Events

Seminars are in BSLC Room 205 on Fridays at 4pm, unless otherwise noted.

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January 27th
Career Opportunities at Argonne National Labs
Tina Henne, Argonne

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February 3rd
State of the PDA/Survey Results
Rachel Bergerson, PDA President and Terrie Vasilopoulos, PDA Vice-President

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February 10th
CIM
Mike Seiler, Steering Committee member

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February 17th
 Your Job Search – “Wing it” or “Plan it.”
What is likely to work in 2012 and beyond? Three Steps to preparing, and then implementing, a highly effective job search campaign.
John Lombardo

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February 24th
 How to Assemble and Manage a Scientific Team as a PI
Dr Steven Gould
Dr. Sumati Murli
U of C Biotech/Genentech

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March 2nd
 Academic and Industrial Careers: my experiences in both
Dr. Jeff Masters, Astellas

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March 9th
  Grant Writing Panel: Tips for a successful fellowship application
Sarah Elliott
Derek Wainwright

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Future and past PDA seminars


Contact us with any questions or suggestions.

 

 



Announcements


Last Chance to Fill out Social Survey. Closes Monday January 30th. The PDA is interested in organizing more social events and activities for the UChicago postdoctoral community. Please take time to fill out this survey (http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/KN2YVWK) so we can have a better understanding of what types of activities would be of most interest to postdocs and when would be the best time to hold social events. Please email BSD PDA President Rachel Bergerson at rbergers@bsd.uchicago.edu with any questions or comments.

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Postdoc policy manual. Familiarize yourself with your rights and benefits including vacation, maternity leave and term limit here. Importantly, check out recent changes in teaching policy.

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A tool for career-planning and yearly performance evaluations, the Individual Development Plan (IDP) was recently developed by the PDA. Download the IDP document , IDP Template and Optional IDP Template Please share your experience with the IDP with kolla@uchicago.edu.