The George Washington University Postdoc Association

The GWPA continues to invite abstract submissions for a poster presentation at the GWPA Postdoc Appreciation Day on September 19th! We welcome you to a celebration of the great work of GW postdocs and a chance to advance your career.

There are also several other events in August. Details below:

1. GWPA POSTDOC APPRECIATION DAY

SEPTEMBER 19 | 10:30 AM - 4 PM | SEH BASEMENT (B1167 -- THE IVY WALL AREA AND ADJACENT CLASSROOMS)

You are invited to celebrate the great work of George Washington University Postdocs and advance your career at the GW Postdoc Association (GWPA) Postdoc Appreciation Day. GWPA will host a career panel with speakers that can advise you on both industry and academic careers. This will be followed by a workshop that will teach you how to perfect a short “elevator pitch” about your research. You can practice using this elevator pitch as the day finishes up with a round of poster presentations by GW postdocs. Lunch will be provided as well as snacks during the poster presentations.

We welcome submissions for poster presentations! Please submit the title, authors, and abstract when registering here. Registration is required.

The first five postdocs to register will have their poster costs covered by the GWPA. We will contact those five individuals to work out the details. Prizes will be awarded to the best posters: 1st = $300, 2nd = $200, 3rd = $100.

2. ICE CREAM SOCIAL

AUGUST 12 | 1 PM | SEH FIRST FLOOR COMMON AREA

In the midst of the summer heat, we can probably all get behind having some ice cream. So clear your schedules at 1 PM on the Monday the 12th to have some ice cream with your fellow postdocs in the 1st floor common area of SEH. Please RSVP to gwpostdoc@gwu.edu so we can procure enough ice cream for everyone.

3. DATA CARPENTRY - GEOSPATIAL WORKSHOP

AUGUST 19 - 20 | 9 AM - 4:30 PM | NCLC @ GELMAN LIBRARY (2130 H ST., NW)

Have you wanted to learn to work with geospatial data in order to analyze spatial relationships and visualize data in a geographic context? Data Carpentry is presenting a 2-day workshop for graduate students, faculty, and other researchers on how to work with geospatial data. No prior experience is required. You will need a laptop with Windows, Linux, or Mac operating system (no Chromebooks) with administrator privileges to install new software. For more information, to find a pre-workshop survey, and to register, see here.

The GWPA would like to announce our Postdoc Appreciation Day on September 19th! We welcome you to a celebration of the great work of GW postdocs and a chance to advance your career. We also issue a call for poster presentations.

For July, the GWPA is hosting an ice cream social on July 22nd.

Details for both these events are below:

1. ICE CREAM SOCIAL

JULY 22 | 1 PM | SEH B1167 (THE IVY WALL AREA)

In the midst of the summer heat, we can probably all get behind having some ice cream. So clear your schedules at 1 PM on the Monday the 22nd to have some ice cream with your fellow postdocs in the Ivy Wall area of the SEH basement. Please RSVP to gwpostdoc@gwu.edu so we can procure enough ice cream for everyone.

2. GWPA POSTDOC APPRECIATION DAY

SEPTEMBER 19 | 10:30 AM - 4 PM | SEH BASEMENT (B1167 -- THE IVY WALL AREA AND ADJACENT CLASSROOMS)

You are invited to celebrate the great work of George Washington University Postdocs and advance your career at the GW Postdoc Association (GWPA) Postdoc Appreciation Day. GWPA will host a career panel with speakers that can advise you on both industry and academic careers. This will be followed by a workshop that will teach you how to perfect a short “elevator pitch” about your research. You can practice using this elevator pitch as the day finishes up with a round of poster presentations by GW postdocs. Lunch will be provided as well as snacks during the poster presentations.

We welcome submissions for poster presentations! Please submit the title, authors, and abstract when registering here. Registration is required.

The first five postdocs to register will have their poster costs covered by the GWPA. We will contact those five individuals to work out the details.

Upcoming Social Events:

1. Happy Hour

MAY 31 | 5 PM | BOQUERIA (1837 M ST NW)

Join us at Boqueria for happy hour to meet other GW postdocs! We hope to see you there!

2. Picnic

JUNE 22 | 1 PM | National Mall

Join us on Saturday, June 22nd, for an afternoon spent catching up with your fellow postdocs and enjoying games/sweets.

There are also several workshops coming up that might interest you:

1. GWNIC Correlative Light and Electron Microscopy Workshop

JUNE 10 - 14 | 9 AM - 5 PM | SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING HALL

The George Washington University (GW) Nanofabrication and Imaging Center (GWNIC) presents a five-day correlative microscopy workshop, emphasizing biological samples. Some topics covered include state-of-the-art instrumentation, using complex modern microscopes with multiple modalities, 3D electron microscopy, and managing large numbers of images. The workshop costs $850. Registration capped at 20 participants. For more information and to register, see here: https://nic.gwu.edu/clem-workshop.

2. 2019 NCI and Frederick National Laboratory Technology Showcase

JUNE 12 | 12 PM - 5 PM | FNLCR Advanced Technology Research Facility, Frederick, MD

The 2019 Technology Showcase will again highlight technologies being developed at the NCI and Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research (FNLCR) to encourage startup company formation, technology licensing and collaborations. The keynote speaker is Rich Bendis, President and CEO of BioHealth Innovation, Inc. and there were be panels on attracting investment in addition to the technology showcase. Registration is required. For more information and to register, see here.

3. Career Day

JUNE 12 | TIME TBD | LOCATION TBD

OVPR is holding a career day on June 12th. Several of the talks may be pertinent to postdocs. Unfortunately, we do not have details to give you right now, but we will update you when we get them! RSVP information also coming soon.

4. Insights into the Technology Transfer Career

JUNE 19 | 12 PM - 1 PM | ROSS HALL 643

Dr. Abritee Dhal, Technology Transfer Manager at the NCI, will present a seminar focused on careers in technology transfer. Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP to gwpostdoc@gwu.edu.

5. R-Based Reproducible Research Techniques for Synthesis

AUGUST 5 - 9 | NCEAS, 735 STATE STREET #300, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93101

The research landscape is changing. Researchers are increasingly engaging in collaboration across networks; open science includes not just open publication but also open data, software, and workflows; and technology is evolving in support of this new paradigm. This five-day workshop is designed to help researchers stay abreast of current best practices and initiatives and get started on acquiring good data science skills to maximize their productivity, share their data with the scientific community effectively and efficiently, and benefit from the re-use of their data by others. Participants should be familiar with programming in R. Cost is $2100. For more information and to register, see here.

1. JOB SEARCH STRATEGIES WORKSHOP

APRIL 18 | 12 PM - 1 PM | SEH ROOM 2000

Dr. Yashanda Scruggs from the GW Center for Career Services will introduce you to GW Career Connects, an internal GW networking resource, as well as Handshake, a service that helps connect students and trainees with potential employers. Dr. Scruggs will also include interview preparation tips that will help you to make the most of these opportunities. Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP to gwpostdoc@gwu.edu if you plan to attend.

2. HAPPY HOUR SOCIAL

APRIL 25 | 5 PM | TONIC (2036 G ST NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20036)

We will grab a table at Tonic and welcome you to join your fellow postdocs for some well-deserved relaxation (or at least relaxed networking). We hope to see you there!

3. SPRING REGULATORY UPDATE AND HOT TOPICS IN CLINICAL RESEARCH

APRIL 29 | 10 AM - 3 PM | CLOYD HECK MARVIN CENTER

The Georgetown Howard Universities Center for Clinical and Translational Science (GHUCCTS) and the Clinical and Translational Science Institute at Children's National are joining together to host the DC CTSA Consortium Spring Regulatory Update and Hot Topics in Clinical Research symposium. The detailed program is anticipated soon at https://research.gwu.edu/dc-ctsa-consortium-spring-update. Please register by April 24th by emailing resinteg@gwu.edu.

And a sneak peak at some May events too!

1. RESEARCH UPDATES TALK SERIES

MAY 2 | 4 PM | ROSS HALL 201A

We are continuing our research updates series for both graduate students and postdocs to hear interesting new research and to network afterward with free food. The speaker will be Dr. Rokhaya Faye and she will present on Quantification of Transmural Autonomic System Effects and Arrhythmia Dynamics in Human RVOT". Please RSVP to gwpostdoc@gwu.edu so we can both look forward to seeing you as well as know how much food to acquire!

2. NIH ANNUAL CAREER SYMPOSIUM

MAY 10 | 8 AM - 4 PM | NATCHER CONFERENCE CENTER, BUILDING 45

The NIH annual career symposium is an excellent opportunity to explore career options and to network with other scientists in the DMV area! For more information and to register, see here.

This Thursday, GW COMPASS is holding it's GALA networking event with a session about how to work a room led by Christophe Jelinski before several hours of networking. Please see the flier below and don't forget to register ahead of time. We hope to see you there!

GW Postdocs,

We have been alerted to two job postings at the FDA Office of Women's Health that may interest you. Details are below.