Location: TBA
Description: An Individual Development Plan (IDP) is a customized roadmap for your professional training. It can help you set goals, review, and update them regularly, enabling you to make most of your graduate or postdoctoral experience at BU. This workshop is designed to help you create an outline of your IDP that will facilitate professional development conversations with your mentor.
Registration: RSVP to bubest@bu.edu
FILS Event: Overview of Career Paths in Clinical, Regulatory, and Medical Affairs*
Date: Tuesday, May 17, 2016 (5:30-8:00pm)
Location: MassBio Offices, 300 Technology Square, 8th floor, Cambridge MA 02139
Registration:http://fils52016.eventbrite.com
Massachusetts Conference on Biotechnology Job Trends
Date: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 (8:30 am-11:00 am)
Location: Sanofi Genzyme, 500 Kendall Street, Cambridge, MA 02142
Description: Join MassBio & MassBioEd as MassBioEd releases findings of its first annual Biotechnology Job Demand Digest. Panel discussions will provide insight from industry and higher education.
Registration: https://www.massbio.org/events/massachusetts-conference-on-biotechnology-job-trends-1319
June Events
Career Exploration: From Academia to Industry & Back Again with Dr. Beverly Brown
Date: Wednesday, June 15, 2016 (1-2pm)
Location: Medical Campus, L211
RSVP: bubest@bu.edu
Novartis Drug Development and Discovery (D3) Simulation
Date: Monday, June 27, 2016 & Tuesday June 28, 2016 (8:30 am-5:00 pm)
Location: Announced upon selection
Description: In this two day simulation course you will work with a team to choose a therapeutic area and drug target, search for potential chemical leads, then optimize and progress these leads through preclinical research. From there your team will move on to demonstrating the resulting drug candidate is safe and effective in patients and work to advance the drug through subsequent clinical trials. Ultimately, your team will submit the drug for registration with the health authorities. Open to postdocs and senior (3rd year and above) graduate students. Participants must commit to the full 2-day program as course material relies on teamwork.
Find more information here, and send applications to postdocs@bu.edu
Alan Alda Communicating Science
Date: Tuesday, June 28, 2016 & Wednesday, July 6, 2016 (1:00-4:00 pm)
Location: MED, Announced upon RSVP Confirmation
Description: This workshop is highly interactive where students will learn to speak clearly and vividly about their work and why it matters in terms that non-scientist can understand. This is a two day workshop and trainees MUST be present for both sessions in order to participate. There are limited spots available and will be taken on a first come first serve basis.
Whether you want a career in academics, policy, communication, law, teaching, business, or industry this workshop would be valuable for you. Workforce data confirms that one of the top skills for biomedical PhDs is communication
Registration: RSVP to bubest@bu.edu
Skill Enhancement: Informational Interview Workshop
Date: Wednesday, June 29, 2016 (2:00 pm)
Location: CRC, Room TBD
Description: Join the combined forces of BEST, Professional Development & Postdoctoral Affairs, and Propel Careers to learn about informational interviewing. We will cover everything from the purpose, finding someone to interview, requesting that interview, and what prep you should do before the interview.
When you leave this workshop you be a practiced informational interviewer and have a request email ready to send out!
Registration: RSVP to bubest@bu.edu
July Events
Career Exploration: Life Science Consulting
Date: Wednesday, July 13, 2016 (6:30pm-7:30pm)
Location: MED L-214
Description: BU Biomedical Business Club and BU’s BEST is holding an event to explore career in life science consulting. BU alumni Madelane Teran, PhD and Tuan Pham, PhD, who currently work at Simon-Kucher & Partners, will discuss their career transition from academia to consulting.
The event will begin with a short presentation by the guests followed by discussion on why and how to make the transition, why PhDs make great consultants, the application process, and more! This will be followed by an audience Q&A and networking session. Refreshments will be served.
Registration: RSVP to bubest@bu.edu
Data Carpentry
Date: Monday, July 26-Wednesday, July 27, 2016 (9:00am-5:00pm)
Location: MED L-203
Description: Data Carpentry’s aim is to teach researchers basic concepts, skills, and tools for working with data so that they can get more done in less time, and with less pain. This workshop uses a tabular biology dataset and teaches data cleaning, management, analysis and visualization. There are no pre-requisites, and the materials assume no prior knowledge about the tools. Participants must attend both sessions, as lessons build on each other.
Registration: RSVP to bubest@bu.edu
August Events
Building professional relationships: pragmatic advice for the human scientist
Date: Wednesday, Aug. 17, at (1 p.m. Eastern)
Location: on-line
Description: Whether you are early-career or an established member of your scientific community, developing and maintaining a network of professional contacts are helpful ways to grow your career. How do you cultivate new professional relationships? How should you professionally communicate with your network?
The webinar is free, but registration is limited, so we encourage you to sign up early. You can register here.
This event is sponsored by the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the National Institutes of Health Broadening Experiences in Scientific Training program.
Getting into Industry
Date: Monday, August 22nd (4:00am-5:00pm)
Location: MED L-109
Description: Peter will talk about what resumes get noticed, how to answer interview questions by telling a story, successfully giving an industry job talk, good questions to ask, and how best to follow up. If you are preparing to make the leap into industrial research you won’t want to miss this.
Registration: RSVP to bubest@bu.edu
Industry Scholars Lunch & Learn: Janssen
Date: Tuesday, September 6, 2016 (noon-2:00pm)
Location: 670 Albany Street, Room 107 (MED)
Description:Join us for lunch with our colleagues from Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson to hear about “Biomarkers to Measure Healthy Aging”.
• Frank De Wolf, MD PhD, heads the Prevention Markers platform of the Janssen Prevention Center
• Gerrit Jan Weverling, MD PhD heads the Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Cohort Operations departments within the Prevention Markers platform of the Janssen Prevention Center
Registration:corprel@bu.edu
Identifying Career Paths for PhDs in Science
Date: Thursday, September 22, 2016 (4:30pm-5:30pm)
Location: BU Castle 225 Bay State Rd (CRC)
Description: PDPA and BU’s BEST Program will host Melanie Sinche of the Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Research as she describes her research focused on identifying key ‘skills gaps’ for PhDs. Melanie’s work surveyed PhDs in their first jobs to map the skills they received during training with the skills they actually used day-to-day. Based on this data, she has developed strategies for graduate students and postdocs to explore career paths and/or professional development opportunities to find the occupation(s) and develop the skills that are right for them.
Registration:postdocs@bu.edu
FILS Event: Overview of “Big Data” Career Paths in the Life Science Industry*
Date: Tuesday, September 27, 2016 (5:30-8:00pm)
Location: MassBio Offices, 300 Technology Square, 8th floor, Cambridge MA 02139
Registration:http://fils62016.eventbrite.com
Career Exploration: Science Law Panel Discussion
Date: Wednesday, September 28, 2016 (5:30pm-7pm)
Location: 24 Cummington Mall, LSE 103 (CRC)
Description: The panel currently consists of several professionals in the law career path discussing their similarities and differences in career path:
• Crystal Kellas, PhD is a Medical Writer for Vertex. She has previously worked at Lando & Aanastasi, LLP and Mintz Levin as a Patent Agent.
• Dominic Yee, PhD, JD, is an Associate at Lando & Anastasi, LLP. Prior to this role he was a Research Scientist at Vertex.
• Nathan Billings, PhD is a Patent Agent at Indigo. He has previously worked at Lando & Aanastasi, LLP and at Choate, Hall & Stewart.
• Leo Takaoka PhD, is currently a Technology Specialist at Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C. He was previously at WilmerHale, LLP and prior to that Leo was a Scientist at CoMentis, Millennium, and Schering-Plough Research Institute.
• Ken Zwicker PhD, JD, is currently the executive director of IP & licensing in the BU Office of Technology Development. Previously he was at Lathrop & Gage and in-house council for Abbott.
• Elizabeth N. Spar, PhD, JD is currently partner and intellectual property attorney at Sunstein Kann, Murphy & Timbers LLP
Registration:Sign up on our Google form!
Career Exploration: Life Science Consulting
Date: Thursday, September 29, 2016 (5:30pm-7pm)
Location: 72 E Concord St, L109 (MED)
Description: Come have dinner with Trinity Partners and find out what PhDs can do at this boutique consulting firm. Learn about what it’s like to be a strategy consultant or be on the primary market research team. Jason Keller, PhD and Bobby Riehle, PhD will be on campus to discuss their career transitions, corporate culture at Trinity, and answer your questions.
Trinity Partners, LLC (“Trinity”) www.trinitypartners.com is a leading life sciences consulting firm that provides strategic and tactical insights to clients worldwide. Our clients are among the most successful firms in the industry and include a mix of pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device and diagnostic companies. Blending consulting services with research capabilities, we specialize in corporate strategy, pipeline & portfolio optimization, brand planning, market analytics, promotional effectiveness, and licensing & acquisition. Based just outside Boston, MA, with offices in New York City, Princeton and San Francisco. Trinity has over 150 employees.
Registration: Sign up on our Google form!
Career Exploration: Business Development
Date: Thursday, October 6, 2016 (5:30pm-7pm)
Location: 24 Cummington Mall, LSE 103 (CRC)
Description: Anais Gervais, Business Develop Manager at Kiniksa, will be here to discuss her transition from graduate student, to consultant, to business development and the day-to-day of business development. Co-sponsored with BU’s Biomedical Business Consulting Club.
Registration: Click here
Career Exploration: Overview of Career Paths for Biomedical PhDs
Date: Wednesday, October 11, 2016 (4-5pm)
Location: TBD (CRC)
Description: A great event if you aren’t sure about career options and want to explore all that is out there.
Registration: Click here
Career Exploration: Government Grants Admin
Date: Wednesday, October 12, 2016 (4-5:30pm)
Location:24 Cummington Mall, LSE 103 (CRC)
Description: We invite Ph.D.-level scientists who are exploring in careers in grants administration for a seminar by Rosemarie Hunziker, Ph.D., the Program Director of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine at the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) within the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Dr. Hunziker has extensive experience in overseeing and managing federal research grants, and she will speak about the role of Health Science Administrators as well as the skills and tips helpful to obtain such a role. She will also describe the application, interviews, negotiation processes for NIH jobs. After the talk, there will be a short Q&A session from the audience.
This event is sponsored by BUPDA, PDPA and BU’s BEST.
Registration: Click here
Career Exploration: Careers in Science Policy Panel Discussion
Date: Thursday, October 20, 2016 (6-7pm)
Location: 24 Cummington Mall, LSE 103 (CRC)
Description: Come learn about a number of career options in science policy! Our panel will consist of professionals working in science policy who have completed various policy fellowships talking about their work and their experience in those fellowships. This event is co-sponsored by STEPUP and BU’s BEST.
Tentative panelist are:
Dr. Peter O’Connor from the Union of Concerned Scientists
Dr. Keerthi Shetty from the American Academy (current Hellman Fellow)
Dr. Gabriela Hungerford from Harvard University (previous Mirzayan Fellow)
Dr. Zofia Gajdos from HarvardX (previous AAAS Fellow)
Registration: Click here
FILS Event: Commercialization 2 (Reimbursement, Pharmacoeconomics, Patient Advocacy, and Market Access) Career Paths*
Date: Tuesday, October 18, 2016 (5:30-8:00pm)
Location: MassBio Offices, 300 Technology Square, 8th floor, Cambridge MA 02139
Registration:http://fils72016.eventbrite.com
CANCELED–Career Exploration: Medical Science Liaison
Date:Monday, November 7, 2016 (5:30pm-7pm) We are working to reschedule this event with Dr. DeCastro.
Location: 72 E Concord Street, Room TBD (MED)
Description: Come hear Andrew DeCastro, PhD, Medical Science Liaison, talk about his current role at Celgene, how he made the jump and the skills needed in this career area.
Registration: Click here
FILS Event: Career Paths in Research and Development II (Preclinical Research, Clinical Biomarker Development, Research Operations/Finance, Project Management)*
Date: Tuesday, November 15, 2016 (5:30-8:00pm)
Location: MassBio Offices, 300 Technology Square, 8th floor, Cambridge MA 02139
Registration:http://fils82016.eventbrite.com
Industry Scholars Lunch & Learn: Merck & Co. Inc.
Date: Friday, November 4, 2016 (noon-2pm)
Location:72 E Concord Street, TBA (MED)
Description: Gokul Swaminathan, PhD, Senior Scientist, Infectious Diseases & Vaccines at Merck Research Laboratories, will be on campus to discuss corporate culture at Merck, his career pathway into industry science, and the Merck postdoc program.
Registration: email corprel@bu.edu
Skill Enhancement: Resume
Date: Wednesday, November 16, 2016 (4-5pm)
Location:24 Cummington Mall, LSE 103 (CRC)
Description: We will start off by going over the parts of a resume, talk about how to phrase those skills for a specific job, and then you will have time to work on yours during the workshop so you leave with a partially finished product.
Registration: Click here
Industry Scholars Lunch & Learn: Novartis
Date: Friday, November 18, 2016 (noon-2pm)
Location: 1 Silber Way, 7th floor, Alumni Boardroom (CRC)
Description: Jennifer Brogdon, PhD, is the Director of the Department of Exploratory Immuno-Oncology at NIBR. She will discuss the exciting scientific challenges and opportunities that novel cell and gene therapy programs bring to the pharmaceutical industry.
Registration: Registration Requiredcorprel@bu.edu
Skill Enhancement: Networking
Date: Thursday, December 1, 2016 (noon-1pm)
Location:72 E Concord Street, L109AB (MED)
Description: Holiday parties are the PERFECT time to network! Do you, like most of us, know that networking is key, but still lack the practice to make you confident? “What do I say? How do I just start a conversation? How can I politely excuse myself to chat with others in the room?” This workshop is designed to get you comfortable with networking in a safe, friendly environment. Bring your elevator pitch and join us for this highly interactive workshop.
Registration: Click here
2017 Events
Career Exploration: Medical Science Liaison
Date: Thursday, January 19, 2017 (2pm-3pm)
Location:72 E Concord Street, L213 (MED)
Description: Chadwick Larson, Ph.D., Medical Science Liaison at Eli Lilly, will be on campus to talk about what a MSL position looks like and his career path that brought him to where he is now.
Registration: Click here
New Year, New Career
Date: Monday, January 23, 2016 (4-5pm)
Location: 24 Cummington, LSE103 (CRC)
Description: Ring in 2017 with a look into the many career choices Ph.D. graduates can pursue and how to start the job hunt.
Registration: Click here!
Skill Enhancement: Informational Interview Workshop
Date: Wednesday, February 8, 2017 (noon-1pm)
Location: 72 E Concrd St, L206 (MED)
Description: In this workshop we will cover everything from the purpose, finding someone to interview, requesting that interview, and what prep you should do before the interview.
Registration:Click here!
Career Exploration: Corporate Relations
Date: Wednesday, February 15, 2017 (2-3pm)
Location:24 Cummington, LSE103 (CRC)
Description: University Corporate Relations professionals build strategic long-term relationships with industry partners to help further research. Tracy Schmidt, PhD will be here to talk about her career path that has led to her current position in Corporate Relations. Learn what she is doing day-to-day and what skills you can start building now if you are interested in this field.
Registration:Click here!
Site Visit: LabCentral
Date: Friday, February 24, 2017 (2:00-3:00 PM)
Location:TBA
Description: LabCentral is a shared lab space for high-potential biotech start-ups. This facility houses as many as 25 start-up companies that include laboratories and all of the critical support services that early-stage companies will need to thrive. We will tour the space, learn how they enable start-ups, and put on events at LabCentral where one could find access to a meaningful network of entrepreneurs, investors, and others involved in the pharma game.
If you are interested in the biotech/pharma ecosystem you won’t want to miss this trip! Space is limited and individuals will be selected on a first come, first served basis
Registration:Click here!
Career Exploration: Insights from a 30 Year Career in Drug Discovery with John Macor
Date: Tuesday, February 28, 2017 (1:30-2:30pm)
Location: 72 E Concord St, R103 (MED)
Description: John Macor will be giving a seminar, entitled “What I Did on my Summer Vacation: Insights from a 30 Year Career in Drug Discovery” on Tuesday, 28 February at 1:30 pm in R103. The talk is a retrospective on his career (thus far) in drug discovery. A brief background may be found here.
He started at Pfizer, moved to Bristol-Myers Squibb and most recently, joined Sanofi as head of Drug Discovery. It will include some science on several drugs that he has worked on, but will focus more on the process and the culture of big pharma.
Registration: Everyone is welcome to attend the seminar.
Panel Discussion: A Career in Academia
Date: Wednesday, March 1, 2017 (10:00-11:50 AM)
Location: MED Room L411
Description: Dr. David Atkinson; BUSM Professor and Chair of Physiology and Biophysics
Dr. Sarah Mazzilli; BUSM Postdoctoral fellow in Section of Computational Biomedicine
Dr. Kim McCall; BU Professor and Chair of Biology
Dr. Valentina Perissi; BUSM Assistant Professor of Biochemistry
Registration: Click here!
Working a Consulting Case with Trinity
Date: Friday, March 3rd, 2017 (1:30-3:30 PM)
Location: TBD
Description: BU’s BEST trainees are invited for a consulting simulation and site visit. At the Trinity Partners campus, trainees will learn how consulting works from beginning (client meeting) to end (presentation and recommendation). This visit will also include a tour of Trinity Partners. Space is limited and individuals will be selected on a first come, first served basis.
Registration: Click here!
Industry Scholars Lunch & Learn: Cisco
Date: Thursday, March 9, 2017 (12:00-2:00 PM)
Location: Hariri Institute for Computing, 111 Cummington Mall – Seminar Room
Description: Juan Ramon Acosta, Principal Cloud Software Architect at Cisco Systems, will present on his current position while focusing on Cisco’s current Innovation proposal in the field of Network Function Virtualization. He will address the application of his academic training in various roles within Cisco; moving products forward from early stage problem definition to gaining internal sponsorship of a solution to eventual engineering implementation.
Light lunch will be provided. You must register to attend.
Registration: Click here!
Preparing for the Interview
Date: Friday, March 10, 2017 (1:30 PM)
Location: 72 E. Concord Street, L-206
Description: Lauren Celano will be on campus to discuss how best to prepare for an interview along with answers to some of those hard interview questions. Come learn the ins and outs of interviewing!
Registration: Click here!
Panel Discussion: A Variety of Career Options
Date: Wednesday, March 15, 2017 (10:00-11:50 AM)
Location: MED Room L411
Description: Dr. Madelane Teran; Life Science Consultant at Simon-Kucher & Partners, Cambridge, MA
Dr. Lynes Torres; Life Science Consultant Analyst at PA Consulting Group, Arlington, Massachusetts
Dr. Iphigenia Tzameli; Director of Research at the Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Foundation, Boston, MA
Dr. Ken Zwicker; Executive Director of Intellectual Property & Licensing; BU Technology Development Office
Registration: Click here!
Panel Discussion: Introduction to Science Policy
Date: Wednesday, March 22, 2017 (10:00-11:50 AM)
Location: MED Room L411
Description: Ms. Emily Burlij, Associate Director, BU Federal Relations
Ms. Erica Froyd, Lewis-Burke Associates, Washington, D.C.
Ms. Jennifer Grodsky; BU Vice President for Federal Relations
Mr. Nick Saab, Lewis-Burke Associates, Washington, D.C.
Dr. Naomi Webber, Lewis-Burke Associates, Washington, D.C
Registration: Click here!
Career Exploration: Industry Postdoc
Date: Thursday, March 23, 2017 (4:00-5:00 PM)
Location: 8 St. Mary’s Street, PHO 901
Description: Come hear alumni Justin Berry talk about how to find industry postdocs, what you need to land one, and what he has learned about postdocing in pharma since joining the Biogen team.
Registration: Click here!
Panel Discussion: A Career in Industry
Date: Wednesday, March 29, 2017 (10:00-11:50 AM)
Location: MED Room L411
Description: Dr. Samantha Hiemer; Postdoctoral Fellow, Pfizer
Dr. Karen Page; Clinical Scientist, Director, Precision Medicine and Clinical Science, Pfizer
Dr. Dania Rabah; Principal Scientist, Biogen
Dr. Kathleen Tumelty; Postdoctoral Fellow, Pfizer
Registration: Click here!
Scientific Training with Real World Impact: Student Opportunities at Novartis
Date: April 4, 2017 (4PM)
Location: 24 Cummington Mall, LSE 103 (CRC)
Description: NIBR takes a unique approach to pharmaceutical research. At the earliest stages, research priorities are determined by patient need and disease understanding. At NIBR, physician-scientists are breaking down the boundaries between research and clinical practice. NIBR believes they can better answer the demand for safer, more effective medicines by keeping our sights on both the science and the patient. NIBR’s model of research connects the laboratory to the clinic, and pursues molecular pathways across a landscape of multiple diseases. In order to accomplish this goal, NIBR has committed to a highly collaborative organization.
Join us to learn more about student internships at NIBR. A panel of scientists will share their experiences at NIBR and examples of the types of projects in which they have engaged student interns. Following the event, BU students who are interested in being considered for possible summer internships at NIBR will have the opportunity to submit a cover letter and resume.
Registration: Click here!
Alan Alda: Communicating Science
Date: April 5 & 12, 2017 (1:30-4:30pm) Attendance on both days is mandatory
Location: 72 E. Concord Street, L209 (MED)
Description: This workshop is highly interactive where trainees will learn to speak clearly and vividly about their work and why it matters in terms that non-scientist can understand. This is a two-day workshop and trainees MUST be present for both sessions in order to participate. There are limited spots available and will be taken on a first come first serve basis.
Whether you want a career in academics, policy, communication, law, teaching, business, or industry this workshop would be valuable for you. Workforce data confirms that one of the top skills for biomedical PhDs is communication.
Registration: Click here!
Career Exploration: Regulatory Affairs
Date: April 6th, 2017 (3:30-4:30 PM)
Location:72 E Concord St, L202 (MED)
Description: Dr. Heimo Scheer, Vice President of Regulatory Affairs at Celerion, will be on campus to tell us about his career path in regulatory affairs and what skills are necessary for entry into this career. This event will be a round-table discussion so bring your questions and join us!
Registration:Click here!
Industry Scholars Lunch & Learn with Philips: Population Health Management
Date: April 11th, 2017 (12:30-2:30 pm)
Location: 110 Cummington Mall, ME245
Description:Join Dr. Eran Simhon, Senior Research Scientist of Clinical Informatics Solutions at Philips Research North America, in discussing how Population Health Management tools can be used to improve medical outcomes, how Philips Research uses machine learning and optimization methods to enrich PHM tools, and how augmenting medical data with socioeconomic and behavioral data can be used to improve healthcare outcomes.
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Career Exploration: Academic Faculty Positions
Date: April 13th, 2017 (3-4pm)
Location:72 E Concord St, K103 (MED)
Description: This panel discussion will focus on careers in academic research as a faculty member. Panelist will discuss their entry into academic faculty positions, skills needed for the transition from postdoc to faculty member and more! Panelist include:
Dr. Andrew Henderson, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine Infectious Disease Section and Assistant Dean, Division of Graduate Medical Sciences
Dr. Kim McCall, Professor and Chair, Department of Biology
Dr. David Farb, Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics
Dr. Valentina Perissi, Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry
Registration:Click here!
Industry Scholars Lunch & Learn with Saint-Gobain: Solid Oxide Fuel Cells & Sintered & Electrofused Products
Date: April 20th, 2017 (12:00-2:00 pm)
Location: 110 Cummington Mall, ME245
Description: Dr. Sophie Poizeau and Dr. Deniz Cetin will be sharing their work experience as R&D engineers. They will talk about the similarities and differences between their particular areas of research, comparing emerging technologies, such as Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, and established businesses, such as refractories for glass production (SEFPRO). In particular, the driving forces for innovation, the relationships with customers and plants, the funding sources, and the project dynamics will be discussed.
Registration:Click here!
Skill Enhancement: Cover Letters
Date: April 20th, 2017 (5 pm)
Location: 24 Cummington Mall, LSE103
Description: Cover letters are such an important part of the application process. These letters allow applicants to give a direct narrative to the hiring manager so a generic letter just won’t do. This workshop will equip participants with the necessary information and in-session practice to write a specific cover letter.
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Contribute to Science Policy: Learn How You Can Be a S&T Policy Fellow
Date: May 3, 2017 (1 pm)
Location: 685-725 Commonwealth Ave, CAS 315
Description: The AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships (STPF) is the premier opportunity for outstanding scientists and engineers to learn first-hand about policymaking while contributing their knowledge and analytical skills to address today’s most pressing societal challenges. Learn how you can enhance your career while engaging with policy administrators and thought leaders. STPF provides doctoral level* scientists, social scientists, engineers, and health/medical professionals a unique opportunity to contribute to federal policymaking in Washington DC. Fellows serve yearlong assignments in the federal government and represent a broad range of backgrounds, disciplines, and career stages. Join a growing corps of over 3,200 strong policy-savvy leaders working across academia, government, nonprofits, and industry to serve the nation and citizens around the world.
Registration: Click here!
Drug Discovery & Development (D3) Project Simulation
Date: May 30-31, 2017 (9:00 AM-4:30 PM) Attendance on both days is mandatory
Location: TBD
Description: BU is teaming up with Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research (NIBR) again for a two-day interactive course for postdocs and graduate students. Participants will work together in teams to bring a therapeutic drug to market in a simulation developed by NIBR. The course will span two full days, May 30-31, and it is important that participants are able to attend the program in its entirety. Postdocs and senior graduate students (third year and above) are eligible to apply; interested applicants must apply by May 8 at 5:00PM.
Application: Click here!
Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics (DMPK) in Drug Development
Date: June 1, 2017 (10 AM-1:30 PM)
Location: 72 E. Concord Street, L109AB
Description: Dr. Ken Kulmatycki, Senior Investigator II, Novartis will be presenting the role of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics (DMPK) in the drug development process. He will review DMPK activities in both nonclinical and clinical areas, focusing on key questions addressed by DMPK studies and how the results from the DMPK aspects of drug development inform drug development strategies required by Pharmaceutical companies to register drugs. The discussion will include key concepts, for example, the importance of drug ADME (absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion), systemic exposure-response relationships, and how the starting dose to be administered in humans clinical trials is determined.
Registration: Click here!
Industry Scholars Lunch & Learn: Boston Scientific
Date: June 9, 2017 (12:00-2:00 PM)
Location: 110 Cummington Mall, Room 245
Description: Jeffrey R. Scott, Ph.D., Director of Pre-Clinical Sciences at Boston Scientific, will join us to discuss how in-depth collaboration is required between R&D engineers, Pre-Clinical Scientists, and Clinicians, to establish and appropriately utilize pre-clinical models to support safe, effective, and efficient product development. Light lunch is provided and pre-registration is required.
Registration:Click here
Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics (DMPK) in Drug Development
Date: June 1, 2017 (10 AM-1:30 PM)
Location: 72 E. Concord Street, L109AB
Description: Dr. Ken Kulmatycki, Senior Investigator II, Novartis will be presenting the role of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics (DMPK) in the drug development process. He will review DMPK activities in both nonclinical and clinical areas, focusing on key questions addressed by DMPK studies and how the results from the DMPK aspects of drug development inform drug development strategies required by Pharmaceutical companies to register drugs. The discussion will include key concepts, for example, the importance of drug ADME (absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion), systemic exposure-response relationships, and how the starting dose to be administered in humans clinical trials is determined.
Registration: Click here!
Boston Industry Trek
Date: June 11-14, 2017 (9:00 AM-4:30 PM)
Location: TBD
Description: BU is teaming up with it’s BEST sibling, the University of Chicago, to take a trek around Boston and visit 8 local pharma/biotech companies. The trek will start with an evening social activity to get to know our colleagues from UChicago, then over the next three days we will visit 8 companies and hear from Heads of Reseach, CEOs, Presidents, etc. We will be compiling a leave behind book of trainee bios and resumes for the companies. Attendees will have the opportunity to contribute their materials to this book. In order to apply, you must be able to attend all sessions. Six trainees will be selected based on their application materials. Please send application materials to BU’s BEST by 11:59pm May 21, 2017.
Application: Click here!
Skill Enhancement: Elevator Pitches
Date: June 15, 2017 (5:00 PM)
Location: 24 Cummington St., LSE 103
Description: Elevator pitches have multiple uses. They are the starting place for networking, an answer to ‘so what do you do’, and more. Come learn what should be included in yours and what can be skipped.
Registration: Click here!
AAAS Video Chat: Engineers, Computer Scientists, Mathematicians in STPF
Date: June 22, 2017 (2:00 PM)
Location: Online-More Information Here
Description: Are you an engineer, computational scientist and/or mathematician wondering if an AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowship (STPF) is right for you? Video chat with STPF fellows who share a background in engineering, computational sciences, and/or mathematics! Learn how they help impact federal policy. The AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships (STPF) is the premier opportunity for outstanding scientists and engineers to learn first-hand about policy-making while using their knowledge and analytical skills to address today’s most pressing societal challenges.
Registration: Click here!
Skill Enhancement: Salary Negotiations
Date: June 27, 2017 (11:00-12:00 PM)
Location: 72 E. Concord Street, Room L109AB
Description: What happens during a salary negotiation? What does the offer letter mean and what’s a profit loss analysis? Fredric Majnoun, Assistant Dean for Research Administration and Finance at BU School of Medicine is here to help you advocate for yourself during salary negotiations. You’ll learn the inner workings of a salary negotiation, and leave with skills to help you prepare and achieve a salary that reflects your skill set. You won’t want to miss this so bring your lunch and join us!
Registration: Click here!
Site Visit: Outcome Capital
Date: June 29, 2017 (4:00-5:00 PM)
Location: Off Site: Trainees are responsible for getting to Outcome Capital
Description:Outcome Capital is a specialized investment bank with a global reach, providing middle-market growth companies in the technology and life sciences markets with a value-added client-centric approach to mergers & acquisitions, corporate finance, and advisory services. This visit will include a tour of the offices, a presentation about Outcome Capital, a chance to network and ask questions about investment banking/corporate finance.
Limited spots are available.
Registration: Click here!
Career Exploration: Chief Scientific Officer
Date: July 20, 2017 (3:00-4:00 PM)
Location: MED L109AB
Description: Dr. Eric Furfine, Chief Scientific Officer, and Acting Chief Executive Officer, will be on campus to discuss his current role at ImmuneXcite and his career path that lead him there. Come learn what skills are essential to pursuing a career as a Chief Scientific Officer, and what skills to focus on from your doctoral training.
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Meet the Interns: PA Program
Date: July 20, 2017 (12:00-1:00 PM)
Location: MED L306
Description: The very first intern at the Clinical Trials Office will be coming to BU to share her experiences. Please join us!
Registration: Click here!
Meet the Interns: PA Program
Date: August 2 (12:00-1:00 PM)
Location: MED L306
Description: Lecturers at the PA program will share their experience on Wednesday 2 August at noon at the Professional Career Development office. Please, join us!
Registration: Click here!
Career Exploration: Round Table with a Law Technical Specialist
Date: August 18, 2017 (3:00-4:00 PM)
Location: MED Room L202
Description: If you are looking into moving into the law field, come hear about the first step after completing your science training—a technical specialist. Xirui Zhang, PhD is currently a technical specialist at Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP. She is a BU alum from the biomedical engineering department and will answer questions about her current role as a tech spec, making the jump from PhD to tech spec, and now law school. Space is limited.
Registration: Click here!
Meet the Interns: PA Program
Date: August 22, 2017 (5:30-6:30 PM) CANCELLED, RESCHEDULED DATE TBD
Location: LSE604
Description: Teaching interns in the PA program will share their experience on Tuesday 22 August at 5:30 pm on the Charles River Campus. Please, join us!
Registration: currently inactive
Career Exploration: Senior Scientist
Date: August 31, 2017 (3:00-4:00 PM)
Location: MED Room L206
Description: Come join Kyle Trudeau, PhD, a senior scientist at Flagship VentureLabs and BU alum, and learn about his career as a Senior Scientist. Kyle will talk about how he found his first job, what skills he needed most, and what he does on a daily basis as a scientist for a research arm of a venture firm.
Registration: Click here!
Distinguished Alumni & Speed-Networking Event
Date: Thursday, September 14, 4 PM
Location: 72 East Concord Street, Hiebert Lounge
Description: We will be honoring two Distinguished Alumni, Dr. Erika Ebbel Angle & Dr. Steve Perrin! Along with our Distinguished Alumni, several other BUSM PhD alumni will be on campus to network with current trainees.
Registration (BU PhD & Postdocs Only): Click here!
Skill Enhancement: Entrepreneurship & Commercialization
Date: Monday, September 18th; Friday, September 22; Thursday, October 5
Location: MED Room L203 (72 E. Concord St., Boston) & Mass Innovation Labs (675 W Kendall St., Cambridge)
Description: This is a 3-part workshop based in entrepreneurship and commercialization. Andrew Meadow, VP of Innovation at Excelyrate Capital will lead trainees through seminar and instruction with corporate guest speakers (part I), have a Q&A session at Mass Innovation Labs (part II), and have a presentation session at Mass Innovation Labs (part III). Must be able to attend parts I and III to sign up.
Registration Open to all Boston Area PhD & Postdocs: Click here!
Self-Awareness for Scientists
Date: Friday, September 22, 1-4 PM
Location: 610 Commonwealth Ave, CLISE 106C
Description: This workshop aims to improve your self-awareness and self-management, and learn to better understand different work styles, needs, and approaches that people take through the Birkman Method, a scientifically developed self-assessment tool that creates personalized reports on your areas of interest and motivation, work styles, and preferred work environment.
Registration Open to all Boston Area PhD & Postdocs: Click here!
Welcome to Boston-Getting Connected
Date: Tuesday, September 26, 2-3 PM
Location: 72 E. Concord Street, Room L213
Description: If you are new to Boston or just want a refresher on all the opportunities in the city please join us! Lauren Celano, will talk about organizations that you can connect with to expand your scientific network, events that are open to you in industry, and more!
Registration Open to all Boston Area PhD & Postdocs: Click here!
Career Exploration: Data Scientist
Date: Tuesday, October 3, 6-7 PM
Location: 24 Cummington Street, LSE103
Description: Come join Ivan Zheng, PhD, Data Scientist and colleagues from INSIGHT to learn about his career as a Data Scientist and INSIGHT’s Data Science Fellowship Program.
Registration Open to all Boston Area PhD & Postdocs: Click here!
Skill Enhancement: Python
Date: October 17 & 18, 9 am-5 pm
Location: 72 E. Concord Street, Room R112
Description: This two-day, hands-on workshop will teach participants how to process tabular files in Python, how to repeat actions with loops, analyze data from multiple files, create functions, make choices, defensive programming debugging and more.
Participants need no Python experience to attend but must commit to the full two days.
Registration Open to all Boston Area PhD & Postdocs: Click here!
Career Exploration: JoVE
Date: October 24, 2017, 3-4 pm
Location: 610 Commonwealth Ave, Room 106C
Description: Dr. Namrata Sengupta will be on campus to discuss her career path from a Ph.D. in Toxicology to a professional science communicator at the academic journal, JoVE. Come learn about what skill sets and professional activities during graduate school helped with this career transition, and why PhDs and postdocs can be suitable candidates for careers in science writing, science communication, and marketing.
Registration Open to all Boston Area PhD & Postdocs: Click here!
Overview of Career Opportunities
Date: October 27, 2017, 1:30-2:30 pm
Location: 72 E. Concord Street, L212
Description: This comprehensive seminar provides an overview of career opportunities in the life sciences sector, both research and non-research, with emphasis on the various skills, aptitudes, competencies, and personalities that thrive in this sector. Learn about the importance of transferable skills and how to highlight these for specific roles. Also, you will receive advice on networking to identify career opportunities, ways to utilize informational interviewing and tips on resumes and cover letters.
Registration Open to all Boston Area PhD & Postdocs: Click here!
Skill Enhancement: Time Management
Date: October 30, 2017, 11:30-1:00 PM
Location: MED Room R112
Description: Come learn how to better manage your time! Topics covered include actionable goals, strategies, and tools for time management as well as how you can be accountable with your time. Those who sign up will be asked to complete a ‘day diary’ that includes the activities of a typical day prior to the workshop.
Registration Open to all Boston Area PhD & Postdocs: Click here!
Site Visit: Mass Innovation Labs
Date: November 7, 2017, 4:15-6:30 PM
Location: 675 West Kendall Street, Cambridge, MA
Description: Come learn about MIL and Exelyrate Management by touring the facilities and engaging with a panel of three MIL executives. Space is limited and individuals will be selected on a first come, first serve basis.
Registration: Click here!
BiotechTuesday
Date: November 7, 2017, 7:00-10:00 PM
Location: 40 Edwin H Land Boulevard, Cambridge, MA
Description: BiotechTuesday, is a free monthly gathering of the biotechnology community. We are planning to attend on November 7th with a small group of trainees. If you would like to attend Biotech Tuesdays with us, please sign with by October 30th. Space is limited to 3 trainees on a first come first serve basis.
Registration: Click here!
Skill Enhancement: Informational Interviewing
Date: November 21, 2017, 4:00-5:00 PM
Location: 24 Cummington Mall, LSE103
Description: Join us and learn the important role that informational interviewing plays in a career search. This seminar will provide advice on how to identify individuals for an informational interview, how to structure the interview, what questions to ask, and how to follow up after the discussion in order to build meaningful connections.
Registration: Click here!
Skill Enhancement: Resumes
Date: December 6, 2017, 5:00-6:00 PM
Location: 24 Cummington Mall, LSE103
Description: Resumes are an important tool that highlights your experiences and skills, therefore it is particularly important to tailor resumes for specific roles. Come learn what skills and experiences should be emphasized for different types of roles such as bench research roles, non-bench research roles, business development, marketing, consulting, product/project management roles, and clinical roles, as well as proper resume formatting.
Registration: Click here!
2018 Events
February Events
Skill Enhancement: Job Search
Date: Wednesday, Feb 21, 2018 (5-6pm)
Location: CAS 204A (CRC)
Description: This workshop will provide advice on how to prepare and conduct an effective job search. This presentation will begin with a focus on questions that every job seeker should ask themselves before they begin their search to ensure a focused search on roles and companies aligned to the job seeker’s values, interests, and skills. The presentation will then provide tips on how to identify and research companies through on-line searching, LinkedIn, conferences, press releases, new sources, networking and other sources. Additional details will be discussed regarding how to create a job search checklist and the value of formally tracking your progress over time to maintain focus and accelerate the search. The presentation will discuss the “hidden job market” as well as how companies and recruitment firms use resume databases and LinkedIn to connect with talent. Lastly, the seminar will cover the importance of tailoring a resume and cover letter for each job; the value of a referral when applying for a job; and job search timeframes including when to start looking and how long you have to make a decision on an offer once you receive one.
Registration Open to all Boston Area PhD & Postdocs: Click here
Biogen Lunch & Learn
Date: Feb 28, 2018 (12-2pm)
Location: 610 Commonwealth Ave Room 106C (CRC)
Description: Transitioning from Academia to Industry: The Role of Medical Affairs in Industry & Biogen Post-grad fellowship. Stephanie Licata and Ramon Iovin will talk about their career journey and discuss a 2-year paid fellowship opportunity.
Registration Open to all Boston Area PhD & Postdocs
March Events
Panel Discussion on Careers in Law / Compliance
Date: Wednesday, Mar 14, 2018 (10-12pm)
Location: L109AC (MED, 72 E. Concord St.)
Description: This panel discussion on careers in law and compliance will feature the following guest speakers:
Dr. Jonathan Hamm; Senior Director of IP at Axcella
Dr. Warren Kaplan; BUSPH Clinical Assistant Professor of Global Health, World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Center in Pharmaceutical Policy
Dr. Elena Spanjaard; Director, Regulatory Affairs, Worldwide Research and Development, Pfizer
Dr. Christopher Sullivan; Patent Attorney at DT Ward, PC
Registration Open to all Boston Area PhD & Postdocs: Click here
Panel Discussion on Various Biomedical Science Careers
Date: Wednesday, Mar 21, 2018 (10-12pm)
Location: L109AC (MED, 72 E. Concord St.)
Description: This panel discussion on various careers will feature the following guest speakers:
Dr. Alicia Bielik; Group Leader, Glycobiology & Protomics, New England Biolabs and Director of Boston Operations, Science from Scientists
Dr. Theo Hatzipetros; Senior Scientist, ALS Therapy Development Institute
Dr. Jennifer Helfer; Patient Advocacy, bluebird bio
Dr. Kristen Park Hopson; Associate Director, Head of Translational Research, Oncology | Moderna Therapeutics
Dr. Thomas McMurry; Director, Business Development, BU Technology Development Office
Registration Open to all Boston Area PhD & Postdocs: Click here
Skill Enhancement: Networking
Date: March 23, 2018 (1:30-2:30pm)
Location: INS L-112 (MED, 72 E. Concord St.)
Description: Most people find networking intimidating and therefore often shy away from this valuable activity. In this presentation, Propel will provide tips to take the stress out of networking, so that you can easily network effectively and follow up to make the most of your connections. Propel will provide advice for how to start conversations and how to navigate conversations to keep the discussion flowing. Propel will also provide advice on how to develop an effective elevator pitch, so that the next time someone asks you, “what do you do?”, you will have a simple but effective response. Lastly, Propel will provide advice on various ways to follow up so that you can cultivate the relationships you make now for years to come.
Registration Open to all Boston Area PhD & Postdocs: Click here
Panel Discussion on Careers in Industry
Date: Wednesday, Mar 28, 2018 (10-12pm)
Location: L206/L209 (MED, 72 E. Concord St.)
Description: This panel discussion on industry careers will feature the following guest speakers:
Dr. Stephanie Seidl; Product Scientist, Cell Signaling Technology
Dr. Connie Slocum; Medical Writer at Acceleron Pharma, Inc.
Dr. Scott Tyack; Biotechnology Project Manager, Aviagen
Dr. Meghan Zuidema; Scientist, Preclinical Research and Pharmacology, Scholar Rock
Registration Open to all Boston Area PhD & Postdocs: Click here
April Events
Career Exploration: Science Policy
Date: Wednesday, Apr 4, 2018 (10-12pm)
Location:L206/L209 (MED, 72 E. Concord St.)
Description: This discussion on science policy careers will feature the following guest speakers:
Ms. Emily Burlij; Associate Director, BU Federal Relations
Ms. Erica Froyd; Lewis-Burke Associates, Washington, D.C.
Ms. Jennifer Grodsky; BU Vice President for Federal Relations
Mr. Michael Ledford; Lewis-Burke Associates, Washington, D.C.
Mr. Nick Saab; Lewis-Burke Associates, Washington, D.C.
Dr. Naomi Webber; Lewis-Burke Associates, Washington, D.C.
Registration Open to all Boston Area PhD & Postdocs: Click here
Panel Discussion on Careers in Academia
Date: Wednesday, Apr 11, 2018 (10-12pm)
Location:L201/L203 (MED, 72 E. Concord St.)
Description: This panel discussion on academic careers will feature the following guest speakers:
Dr. David Atkinson; BUSM Professor and Chair of Physiology and Biophysics
Dr. Fadie Coleman; BUSM Assistant Professor of Medical Sciences & Education
Dr. Tonya Colpitts; BUSM Assistant Professor of Microbiology
Dr. Sarah Hokanson; BU Director, Professional Development & Postdoctoral Affairs
Registration Open to all Boston Area PhD & Postdocs: Click here
Skill Enhancement: Resumes
Date: April 24, 2018 (5-6pm)
Location: 24 Cummington Mall room LSE103 (CRC)
Description: This seminar will focus on why a resume is important and how to highlight experiences and skills on a resume. This seminar will highlight the importance of tailoring a resume for specific roles. During this seminar, Lauren Celano will provide examples of skills and experiences that should be emphasized for different types of roles including bench research roles, non-bench research roles, business development, marketing, consulting, product/project management roles, and clinical roles. Advice will be provided regarding resume formatting and examples will be shown to highlight proper formatting.
Registration Open to all Boston Area PhD & Postdocs: Click here
REPORT: Capitol Hill Day-Science Policy
Date: April 30, 2018 (4-5pm)
Location: Kilachand Center 106C, 610 Comm Ave (CRC)
Description: AAAS CASE Workshop attendees Kyle, Sarabeth, Sanae, and Jessica will share their experiences at Capitol Hill Day. They met with prominent policy leaders including Senator Warren and Congressman Capuano. People with an interest in Science Policy are strongly encouraged to attend. Please RSVP.
May Events
Skill Enhancement: Making the Most of Your Time at BU
Date: May 2, 2018 (3-4pm)
Location: INS L-110 (72 E. Concord St. MED)
Description: This seminar will focus on how to actively build and develop skills during your graduate training or postdoctoral fellowship so that you are competitive for roles as you search for opportunities following your training. This seminar will provide examples of numerous opportunities that exist within your research, lab, department, and groups at Boston University to develop valuable skills and experiences.
Registration Open to all Boston Area PhD & Postdocs: Click here
ARROWS: A Checklist for Women in STEM
Date: May 10, 2018 (4-5:30 pm)
Location: The Metcalf Trustee Center, 1 Silber Way
Description: Featuring Dr. Alice Gast, President, Imperial College London. For more information, see www.bu.edu/arrows.
Registration: Click here
Career Exploration: Working in Academics (non-faculty)/Grant Admin
Date: May 16, 2018 (2-3pm)
Location: INS L209 (MED, 72 E. Concord St.)
Description: Come hear how recent graduate Liz Moses made the transition to Scientific Program Manager and what she does on a daily basis.
Registration Open to all Boston Area PhD & Postdocs: Click here
Career Exploration: 23andMe – Computational Science
Date: May 22, 2018 (4-5pm)
Location: LSE103, 24 Cummington Mall (CRC)
Description: Olga Sazonova will talk about 23andMe and the skills required of computational scientists.
Registration Open to all Boston Area PhD & Postdocs: Click here
Skill Enhancement: LinkedIn Workshop & Head-shots
Date: May 23, 2018 (3-5pm)
Location: CILSE 101, (CRC, 610 Commonwealth Ave.)
Description: Lauren Celano will guide participants in designing a LinkedIn profile and using networking tools. Please bring your laptops, as we will spend the second half of the presentation assisting attendees with LinkedIn profile makeovers. Free head-shots will be available for the first 20 people to sign-up. Head-shots will be taken throughout the workshop.
Co-sponsors: Professional Development & Postdoctoral Affairs and Broadening Experiences in Scientific Training
Registration Open to all Boston Area PhD & Postdocs: Click Here
Speed Networking: Local Biomedical Professionals – BPSO & BEST
Date: May 24, 2018 (5:15-7pm)
Location: K103 (MED)
Description: Please join BPSO (Biomedical PhD Student Organization) on the medical campus for an evening of food and networking with 10 local Biomedical PhD Professionals. Students will have a chance to speak with representatives from various biomedical careers including Business/Administration, Communications, Law/Intellectual Property, Policy and Advocacy, Research (industry, non-profit), Teaching, and Clinical. Students will rotate between professionals from 5:15-6:30PM. There will be an opportunity for informal networking from 6:30-7:00 PM.
Steve Johnson, Senior Group Leader, Broad Institute
Lisa Rice, Scientist, Moderna Therapeutics
Michael Breen, Senior Business Insights Analyst, Decision Resources
Nil Vanli, Senior Consultant, Navigant
Mareshia Donald, Scientific Programs Manager and Diversity and Inclusion Partner, Novartis
Karen Page, Clinical Scientist, Pfizer
Matt Pavlovich, Editor, Trends in Biotechnology, Cell Press
Sean Coughlin, Department Chairman of Prosecution & Transactions, Lathrop Gage’s Intellectual Property Division
Jennifer Helfter, Associate Director of Scientific Operation, Bluebird Bio
Registration is required. Space is limited: Here
Please contact BPSO at BPSO@bu.edu with any questions.
June Events
Skill Enhancement: Highlighting Transferable Skills
Date: June 19, 2018 (2-3pm)
Location:24 Cummington Mall room LSE103 (CRC)
Description: In this seminar, Propel Careers will provide insight on how to evaluate transferable skills and which skills are valued in various careers. Through this seminar, Propel will highlight common non-scientific skills that scientists can apply towards their desired career for research and non-research based roles. Propel will provide guidance on how to package scientific and non-scientific skills on resumes, cover letters, and during interviews.
Registration Open to all Boston Area PhD & Postdocs: Click here
Novartis: Drug Discovery & Development Simulation (D3)
Date: June 20-21, 8:30am-4pm
Location: L-411, 72 E. Concord, MED
Co-sponsors: Professional Development & Postdoctoral Affairs, Broadening Experiences in Scientific Training, & Corporate Relations
Applications have closed.
Merck Site Visit – Postponed
Date: June 21, 2018 (9-11am) – will notify participants of new date
Location: 33 Avenue Louis Pasteur (MED)
Applications have closed.
Women in Bio, Boston: Leveraging Relationships: Managing Your Professional and Personal Relationships”
Date: Wednesday, June 27, 2018
Location: Sanofi – Henri Termeer Auditorium, 2nd Floor, 50 Binney St, Cambridge, MA
Information & Registration
*Futures in Life Sciences (FILS) Events
FILS events are open to current graduate students (MBA, MPH, JD, Eng, Ph.D., MD etc,), post doctoral fellows and medical residents interested in learning about a variety of career paths ranging from R&D to consulting, commercial, business development, marketing, clinical, regulatory, medical affairs, bioinformatics, systems biology, modeling, pharmacoeconomics, reimbursement, patient advocacy, market access, finance, legal, and operations.
We believe that theMassachusetts Life Science Industry career paths are numerous, exciting, and rewarding. It is imperative that students considering different career options learn which career paths are most relevant to their education and training. Together, Propel Careers, MassBio and MassBioEd are committed to fostering the next generation of industry leaders in the life sciences.
The cost of each FILS event is $20. Financial assistance is available at www.stayinma.org
July Events
Skill Enhancement: Elevator Pitches
Date:July 18, 2018 (3-4pm)
Location: INS L-112 (72 E. Concord St. MED)
Description: In this seminar, Propel Careers will cover what an elevator pitch is, how to craft one, and why these are valuable not just in networking situations. Elevator pitches happen often when meeting new people and even in interviews. This will be an interactive seminar in which attendees will practice their pitches and receive feedback.
Registration Open to all Boston AreaPhD& Postdocs:Click here
Thinking of Writing an a Fellowship? Informational Workshop on NIH F Grant Opportunities
Date:July 30, 2018 (12-1pm)
Location: L201 (72 E. Concord St. MED)
Description:This session will offer a broad overview of the process of preparing and submitting an NRSA F31, F30, or F32 proposal. Learn about the resources available at BUSM to support your project, the required components of an F grant application, how to identify appropriate study sections to target, etc. All graduate students and postdocs interested in applying for an F grant are welcome to attend. Individuals planning on a December 8th submission are particularly encouraged to attend this workshop to get connected to valuable support and resources. This sessions will be led by the Office of Proposal Development.
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August Events
Beyond the Bench: The Business of Running a Lab
Date:August 8, 2018 (4-5pm)
Location: CILSE 101, 610 Commonwealth Ave (CRC)
Description:Lauren Celano of Propel Careers will present.
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Teaching 101: Let’s Make Learning Happen
Date:August 23, 2018 (12-1pm)
Location: L201, 72 E. Concord (MED)
Description:Are you someone that often tries to get students excited about your research, field of interest, academic course? Whether you are a novice or seasoned educator, this workshop will focus on some practical, concrete strategies that can help foster an interactive learning environment for students in the biomedical sciences. This interactive workshop will explore how research-based best practices from the literature on teaching and learning can help participants consider ways in which they can apply these practical, transferable skills for effective teaching.
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September Events
BU WPDC & BU’s BEST Present Breakfast & Conversation
Date:September 21, 2018 (8:30-10am)
Location: L203, 72 E. Concord (MED)
Description:Women’s Professional Development Committee is hosting their kickoff meeting of the semester. Come grab breakfast and enjoy networking and mentorship for graduate women in science.
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Luncheon Meet & Greet with BU’s BEST
Date:September 21, 2018 (11:30-1:30pm)
Location: L306, 72 E. Concord (MED)
Description:Stop by and grab some lunch (food provided) with Amanda Bolgioni-Smith. This is a great opportunity to introduce yourself or reconnect with the new Postdoctoral Associate in BU’s BEST office. Feel free to just drop in for a few minutes or stay for the whole two hours. I look forward to hearing how the BU’s BEST office can assist your career development.
Call to Action – Take the Bull by the Horns: Steps to a Fulfilling Career in Science
Date:September 26, 2018 (4-5pm)
Location: CAS203 (CRC)
Speaker: Joanne Kamens, Ph.D., Executive Director of Addgene
Description:How can I find out what I like? How can I get ready? It is never too early (or too late) to start thinking about career plans. This presentation is designed to inspire the science trainee to seek information and connections that will help chart a course for a happy and long-term career in science.
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October Events
Creating and Owning Your Individual Development Plan
Date: Wednesday, October 17, 2018 (2pm-3:30pm)
Location: L109AB -72 East Concord St., Boston MA 02118
Description:An Individual Development Plan (IDP) is a customized roadmap for your professional training. It can help you set goals and review and update them regularly, enabling you to make the most of your graduate or postdoctoral experience at BU. This workshop will help you create an outline of your IDP that will facilitate professional development conversations with your mentor. Sarah Hokanson of the PDPA and Amanda Bolgioni-Smith of BU’s BEST will be co-facilitating this event.
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Overview of Career Opportunities for Graduate Students and Postdocs
Date:October 17, 2018 (4-5pm)
Location: CAS220 (CRC) 725 Commonwealth Ave.
Description:This comprehensive seminar provides an overview of career opportunities in the life sciences sector with emphasis on the various skills, aptitudes, competencies, and personalities that thrive in this sector. Both research and non-research career paths such as consulting, product development and business development are discussed. Propel will discuss the importance of transferable skills and how to highlight these for specific roles.
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Entrepreneurship & Commercialization Workshop
Date:October 22, 2018 (4:30-7:30pm)
Location: L210
Description:This is a workshop based in entrepreneurship and commercialization. Andrew Meadow, VP of Innovation at Excelyrate Capital will lead trainees through a seminar.
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AstraZeneca Drug Discovery Workshop
Date:October 26, 2018 (8:15am-5pm)
Location: AstraZeneca, Gatehouse Park BioHub, 35 Gatehouse Drive, Waltham, MA 02451
Description:AstraZeneca is offering a full day drug discovery workshop for students, post-docs or academics interested in learning more about drug discovery.
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November Events
Personal Statement & Biosketch Workshop
Date:November 1, 2018 (3pm-4pm)
Location: LSE 304 (25 Cummington Mall)
Description: Are you applying for a grant? Do you need more direction on what your personal statement and biosketch should look like? Bring your personal statement and biosketch to our workshop. Dr. Kim McCall will be giving a quick presentation on key elements needed to make a successful personal statement and biosketch. Following this presentation successful fellowship winners and Dr. Kim McCall will be giving individualized feedback on personal statements and biosketches.
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Informational Interviewing: An Excellent Way to Enhance Your Career
Date:November 7, 2018 (4-5pm)
Location: L212 (MED, 72 E. Concord St.)
Description: In this seminar, Propel Careers will discuss the important role that informational interviewing plays in a career search. Propel Careers will provide advice on how to identify individuals for an informational interview, how to structure the interview and what questions to ask. Propel will also provide advice on how to follow up after the discussion to build meaningful connections.
BU’s Women Professional Development Committee Wine Night
Date: Tuesday, November 27, 2018 (5:00-6:30 pm)
Location: Estragon Tapas, 700 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA 02118
Description: Drop by for an Informal networking meet and greet over a glass of wine and tapas with the WPDC Community. Friends and colleagues are welcome! RSVP to buwpdc@bu.edu. Be sure to join BU WPDC on Facebook to find out about relevant events and resources supporting women in STEM in the Boston area. To join the mailing list, please email WPDC with the subject line “Join WPDC mailing list.”
Site visit of JoVE
Date: November 29, 2018 9:30 am-11:00 am)
Location: 1 Alewife Center #200, Cambridge, MA 02140
Description: Interested in scientific communication, want to learn more about the publication process? If yes, come tour JoVE with BU’s BEST. JoVE advances research and science education by creating and publishing videos of scientific experiments. This allows for researchers to see in detail the steps of cutting-edge experiments rather than reading them.
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WPDC SheInspires Lunch
Date: Thursday, November 29, 2018 (12:00 pm-1:00 pm)
Location: R123 (72 E. Concord St.)
Description: Join us for lunch and learn from Dr. Karen Symes about her experiences as a woman in STEM. Spots are limited so if you are interested, please RSVP at the link on the BU WPDC website.
Life in Industry: URM* Networking Event with C4 Therapeutics
Date:November 29, 2018 (5-7pm)
Location: L-109C (72 E. Concord St.)
Description: Thinking about your next career step? Curious about a career path in Biotech? C4 Therapeutics is hosting an information session and networking event for Under Represented Minority students. Following the presentation, network with scientists at C4 Therapeutics to hear them share their career paths into industry as well as tips and resources for landing a job in industry. This program is sponsored in collaboration with the Initiative of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.
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*Individuals from racial and ethnic groups that have been shown by the National Science Foundation to be underrepresented in health-related sciences on a national basis (Blacks or African Americans, Hispanics or Latinos, American Indians or Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders). In addition, URM include individuals with disabilities, who are defined as those with a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, as described in the Americans with Disabilities Act.
December Events
Career Design: Academic Faculty Path
Date:December 5, 2018 (2:30-3:30pm)
Location: X715 (650 Albany St., MED Campus)
Description:This talk is geared toward doctoral students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty. Dr. Mark Denison from Vanderbilt will be giving a presentation on the transition from trainee to PI. This is to be sure a fantastic talk!
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A Cultural Competency Conversation
Date:December 6, 2018 (5-7pm)
Location: L-109C (72 E. Concord St.)
Description: Are you in a lab with scientists from different cultures and backgrounds then you? Are you a minority or international student wanting to know how to navigate cultural conversations? Science occurs worldwide, scientists need to be more aware of culture differences to have productive and healthy work environments. Dr. Alice Sedar, a professor at Northeastern University and a career coach is an expert on cultural competency and perspectives. Dr. Sedar will engage students to share their perspectives and also provide her own first-hand experience as a newcomer to America. This workshop will provide you with useful tools/skills to deal with different cultural situations. This program is sponsored in collaboration with MISO & the Initiative of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.
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Job and Internship Search Workshop
Date: Thursday, December 13, 2018 (10 am-11:30 am)
Location: L109C (72 E. Concord St.)
Description: In this workshop you will be directed in how to use Talismatic, a big data job market analysis tool. With this tool you will be able to find unbiased job listings or internships that are pre-matched to your skills. Talismatic will also allow you to identify and connect with companies that have real-time open positions to boost your placement ratios and increase your success. Be sure to bring your own laptops so you can complete your own personalized searches.
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Elevator Pitches & Networking
Date:December 13, 2018 (4-5pm)
Location: LSE 304 (24 Cummington Mall)
Description: In this seminar, Propel Careers will discuss various ways to utilize networking events, organizations, conferences and other resources to aid in a career search. Propel will also cover news sources and websites that are relevant to gain information about specific research areas or industry trends for different areas of the life sciences sector. Propel will also discuss how to utilize these sources to identify companies of interest and how to follow up with them for career opportunities.
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