Category: Events
BUWIC Invited Colloquium Speaker 2012-2013: Prof. Marisa Kozlowski!
BUWIC will be hosting Professor Marisa Kozlowski (University of Pennsylvania, Kozlowski Home Page) tomorrow for Monday seminar at 4:00 pm ( LSEB B01). In addition to her science seminar, Prof. Kozlowski will be participating in an informal lunch session earlier in the day to discuss her career path and life in academia.
What: BUWIC lunch with Professor Marisa Kozlowski
When: 12 pm
Where: LSEB 103
Who: Grad students and post-docs welcome!
At 4:00pm, the 2012-2013 Colloquium Series continues with Prof. Marisa Kozlowski from University of Pennsylvania. She will be speaking on:
“Adventures in Oxidative Bond Forming Reactions: Development and Applications in Natural Product Synthesis”
Please remember the lecture series has been moved back to LSEB B01. Talk begins at 4:00pm, with refreshments served at 3:30pm.
Lunch Q&A with Dr. Amal Ting
This Friday BUWIC will be hosting Dr. Amal Ting for a lunch time seminar. A graduate of the Schaus Group at BU, Dr. Ting went on to post-doc at the Broad Institute before transitioning into industry at Catabasis, a small biotech company in Cambridge. Amal will discuss life as a post-doc, her migration into industry, and transitioning from junior scientist to director positions within the company. Dr. Ting will entertain any and all questions about her career path after graduate school, tips for interviewing and much more.
What?: Lunch Q and A with Dr. Amal Ting, Scientist at Catabasis Pharmaceuticals
When?: Friday, January 18 at 12:15 pm
Where?: SCI 512
Who?: All post-docs and graduate students are invited!
Lunch will be served.
We hope to see many of you there!
Annual No-Stress Study Break
BUWIC will be once again hosting the no-stress holiday study break for grad student and post-doc members.
Please join us for a fun and relaxing afternoon treat of delicious holiday cookies and snacks, hot chocolate, coffee and egg nog, as well as our tradition of providing paper snowflake making supplies.
When: Thursday, December 13th 3PM
Where: LSEB 904
Lunch with Professor Lauren Rossi!
Please join BUWIC TODAY at 12 pm for a lunch time seminar with Professor Lauren Rossi. The seminar will be an informal Q&A about what teaching at a mainly undergraduate institution is like. Lunch will be provided.
Dr. Lauren Rossi, Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry at Roger Williams University
She obtained a B.A. from Wheaton College, and then earned a Ph.D. from Brown University working with Prof. Amit Basu on the synthesis and evaluation of glycosyl triazoles as glycosidase inhibitors. She then served as a Postdoctoral Faculty Fellow working in the Porco lab at BU prior to starting her position at Roger Williams. While at BU, she worked with the intensive organic chemistry lab, directing the Capstone projects, and taught organic chemistry lecture. Since 2009, Dr. Rossi has been at Roger Williams University, a primarily undergraduate institution, teaching organic chemistry and mentoring undergraduates in research. She will share some of her experiences and answer questions about this type of teaching and research environment.
Who: Graduate Students and Postdocs
When: Thursday, November 15, 12 pm
Where: LSEB 804
Lunch with Dr. Marti Head from GSK!
In addition to this week's BUWIC hosted seminar wtih Marti Head, there will be a special lunch Q&A session for grad students and post-docs where she will discuss what its like to be a director of a division in a major pharmaceutical company as well as what career decisions lead her there. Dr. Head also works with the team integrating GSK's acquisition of Sirtris and will be open to questions concerning her interactions with that part of the company and how it differs from more traditional research.
Ice Cream Social
BUWIC will be hosting our annual Ice Cream Social this Friday, September 7 from 3-4 pm in LSEB 103. Come mingle with fellow grad students, eat some ice cream, and learn about the events BUWIC has planned for the upcoming year. We will even have vegan, non-diary ice cream options available.
What: BUWIC Ice Cream Social
When: Friday September 7, 3-4 pm
Where: LSEB 103
Who: Everybody is welcome, especially First Year Students!
Hope to see many of you there!
2nd Annual Boston WInCS Registration Open
Registration for the 2nd annual Boston WInC Symposium is now open. Submissions for abstracts and posters should be completed by September 6th and registration is $10.00 (though the first 100 registrants will be free!).
The symposium will be held at Harvard on October 6th and will showcase the excellent work of female graduate students and post-docs from the greater Boston area. It will also provide an opportunity for students to meet and mingle with students from other departments.
This year, the symposium will feature a seminar by Professor JoAnne Stubbe, Ph.D. from MIT and a keynote lecture by Cornelia Dean from the New York Times. Lunch will be provided, and a wine and cheese reception will top off the day after the last event.
There are also awards for posters and talks. Last year BU’s very own Katie Ellis won for best poster.
Officer Election Results: 2012-2013
The nominations are in and the officers for the 2012-2013 Academic year are:
President: Liz Hirst
Vice-President: Lindsey Easthon
Seminar Coordinator: Shasha Ji
Outreach Coordinator: Katie Summo
Social Coordinator: Stephanie Maiocco
Treasurer: Gina Kim
Secretary: Jessica Barnes
Webmaster: Elizabeth Villar
And thank you to Sarah Soltau for all her great work as the previous BUWIC President!
Lunch Discussion with Sirtris Scientist
Please join us for the upcoming lunch discussion with Dr. Rebecca Casaubon, Senior Scientist at Sirtris Pharmaceuticals!
When: Friday, March 30th 12:00-1:30PM
Where: SCI room 512
Dr. Casaubon will be discussion her career in the pharmaceutical industry and the career choices that helped her obtain her current position.
We encourage all graduate student and post-doc BUWIC members to join us for this interesting discussion. And don’t forget to bring your questions about careers in the pharmaceutical industry!
Lunch will be provided by BUWIC.
Non-Traditional Careers for Scientists
Please join us on Wednesday, February 29th for a panel discussion and networking reception for Non-Traditional Careers for Scientists.
This will be an interactive discussion on career options with professionals from a variety of science related fields. Our panelists include:
- Tracy Callahan, Ph.D. – Community Lab Director, Biogen
- Preshious Reardon, Ph.D. – Senior Technical Staff Member, Draper Laboratory
- Guari Nair, Ph.D. – Analyst at Scientia
- Georgiana Kuhlmann, M.A. – Analyst at Decision Resources
Beer and wine refreshments as well as snacks will be provided for the networking reception. All graduate students and post-docs are welcome to join us.
See the event flyer for more information.
