Modules! Lab to Lunch!
Modules! Lab to Lunch!
December 3, 2018
BRET Office of Career Development
  BRET EVENTS OF THE FORTNIGHT
CV/Resume Drop-In Clinic
Sponsored by the BRET Office of Career Development

Wednesdays • 12:30-1:30pm • Light Hall 340

Lab to Lunch: Dining Savvy for Scientists
Understanding Dining Etiquette in Real-Time
Sponsored by the BRET Office of Career Development
Thursday, December 13 • 11:30am-1:00pm
30 spots left... deadline to register is December 7.

ASPIRE Cafe for Postdoctoral Fellows: How to Give a Chalk Talk
Sponsored by the BRET Office of Career Development 
Thursday, December 13 • 3:00pm • Light Hall 419

  ANNOUNCEMENTS
Check out the updated syllabus for the Spring 2019 ASPIRE Module, EQ + IQ= Career Success. All Spring 2019 Modules are now open, with one deadline rapidly approaching December 14.

A group of PhD students are interested in reviving the student organization, Vanderbilt University Advanced Degree Consulting Club (or VUADCC). If you want to be involved or learn more, please submit your membership interest to the organization’s Anchorlink page for future discussions on meetings and other updates.

The Lilly Visiting Scientist Fellowship is a unique one-year, post-graduate program for PharmD, MD, and relevant PhD or master’s degree graduates. The program exposes fellows to a myriad of pharmaceutical functions and provides hands-on involvement with the drug development process. 

Looking for an internship in science communication and don’t know where to start? Erin Winick, Associate Editor Future of Work:MIT Tech Review was in the same boat and compiled a great resource to help.

The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) recognizes graduate students in the biological sciences who are demonstrating an interest and aptitude for working at the intersection of science and policy by awarding them with a trip, a training, and a membership. Learn more about the Emerging Public Policy Leadership Award.
  MODULE ALERTS

Our module program is back for Spring 2019!


Check out these short, non-credit bearing electives to broaden your training experience. Click below at each offering for more details on dates and course syllabus. 

EQ/IQ, Practical Strategies, and Scientific Talks modules deadline: January 4
  INTERNSHIP CORNER
The BRET Office of Career Development ASPIRE Program is excited to offer ASPIRE Internships. If interested in any of these opportunities, please email Ashley Brady to set up a brief meeting to discuss your interest. 
 
Teaching Internship: Cancer Biology, Fisk University, Nashville, TN
Deadline to apply: December 14
 
If these opportunities are of interest to you, use this calendly link to select a 30 min “ASPIRE Internship” appointment so that you can meet briefly (required) to discuss details ahead of the deadline.  Let us know if  have questions that aren’t addressed in our ASPIRE Internship FAQs page.
  UPCOMING BRET EVENTS

CV/Resume Drop-In Clinic
Sponsored by the BRET Office of Career Development

Every Wednesday
**CV/Resume Clinic will be cancelled on November 21, December 26, and January 2.**
12:30-1:30pm
Light Hall 340

Lab to Lunch: Business Savvy for Scientists
Sponsored by the BRET Office of Career Development
Thursday, December 13
Only 60 spots available!
Email kate.stuart@vanderbilt.edu with interest.
**Must be a post-qualifying exam student or postdoc in the biomedical sciences.



ASPIRE Cafe for Postdoctoral Fellows: How to Give a Chalk Talk
Sponsored by the BRET Office of Career Development and featuring Ron Emeson, PhD; Ann Richmond, PhD; and Chris Wright, PhD
Thursday, December 13
3:00pm
Light Hall 419

PhD Career Connections: Tenure Track Teaching at Teaching and Minority Institutions
Sponsored by the BRET Office of Career Development
Friday, January 18
2:00pm
Light Hall 202
Featuring Steven Damo, PhD, Assistant
Professor of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and co-director of the MARC U*STAR Program, at Fisk University in Nashville

  PODCAST UPDATE

The popular Vanderbilt Beyond the Lab podcast series is back with new interviews. Subscribe to the series and listen to a new episode each Tuesday. 

Now Available
An Expanded Interview with Efrain Garcia, PhD
Topic: Defense, Intelligence, and Government Research
Coming up: November 27

Next Up 
A Brand-New Interview with Mallori Burse Upshaw, PhD
Topic: Life Science Consulting
Coming up: December 4

Grants Management with Amy Moore, PhD
Coming up: December 11

VICTR and Translational Research with Colleen Lawrence, PhD
Coming up: December 18

  OTHER EVENTS
Demystifying Taxes for Graduate Students and Postdocs
Sponsored by the Graduate School
Tuesday, January 22, 2019
6:00-7:30pm
Read more about the specific RSVP requirements.

The Graduate Student and Postdoc Guide to Personal Finance
Sponsored by the Graduate School
Thursday, January 24, 2019
6:00-7:30pm
Read more about the specific RSVP requirements.

  DEADLINES
Young Scientist Seminars Application
iBiology workshop
Applications due December 17


AAAS Mass Media Fellowship
Applications due January 15
Want to learn more? Let us know.

Chateaubriand Fellowship Program
Applications due January 15
 


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  JOB OPPORTUNITIES

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