Wednesday, May 31, 2017

The YPA Monthly Newsletter for June 2017

The Yale Postdoctoral Association is dedicated to connecting postdocs at Yale to campus resources and to creating opportunities for networking with other postdocs.

If you have any question or would like to get involved, e-mail us at ypa@yale.edu.

Regular meetings are held monthly. The next one is on June 13th at 6:00 p.m in the Simbonis Conference Room of the Medical School Library. 

All postdocs are welcome to all events!

Professional Development Subcommittee

Academic Job Search Series: Academic CV & Cover Letter Basics

The Annual Bioscience & Technology Community Picnic

Advocacy Subcommittee

Annual Women in Science Career Panel

Wine and Cheese Social

Networking Subcommittee

Postdoc Volleyball

YPA Summer Cookout

Trip to Gouveia Vineyards: Wine Tasting and Cellar Tour

Happy Hour

Last Saturday at the Museum

Professional Development Subcommittee

Academic Job Search Series: Academic CV & Cover Letter Basics

Tuesday, June 20th, 4:00pm - 5:30pm

The Anlyan Center for Medical Research (TAC) N107

This workshop will introduce the major elements of an academic CV. It will discuss general guidelines to follow, the most common categories listed, and the best ways of presenting material. It will also look at the basic elements of an academic cover letter, review best practices and common mistakes, and discuss ways of tailoring your application. RSVP through the Yale Career Link!

Presenter: Dr.John Alvaro, Director Postdoctoral Affairs, Administrative Director BBS Program, Lecturer Psychiatry; Director of Postdoctoral Affairs; Administrative Director of Biological & Biomedical Sciences Program; BBS Administrative Director.

The Annual Bioscience & Technology Community Picnic

Tuesday, June 13th, 5:00pm - 7:00pm

CURE Innovation Commons (93 Shennecossett Road, Groton, CT)

CURE serves as the bioscience cluster of Connecticut, a diverse network of small and large life and healthcare sciences companies, ranging in focus from biotherapeutics, to healthcare technology, to medical devices. Universities, scientists, educators, mentors, students, entrepreneurs, business experts, service providers and investors join in to begin to complete the breadth of the network. As participants in CURE, we cultivate entrepreneurship, build bioscience companies and collaborate to ensure a sustainable, high-value bioscience and healthcare community that improves our quality of life and keeps the Connecticut community strong.

Advocacy Subcommittee

Annual Women in Science Career Panel

Tuesday, June 13th 7:00-8:30 pm 

Bectone Seminar Room, 10 Hillhouse Avenue 

Unsure of what to do after graduation? Want to know more about your options for careers after a science PhD? Women in Science At Yale (WISAY) knows that planning your career path after grad school is a daunting task, so we’ve solicited the help of four successful women who have been where you are: science PhD students.

Featured panelists:

Sashka Dimitrievska, Ph.D.: Senior Manager of Strategy & Competitive Insights at Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc

Lolahon Kadiri, M.D., Ph.D.: Business Development Associate at the Office of Cooperative Research at Yale 

Beth Morse Luoma, Ph.D.: Director of the Helmsley STEM Education Program at the Center for Teaching and Learning at Yale 

Subhalaxmi Nambi, M.S., Ph.D,: Associate for Innovation and Business Development at University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) 

Please RSVP at https://goo.gl/u4UVBp

Wine and Cheese Social

Thursday, June 15th at 7:00 pm

HGS 211

Join Grad Society of Women Engineers (SWE), Out in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (oSTEM), Women in Science at Yale (WISAY), and Yale League of Black Scientists (YLBS) for a fun wine and cheese social this summer! The goal of this social is to informally meet and network with various minority groups across the Yale graduate science community, while enjoying wine and cheese. We encourage you to bring your own wine and cheese, but a limited supply will be provided. RSVPs are encouraged, but not required. RSVP here: https://goo.gl/7o8w8B

Networking Subcommittee

Yale Postdoc Volleyball

When: June 6th:  6pm - 8pm

Where: Payne Whitney Yale Gym

We’ll organize a volleyball event Thursday/Tuesday June 6 th from 6pm - 8pm @ Payne Whitney Gym. We’ll meet at 6pm at the front entrance. Send an email to christoph.zimmer@yale.edu for registration - max 10 people. All levels (absolute beginners to advanced) welcome - please note that you need Gym membership for this event.

Looking forward to seeing you on June 6th.

YPA Summer Cookout

Friday, June 23rd 2017

Free Food! Free Drinks! Meet your fellow postdocs! 

Be on the lookout for more information. Coming soon!

Trip to Gouveia Vineyards: Wine Tasting and Cellar Tour

Saturday, June 17th, 2017

For reservations and details visit the Eventbrite

Happy Hour

Friday, June 16th, 5:30 - 8:00 pm (drinks are on discount 5:30-6:30)

Elm City Social

The Last Saturday at the Museum

Saturday, June 24th, 12:30 - 1:30 pm 

Yale Art Gallery

https://goo.gl/qpOqmK