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Trainee Issues
Attending Scientific Meetings
Meetings of Interest
Positions Available
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TRAINEE
ISSUES
Let your section�s trainee
representative on the Trainee Advisory Committee know if you like the change
or if you have any issues you�d like raised that pertain to trainees (see
committee member page at
http://www.the-aps.org/committees/trainee/members.htm.
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ATTENDING SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
1)
How to Get the
Most Out of Scientific Conferences
Richard M. Reis
The Chronicle of Higher Education: Chronicle Careers
2)
What to Expect at a Meeting
APS Careers Web site
3)
How to Work a Scientific Conference
Paul Recchia
A little older article but still has great advice
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MEETINGS
OF INTEREST
1) Excellence in
Research Begins with You:
University of California Davis Laboratory Management� Institute Certificate
Program
If you want your laboratory and yourself to be more productive,
efficient, organized, satisfied, innovative, compliant, and safe, then the
Laboratory Management� Institute (LMI) Certificate Program is for you! If
you want your lab to be a place where people are happy, vibrant, feel
appreciated, work hard, effectively interact and cooperate, design and
execute research well, sustain best practices, and achieve timely and
accurate research results, then the LMI Certificate Program is for you! This
tested, exciting LMI experience can help you to influence others to accept
your ideas, build successful research teams, attract and retain the best
personnel, then the LMI Certificate Program is for you!
This August, The Laboratory Management� Institute will offer 5
short courses in scientific leadership and management varying in length
between 2 and 4 days. The courses are �Laboratory Leadership�, �Laboratory
Management�, �Laboratory Best Practices� (includes responsible conduct of
research [RCR], and federal guidelines for good laboratory practices [GLP]),
�Laboratory Discovery and Innovation�, and �Mentoring and being Mentored in
the Laboratory�.
As described in Nature (v440, 03/09/2006), this program uses
unique training methods that allows you to practice professional skills
needed to help you run a successful research program and achieve
breakthrough science and a distinguished career. Academic Extension Credit
is available. Applicable to training grant requirements. Early registration
special ends July 7th, 2006. First class begins August 8th, 2006. Ask for
tuition discounts for qualifying associations and universities and National
Postdoctoral Association members.
For more information and to enroll please visit
http://www.research.ucdavis.edu/LMI or
http://ucdextension.ucdavis.edu:81/CT00055102NDgy.HTML
2) Wanted: Your
Scientific Conference Recommendations
And win a new IPod in the process ...
Attending an international scientific conference doesn't just
mean participating in seminars and workshops; there's also good beaches,
good wine, and various extracurricular activities. Science's Next Wave is
looking for stories from scientists about the best places to have a meeting.
Please send 500 words and a digital image of yourself by 14 JULY 2006 to
Robin Arnette at rarnette@aaas.org.
Our editors will review the entries, and the top 12 will be
featured on Next Wave 25 August 2006. The top conference story, in the
judgement of the editors, will win a new IPod, and the 3 runners-up will win
a flash-memory stick. We're waiting to hear your story.
3) National Postdoctoral Association Meeting (http://www.nationalpostdoc.org)
New Issue of the POSTDOCket Now Available: The Spring 2006
edition of the NPA's official quarterly newsletter, the POSTDOCket, is now
available at
http://www.nationalpostdoc.org/POSTDOCket.
2006 NPA Annual Meeting Proceedings Now Online: Speaker
presentations and handouts for the 2006 National Postdoctoral Association
Annual Meeting are now available online. Visit the 2006 Annual Meeting site
to view and download session materials.
4) Travel Awards for APS Conference: Physiological Genomics and
Proteomics of Lung Disease
November 2-5, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Abstract Deadline: July 12, 2006
http://www.the-aps.org/meetings/aps/ftlauderdale/index.htm
The American Physiological Society, with support from NIDDK and
NIGMS, is offering travel awards for underrepresented minorities (i.e.,
African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, and Pacific Islanders) who
are U.S. citizens or permanent residents, to attend the APS Conference,
"Physiological Genomics and Proteomics of Lung Disease" from November 2-5,
2006 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
The specific intent of this award is to increase participation of
pre- and post-doctoral minority students in the physiological sciences. The
awards are open to graduate students, postdoctoral students, and advanced
undergraduate students. Students who obtained their undergraduate education
in Minority Biomedical Research Programs (MBRS) or Minority Access to
Research Career (MARC)-eligible institutions, as well as students in the APS
Porter Development Program, are encouraged to apply. Minority faculty
members at the above institutions may also submit applications. Submitting
an abstract is not a requirement of this award. Funds will provide
transportation, meals, ground transportation and lodging.
Important Deadlines:
July 12, 2006 -- Abstracts Due (not required for this award)
August 23, 2006 -- Travel Award Application Deadline (faxed or postmarked)
September 22, 2006 -- Advance Registration Deadline
APS/NIDDK Minority Travel Fellowship Award Information and Application:
http://www.the-aps.org/meetings/aps/ftlauderdale/niddk.pdf
5) 2006 Grover
Conference on Rho Family GTPases in Pulmonary
Vascular Pathophysiology
September 6 -10th 2006
The American Thoracic Society, American Heart Association, the
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute of the NIH, the American Physiologic
Association, and the Pulmonary Circulation Foundation cordially invite you
to the 2006 Grover Conference on Rho Family GTPases in Pulmonary Vascular
Pathophysiology from September 6 -10th 2006.
This conference will provide a forum for exchange of information
between respiratory and critical care physicians, endothelial cell and
vascular biologists, embryologists, pediatricians, cardiologists,
hematologists and, more broadly, scientists working on various aspects of
lung disease. More information about the conference (including final program
and registration form) can be found on the ATS website at
http://www.thoracic.org/sections/about-ats/assemblies/pc/news/pages/grover2006.html.
Please note that the deadline for registering is July 21, 2006.
We are pleased to announce that CME credit for physicians will
be provided through The University of Colorado School of Medicine. They are
accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical
Education. The University of Colorado School of Medicine designates this
educational activity for a maximum of 24.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
.Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their
participation in the activity.
We hope that you will submit abstracts of your work. Abstracts can
be submitted directly to Karen.fagan@uchsc.edu.
Instructions are available with the registration package at the above
website. Please make sure you register at your earliest convenience as space
is limited (rooms will be assigned on a first come-first serve basis).
Please contact Karen Belgiovine directly at 212-315-8640, or by email at
kbelgiovine@thoracic.org for
further questions.
6) ACSM Specialty Meeting "Integrative Physiology of Exercise"
Sept. 28-30, 2006, Indianapolis, IN
Abstracts accepted March 1 - July 15, 2006, 5:00 p.m. (CST).
The formal announcement is on the ACSM web page:
http://www.acsm.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Conferences&Template=/CM/HTMLDisplay.cfm&ContentID=4079
MEETING FORMAT:
Reception, Evening of 9/27/06
Three Days with two Integrative Science tracks
Morning: Two Symposia in Each Track
Midday: Posters All Tracks
Box Lunch
Afternoon: One Symposium Each Track
Concluding Lecture to All Tracks
7) APS Intersociety Meeting: Comparative Physiology 2006: Integrating
Diversity
October 8-11, Virginia Beach, VA
http://www.the-aps.org/meetings/aps/vabeach/index.htm
8) Don�t forget about
the FASEB Summer Conferences
Being held through Aug. 17 on a variety of topics
http://src.faseb.org/
9) National Association
of Biology Teachers
October 11-14, 2006, Albuquerque, New Mexico
http://www.nabt2006.org/MS/MS3/
Transforming Life Science Education: global warming, intelligent design vs.
evolution, and stem cell research
APS Education Office will be exhibiting at the meeting. Come by and say hi!
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POSITIONS AVAILABLE
See
http://www.the-aps.org/careers/careers1/posavail.htm for listings. New
Postdoctoral Positions listed each week. Check the APS web site often!
Looking for a Job? Here are some resources you might want to check out:
1) Getting Lucky
If you sit back and wait for an offer to come, you might get lucky. But as
Louis Pasteur said, chance favors the prepared mind.
NEW article on
ScienceCareers.org
by Ken Flanagan
2) See also recent articles on careers in:
Careers in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals 2 (16 June 2006)
Careers in Translational Medicine (26 May 2006)
at ScienceCareers.org
3) See also The Scientist for
Best Places To Work In Industry: 2005 (Broken down into Large and Small
US Companies) (free access)
Best Places to
Work 2006: Postdocs (subscription required)
Top 35
Institutions in North America (subscription required)
Top 35
Institutions Outside of North America (subscription required)
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