Please join us for a special blackboard talk by Bill Bialek (Princeton) next Tuesday 8/1 at 4:30pm in Wil 100 (NOTE: around the corner from our usual seminar room in Willamette Hall). The seminar will be on Zoom as well (please see ION email announcement).

Bill is a renowned biophysicist and a pioneer of modeling biological systems - in particular models of complex naturalistic behavior. He will share his most recent ideas including this paper.

In the morning Bill will meet our trainees at 11am in LISB 217 for an informal discussion.

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.