2 years ago
Postdoc committee hosts Postdoc Coffee Hour
On August 16, 2022, the BCBP postdoc committee hosted its first Postdoc Coffee Hour of 2022-23. Our Postdocs enjoyed the coffee, iced tea, and some snacks from Panera.
2 years ago
On August 16, 2022, the BCBP postdoc committee hosted its first Postdoc Coffee Hour of 2022-23. Our Postdocs enjoyed the coffee, iced tea, and some snacks from Panera.
2 years ago
BCBP postdocs joined up with the UNC Postdoc Association (PDA) for the event Fridays on the Front Porch at the Carolina Inn. PDA hosts a postdoc meetup at Fridays on the Front Porch at the end of each month and it's a great opportunity to meet postdocs from other departments at UNC.
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The SOM Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion has announced the first round of DEI Mini Grant Awardees in the award program’s 2022 pilot year. The 2022 awardees include: Rick Baker, Qi Zhang, Silvia Ramos, Laura Lindsey-Boltz, Darex Vera-Rodriguez, Jean Marie Mwiza, and Kanishk Jain. This funding will support DEI initiatives in our department.
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2 NIH-funded POSTDOCTORAL POSITIONS available at University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill to investigate the function of genes that regulate excitatory and inhibitory synapses in cortical circuits relevant to autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders.
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As we prepare for the Fall 2022 Semester, we continue to monitor COVID-19 and its impact on our campus community. Our community standards remain in place from last spring and we will make changes as necessary throughout the school year.
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Dr. Kanishk Jain presented a talk titled, "An acetylation-mediated chromatin switch governs H3K4 methylation read-write capability" at the Biological Methylation Conference: Fundamental Mechanisms in Human Health and Disease in June 2022.
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Dr. Nikea Pittman is a structural biologist and STEM educator. Her specialties include engaging early-career students in active learning and protein structure/function. She joins our department with over 10 years of teaching experience, leading innovations that have impacted 500+ undergraduate and graduate students...
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The committee made plans for future work on increasing departmental support for international postdocs and creating a guide for forming a postdoc mentoring committee. They celebrated the election of Dr. Ajit Prakash as committee Vice-Chair...
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3 scientists who have taken different career routes shared their career journeys. The ITCMS program, in its 41st year, was established to provide postdoctoral fellows an interdisciplinary training experience, including basic and translational research opportunities with renowned investigators, and extensive scope of workshops and training modules with an emphasis on cancer model systems.
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Program Mission: develop postdocs for possible tenure track appointments at the University of North Carolina and other research universities.
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The post-doc experience can sometimes feel "in between". You are no longer a graduate student, and not yet in a permanent position. Expectations for research and publication are high, and it is often difficult to balance work and family responsibilities. This 6-week group will provide a confidential space for post-docs to discuss concerns and seek support around these challenges.
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The Joseph S. Pagano Award annually recognizes notable cancer-related papers authored by UNC Lineberger postdoctoral fellows. Winners are selected through a competitive process and are honored for their authorship of articles in high-impact journals. The Pagano Award was established in 2002 to annually recognize noteworthy papers authored by our postdoctoral fellows. Authors of the three …