You asked to hear from recent alumni about what it’s like to prepare, seek, and obtain jobs for Ph.Ds. in the biosciences in the current economic environment.  Please join us on Monday, July 31st, for a series of panel discussions focused on this topic.  Bring your questions and your curiosity!

You are welcome to attend any and all of the sessions.  In addition, we have refreshment breaks and lunch scheduled for all attendees.  All sessions will be held in BO40, which is the large classroom associated with the science library.  Refreshments and lunch will be in the smaller classroom.  If you have special dietary restrictions, please let me know asap so we can do our best to accommodate.

Agenda

9:15 am – 10:45 am       Panel 1: CVs, Resumes, Cover Letters, & LinkedIn Profiles
10:45 am – 11:00 am     Morning Coffee Break
11:00 am – 12:30 pm     Panel 2:  Searching for Jobs
12:30 pm – 1:00 pm       Lunch
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm         Panel 3:  Interviewing
2:30 pm – 2:45 pm         Afternoon Coffee Break
2:45 pm – 4:15 pm         Panel 4:  Negotiating

Panelists:

Panel 1               

Kimberly Jones (Prehoda lab), Laboratory Manager, Guldberg Lab, Knight Campus, University of Oregon

Austin Harvey (Bowerman lab), Scientist III, R&D, Thermo Fisher Scientific

Kristi Hamilton (Guillemin/Eisen lab), Scientist III R&D, Thermo Fisher Scientific

Panel 2               

Aleesa Schleintz (Bowerman lab), Postdoctoral Researcher, UC San Diego

Thom Nelson (Cresko lab), Senior Scientist for Genetic Discovery, Embark Veterinary

Andrew Wagner (Nolen lab), Senior Scientist, Just – Evotec Biologics

Stephanie van Beuge (Guilleman lab), Clinical Research Scientist I, bioMerieux

Andrea Steiger (Pluth lab), Chemical Biologist, Scientist II, Absci

Panel 3               

Huiying Ji (von Hippel/Marcus lab), Bioinformatician, PlasmaSaurus

Oggie Golub (Prehoda lab), Staff Scientist, Thermo Fisher Scientific

Leticia Montoya (Pluth lab), Staff Scientist, Cell Biology R&D, Thermo Fisher Scientific

Matthew Cerda (Pluth lab), Scientist III, Product Development, Lonza

Panel 4               

Rafael Miranda (Barkan lab), Scientist, Eikon Therapeutics

Connor Balzer (Nolen lab), Scientist II, Laboratory Research & Development, Charles River Labs

Michelle Massaquoi (Guilleman lab), Product Owner, R&D, Thermo Fisher Scientific

Jim McDermott (Barkan), Senior Scientist, Just – Evotec Biologics

 

Come say hello to recent graduates!  We look forward to seeing you on Monday.

We are left with an unfilled seminar speaker spot due to conflicts with the annual CSN Fest event.  If you have a speaker that can fill that date or someone local for a different version of CSN fest please let us know at ionseminar@uoregon.edu. 

Hi All,

Please save the date for our next NeuroDinner!

When: 6pm, Wednesday June 7th

Where: Gratitude Brewing, 540 E. 8th (formerly Sam Bond's Brewing, across from the Federal Bldg)

NeuroDinner is for the entire ION community, friends, and family. Lots of good food provided by Bill & Tim's, lots of excellent beverages provided by Gratitude Brewing (including plenty of non-alcholic options), and lots of great conversation with your fellow neuroscientists.

The theme will be "Psychedelic research in ION," featuring 3 short talks from trainees in 3 different labs studying the effects of DOI (a 5HT2A

hallucinogen) on neural activity and behavior in mice.

See you there,

-Mike