Rutgers OPA
Weekly Newsletter | November 30, 2017
Things you should know...
Dear Rutgers Postdoc community,
This newsletter includes upcoming events, general announcements, and job opportunities. Scroll down for more information.
Check also our website for a collection of previous OPA weekly newsletter.
Drop-in Coffee Hour | Tomorrow!!
If you are a postdoc interested in learning more about how to make the most of your time at Rutgers, prepare for life after Rutgers, or just want to share some coffee or tea in a safe space, come by and visit.
Location:
Office of Postdoctoral Affairs, Nelson Biology Laboratories, Room D354.
Registration is not required.
Friday, Dec 1, 2017, 02:00 PM
604 Allison Road, Piscataway Township, NJ, United States
Rutgers Postdoctoral Association Events
Rutgers PDA Adopts a Family! | Deadline to Donate, Friday December 1
Rutgers Postdoctoral Association (PDA) will be participating in the 9th annual Rutgers Against Hunger Adopt-A-Family campaign!!!
Our adopted family has two members: Timonty, a 45 year old father, and his 6 year old son, Thomas.
The purpose is to provide families in need with food/clothes/toys/money for the holiday season. We highly encourage you to contribute in any way you can. Please get all donations to me by December 1st.
Let’s help Timonty and Thomas enjoy the holiday
Here’s how you can contribute:
- Funds. Here’s an Indiegogo page to submit monetary donations. At the end of the campaign, I’ll put that money on a gift card for Walmart (their requested store).
- Buy goods. Please check what items are already provided in this google sheet and put down what you will donate in this google form before buying, so we don’t end up buying only 15 jars of jam… Their requests are listed, but feel free to add new items. Checkout the document below for instructions and guidelines on what to buy (e.g. no glass jars).
Drop-off locations for goods:
- Anthony’s office:
E359 Serin Physics Building (Busch campus)
I am in and out of my office. Try to give me a heads up to make sure I am around. - Or at the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs:
Nelson Building Laboratories, Suite D-350 (Busch Campus) - Or I would be happy to pick things up from you or we can coordinate for these things to get to me off-campus, just get in touch!
Feel free to get in touch with me on via facebook or email me at: difranzo.anthony@gmail.com
Anthony DiFranzo
Social Outreach Coordinator
Rutgers Postdoctoral Association
Rutgers iJOBS Events
iJOBS Career Panel: Grant Writer
Working in grant administration and helping scientists write grants is a growing career field. Hear from grant writers who use the skills they gained during graduate school to help apply for grants in various disciplines not necessarily related to their PhD and help move science forward without having to be at the bench or a PI.
iJOBS offers transportation. Limited spaces are available. Registration is required.
For registration, visit iJOBS calendar events page.
Location:
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
675 Hoes Lane West
Room V10
Piscataway, NJ 08854
Monday, Dec 11, 2017, 04:30 PM
675 Hoes Lane West, Piscataway Township, NJ, United States
Career Development Events & Opportunities at Newark
Only 4 Spots available! | Improvisational Techniques for Effective Communication | REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Tomorrow, Friday, December 1
This event is open to junior faculty (instructor, assistant professor) and postdoctoral fellows in science-related disciplines
Faculty speakers:
Nicholas M. Ponzio
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and School of Graduate Studies
David Dannenfelser
Rutgers School of Arts & Sciences – Theater Arts
Location:
Room B619, Medical Science Building
Newark, NJ
For more information or to register click here. This event will be capped at 20 registrants. Register by December 1.
Sponsored by the Office of Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
Questions/Suggestions: Please contact doreen.badheka@rutgers.edu
Wednesday, Dec 6, 2017, 10:00 AM
185 South Orange Avenue, Newark, NJ, United States
Apply Now - Four Spots Available| OASIS Leadership & Professional Development Program | Applications Due: December 8
*On behalf of Beth Tracy, Senior Director for Faculty Development:
Want to Be More Effective LEADING & COLLABORATING?
Need a Fresh Strategy to Get Your WRITING & RESEARCH Done?
Want to Increase Your CONNECTIONS to ACADEMIC COMMUNITIES?
We invite academic women from all Rutgers campuses and all disciplines to participate. OASIS accelerates career development and advancement through a combination of interactive workshops, peer mentoring, and individual coaching.
Four spots are available for female postdoctoral researchers in Newark.
Applications are due December 8th, 2017 for the spring 2018 program.
Location: Rutgers-Newark Campus
For more information and to apply see attached flyer at the end of this newsletter, and visit http://academicaffairs.rutgers.edu/oasis-leadership-professional-development
Beth Tracy
Senior Director for Faculty Development
Regular OPA Events
Welcome & Information Session
The Office of Postdoctoral Affairs offers Welcome and Information Sessions to help orient new and current postdocs. If you are a postdoc who is new to Rutgers, or just curious about the resources that are available to you, we strongly encourage you to register for an upcoming one-hour session.
Next session will be on November 29th. Please register as space is limited.
Time: 9–10 a.m. or 11 a.m.–noon
Where: Office of Postdoctoral Affairs with Dr. Itzamarie Chevere-Torres located at Busch Campus, Nelson Biology Laboratories, Room D354. Registration is required.
For more information about sessions at Newark, contact Dr. Doreen Badheka badhekdk@gsbs.rutgers.edu on Newark Campus: Medical Science Building, Room H645.
Friday, Dec 22, 2017, 09:00 AM
604 Allison Road, Piscataway Township, NJ, United States
Individual Career Advising Sessions
If you're a postdoc looking for perspective on how to navigate your career path or career transition, contact Itzamarie Chevere-Torres to schedule an appointment.
For Newark postdocs, contact Doreen Badheka to schedule an appointment. Individual career counseling sessions for Newark postdocs will be at the Medical Science Building, Room H645.
Fellowship Advising Sessions for Postdocs
Do you want additional feedback or guidance on your grant or fellowship proposal? Do you want to learn about grants and fellowships to support your postdoctoral training at Rutgers?
Schedule an appointment with Ben Arenger, Senior Fellowship Adviser, for an individual fellowship advising session.
Ben is available every Tuesday at our office by appointment only.
Would you like to be our featured postdoc of the month?
Rutgers is proud to be home to a vibrant and growing community of over 600 postdocs! Would you like to highlight your research or your career goals on our website?
Contact us opa@oq.rutgers.edu
Is your faculty mentor exceptional?
Do you have a faculty mentor who has made a real difference in your life? We'd love to hear from you. Contact us opa@oq.rutgers.edu
2018 Blavatnik Regional Postdoctoral Competition | Deadline: January 9, 2018
*On Behalf of Dr. Barbara Lee, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs:
The Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists honor exceptional young scientists and engineers by celebrating their extraordinary achievements, recognizing their inspiring promise, and accelerating their innovations through unrestricted funding.
The Blavatnik Regional Awards acknowledge and celebrate the excellence of outstanding postdoctoral scientists from institutions in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut.
Nominations are accepted from research universities, independent research institutions, academic medical centers, and government laboratories in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut.
Members of the regional Jury, who will evaluate the nominations and select the postdoctoral winners and finalists, are distinguished scientists and engineers from various institutions in the Northeast.
The honorees of the Blavatnik Regional Awards are celebrated each year with a ceremony during the New York Academy of Sciences Annual Gala in New York City.
Attached to this newsletter are the guidelines for nominations for the regional postdoctoral competition of the Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists. Rutgers has been invited to nominate up to fifteen of our most promising postdoctoral scientists and engineers currently conducting research within one of these disciplinary categories in the life sciences, physical sciences & engineering and chemistry.
Winners will be awarded $30,000 each in unrestricted funds, and finalists will be awarded $10,000 each in unrestricted funds. Please forward this call for nominations to the appropriate department chairs and directors in your units.
Candidates must submit a research summary (no more than 1,000 words), curriculum vitae (4-page maximum), and a letter of nomination no later than January 9, 2018, to Dr. Angela Mullis (amullis@oq.rutgers.edu/848-932-8068) of my office who will be coordinating the process. The usual peer review process will be invoked, if there are more than fifteen nominations. Those faculty members who are chosen will be notified as soon as possible so that they have time to prepare a full set of credentials to meet the January 31, 2018, deadline for submission. External letters of recommendation must be submitted electronically by February 14th.
Barbara A. Lee
Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
Postdoctoral Enrichment Program | Burroughs Wellcome | Deadline: January 16, 2018
Postdoctoral Enrichment Program (PDEP) provides a total of $60,000 over three years to support the career development activities for underrepresented minority postdoctoral fellows in a degree-granting institution (an institution includes its affiliated graduate and medical schools, hospitals and research institutions) in the United States or Canada whose training and professional development are guided by mentors committed to helping them advance to stellar careers in biomedical or medical research.
For more details and application, click here.
L’Oréal USA For Women in Science fellowship program
The L’Oréal USA For Women in Science fellowship program honors female scientists at a critical stage in their careers with grants of $60,000 each. Since 2003, we’ve awarded 70 postdoctoral women scientists over $3.5 million in grants. We’re seeking five exceptional female scientists looking to advance their research and serve as role models for the next generation of girls in STEM.
Applications for the 2018 L’Oréal USA For Women in Science program will open on December 4, 2017 and are due by February 2, 2018.
I invite you to share the attached materials with your community and hope that with your help we can encourage some of your institution’s outstanding women postdocs to apply.
Candidates are selected from a variety of fields including the life and physical/material sciences, technology (including computer science), engineering, and mathematics.
Candidates must have completed their PhD and have started in their postdoctoral position by the application deadline.
The application and more information about the L’Oréal USA For Women in Science program can be found at www.lorealusa.com/forwomeninscience.
Should you have any questions or require additional information, please e‐mail me at Rachel.Pacifico@loreal.com.
Thank you for considering this fellowship opportunity and for your help in advancing the role of women in science.
Sincerely,
Rachel Pacifico
Rachel Pacifico
Manager, Corporate Communications
10 Hudson Yards, 31st Floor, New York, NY 10001
(T) 212-885-1260 / rachel.pacifico@loreal.com
Senior Medical Writer | Innovative Pharmaceutical Company |Northern New Jersey
MRINetwork is currently conducting a search for a SENIOR MEDICAL WRITER
Overview of the Role:
Innovative Pharmaceutical Company spearheading discovery and development of next-gen drugs to treat unmet CNS needs has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Medical Writer to join their team. As a key member of the Medical Affairs Department, the Senior Medical Writer will work cross-functionally with internal departments and external resources to ensure best practices with all Medical Writing related issues. S/he will develop clinical documents in accordance with all applicable regulations including, but not limited to, Good Clinical Practice (GCP), applicable regulatory requirements and guidance documents (e.g., 21 CFR Parts 312 and 314, European Medicines Association (EMA) Clinical Trials Directives, International Congress on Harmonisation (ICH) guidelines), company Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and internal style guides, as appropriate; author complex documents ensuring the coordination and integrations of the scientific, medical and regulatory input from development team members; and support the performance goals for filing regulatory dossiers as planned by Development Teams
For more information, please see flyer attached to this newsletter.
Reading Material
Scholarly Networking Tools
*Article published on Rutgers University Libraries website
"Although scholarly networking tools appeal to the scholarly culture of sharing and collaboration, researchers need to be very cautious especially when they upload full text articles onto these for-profit sites." Read more.