2022 National Postdoc Appreciation Week at UCSF

Coffee and Snacks with Synthego • Drop by for coffee and snacks. Stay and chat with your fellow postdocs. • Sponsored by Synthego and the PSA • Parnassus - Saunders Court

Professional Headshots at Mission Bay • Get a professional headshot for your LinkedIn/UCSF Connect profiles, job talk, or just for you! This event is sponsored by the Office for Postdoctoral Scholars and the Postdoctoral Scholars Association • SOLD OUT • Mission Bay - Koret Quad

Coffee and Snacks with Proteintech • Drop by for coffee and snacks. Stay and chat with your fellow postdocs. • Sponsored by Proteintech and the PSA • Mission Bay - Helen Diller Courtyard

Professional Headshots at Parnassus • Get a professional headshot for your LinkedIn/UCSF Connect profiles, job talk, or just for you! This event is sponsored by the Office for Postdoctoral Scholars and the Postdoctoral Scholars Association • SOLD OUT • Parnassus - Saunders Court

Coffee and Snacks with VWR/Avantor • Drop by for coffee and snacks. Stay and chat with your fellow postdocs. • Sponsored by VWR/Avantor and the PSA • Mission Bay - Genentech Hall 2nd Floor Atrium

Lunch with Dean Blake at Mission Bay • As part of UCSF’s celebration of National Postdoc Appreciation Week, the Graduate Division is hosting a light lunch for UCSF postdocs in recognition of the amazing contributions of UCSF postdocs.  Sign up to meet our new Dean, Dr. Nicquet Blake, and network with other postdocs as well as staff who support postdocs.   This will be an informal, grab-and-go or grab-and-stay event! • Sponsored by the UCSF Graduate Division • Mission Bay - Koret Quad

Coffee and Snacks with New England Biolabs • Drop by for coffee and snacks. Stay and chat with your fellow postdocs. • Sponsored by New England Biolabs and the PSA • Parnassus - Saunders Court

Postdoc Slam • Our popular science communication contest returns after a two-year hiatus! Ten postdoc finalists will give accessible 3-minute talks about their research as they compete for thousands of dollars in cash prizes. Watch the live stream and cast your vote for audience favorite! All are welcome to tune in for fun and illuminating talks.

Professional Headshots at Parnassus • Get a professional headshot for your LinkedIn/UCSF Connect profiles, job talk, or just for you! This event is sponsored by the Office for Postdoctoral Scholars and the Postdoctoral Scholars Association • SOLD OUT • Parnassus - Saunders Court

Getting Started with Career Exploration: An Interactive Workshop • Are you curious about what career paths are available to you after your postdoc? Could you use some help identifying the skills, interests, and values you want to prioritize in your career? Want to take some time to reflect on your career goals, and meet other postdocs who are in the same place? Join Linda Louie and Bill Lindstaedt (instructors of the Making Informed Decisions, or MIND, class) for this quick, fun introduction to the career exploration process. We’ll provide some tools and exercises to get your creative career energy flowing, and also tell you how to sign up for Peer Teams (kicking off in January 2023) if you’d like to continue working with a career exploration community.
 
Optional pre-work: Create a free account at MyIDP and take the Values Assessment. Not required, but will give you a nice foundation for the activities and discussions in the workshop!

Sponsored by the Office of Career and Professional Development • Virtual

"Chip Inside Me" Movie Screening and Panel Discussion • This award winning film is about five people with chip implants in their bodies. Where do scientific discoveries of recent decades take us, is it possible to control people with help of these technologies, and what neuroethical questions arise resulting from their use? World-class scientists argue about these topics in the film.  "Chip Inside Me" explores the important problem of destigmatization of cyborg people and ridding society of technophobia.

• This film screening has been provided free of charge to UCSF for our NPAW week events.  No UCSF funds, PSA funds or Postdoc Office funds have been directed to the filmmakers nor to the Russian government in order to support this screening.
• This film is about science, ethics and discrimination.  It is about the scientific and ethical considerations surrounding brain-computer interfaces (BCI), and about the discrimination faced by patients who use implant technologies to manage disability and disease.
• The sponsors of this screening event stand by UCSF’s messaging about the war in Ukraine and its impact on members of our community.

4:30-5:30 p.m.  Panel Discussion – Featuring the Director of the film – in person/online • First come first served (limited seating) • Mission Bay - Genentech Auditorium

National Postdoc Appreciation Reception and Happy Hour • All UCSF postdocs and their families are welcome! • Sponsored by the PSA and the Office of Career and Professional Development • Mission Bay - Genentech Hall Steps

Coffee and Snacks with Thermo Fisher Scientific • Drop by for coffee and snacks. Stay and chat with your fellow postdocs. • Sponsored by Thermo Fisher Scientific and the PSA • Mission Bay - Helen Diller Courtyard

Professional Headshots at Mission Bay • Get a professional headshot for your LinkedIn/UCSF Connect profiles, job talk, or just for you! This event is sponsored by the Office for Postdoctoral Scholars and the Postdoctoral Scholars Association • SOLD OUT • Mission Bay - Koret Quad

Twin Peaks Hike • Join the PSA for a Mt Sutro to Twin Peaks loop hike starting from the Parnassus Campus and ending on Clarendon Ave near Kite Hill. A great way to celebrate the end of NPAW, take in some amazing city views, and get to meet other UCSF postdocs.
Distance: ~3 miles
When: Start at 2:30
Where to meet: On the front steps of the Medical Sciences Building (513 Parnassus Ave) from 2:15-2:30 • Sponsored by the PSA • Parnassus