2021 National Postdoc Appreciation Week at UCSF

Have we forgotten how to talk about our science? • UCSF postdocs welcome! • We are dedicated to our research, our teaching, our science. We know the work in and out - the wonder, the challenge, the significance. But after a year and a half of disconnect, have we forgotten how to share our science? In this plenary, science communication facilitator Carolyn Hall will discuss connecting, or reconnecting, to those we wish to talk to about our science and share some skills to help relate to those audiences and find our science-speaking voices again. • Hosted by the University of Utah • FREE • RVSP

Path to Postdoc • EVENT FULL! • Path to Postdoc at UCSF is a unique program for outstanding senior graduate students with backgrounds in the biomedical and health sciences, to be exposed to world-class research communities at UCSF and the associated Gladstone Institutes. Students will give a research presentation to faculty and the UCSF community, meet current postdocs, and experience a slice of postdoctoral life at UCSF.

Gladstone Alumni Virtual Networking Event • Talk to former Gladstone postdocs who are working in a variety of industries. In these informational conversations, you can bring your questions about career paths, professional development, preparing for an interview, or anything else that may be on your mind.

Panelists

• Crystal Herron, Managing Director and Founder, Redwood Ink
• Kimberly Metzler, Sr. Program & Alliances Manager, Allen Institute for Cell Science
• Elena Miñones Moyano, Director, Technical Support & Customer Success, Synthego Corporation
• Elphege Nora, Principal Investigator, Nora Lab, Cardiovascular Research Institute, UC San Francisco
• Satish Pillai, Senior Investigator, Vitalant Research Institute; Associate Professor, UC San Francisco
• Hassan Samee, Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine
• Martin Trapecar, Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
• Kathy Ivey, Research Director, Cardiac Regeneration and Gene Therapy, Tenaya Therapeutics
• Ibraheem Ali, Sciences Data Librarian, University of California, Los Angeles
• Pao-Chen Li,  Clinical Scientist, Immuno-Oncology, Genentech

Sponsored by the Gladstone Institutes • FREE • Register in advance!

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 of Postdoctoral Scholars and the Postdoctoral Scholars Association • $10 • Register in advance! • SOLD OUT!

Virtual Trivia Night with Washington University • Meet fellow postdocs and compete to become a trivia champ! Join inter-university trivia night Hosted by Washington University Postdoc Society • FREE • RSVP in advance!

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 of Postdoctoral Scholars and the Postdoctoral Scholars Association • $10 • Register in advance! • SOLD OUT!

(ExCITe) Employer in Focus: Caribou Biosciences, Inc. Virtual Event • Talk with leaders from Caribou Biosciences, Inc. as you explore career paths away from the bench. You’ll get introduced to the speakers before breaking out into smaller groups where you’ll be able to have candid conversations about working outside an academic lab.

The Exploring Careers in Industry and Technology (ExCITe) series was created in 2018 to introduce trainees to career options away from the bench in various industry fields, and is presented by guest speakers working in those fields. The purpose is to provide trainees with the tools needed to make informed decisions about their career path when their training at Gladstone ends.

Panelists

• Rachel Haurwitz, President and CEO, Caribou Biosciences, Inc.
• Erin Benanti, Senior Scientist, T Cell Therapeutics Group, Caribou Biosciences, Inc.
• Mara Bryan, Director of Operations and Program Management, Caribou Biosciences, Inc.
• Emilie Degagné, Bench Scientist, T Cell Therapeutics Group, Caribou Biosciences, Inc.
• Tristan Fowler, Senior Manager of Preclinical Pharmacology, Caribou Biosciences, Inc.
• Chris Fuller, Vice President of Informatics, Caribou Biosciences, Inc.
• Liz Garner, Director, T Cell Therapeutics, Caribou Biosciences, Inc.
• Justin Skoble, Vice President of Technical Operations, Caribou Biosciences, Inc.
• Olga Zimmerman, Senior IP Counsel, Caribou Biosciences, Inc.

Please feel free to reach out to Emma Doctors if you have any questions.

Sponsored by the Gladstone Institutes • FREE • Register in advance!

Virtual Trivia Night with University of California Irvine • Sit back, BYOD, relax and test your trivia knowledge. Join for a chance to win prizes! • Hosted by UC Irvine • FREE • Register for Zoom link

Writing a Research Statement • UCSF Postdocs Welcome! • The University of Washington's Postdoc Association is pleased to invite you to this workshop by Dr. Thomas Daniel, a professor of biology at UW, on September 23rd 9am-10:30am PST. Dr. Daniel has presented similar workshops for the UW's Future Faculty Fellows program, and we hope that you find his insights helpful in developing a research statement for academic job applications. • Hosted by the University of Washington • FREE • RSVP in Advance

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 of Postdoctoral Scholars and the Postdoctoral Scholars Association • $10 • Register in advance! • SOLD OUT!

Finding a Satisfying and Best-Fit Career Workshop • Do you want to find and follow a career path that you'll enjoy and find rewarding? Of course! But there are more than FIFTY career options available to life sciences PhD's…how do you choose a satisfying and best-fit career, and how can you increase your chances of achieving it? If you’d like to learn how to select the best option for you, then don't miss this thought-provoking, practical, interactive workshop! Here you will learn about a logical, step-by-step process for:

• exploring your career options,
• deciding a best-fit option,
• and making a plan to achieve your after-postdoc career goals.

The session will begin with an overview of the elements of career planning, including the importance, limits, and benefits. Participants will begin individual self-assessment & reflection in small groups. They will then learn about career exploration resources and setting career planning SMART goals. Overall, participants will better understand how the career planning process is critical to career satisfaction and fit.

Presenters:
Lydia Soleil, PhD, Emory University
Bill Lindstaedt, MS,  University of California San Francisco

FREE • Register in advance!

A note about UCSF's NPAW virtual events: Modeling off of UCSF's Office of Career and Professional Development practice, please feel free to attend our virtual events as you are. We welcome your attendance and participation, with your camera and/or microphone on or off. 

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 of Postdoctoral Scholars and the Postdoctoral Scholars Association • $10 • Register in advance! • SOLD OUT!