Interesting Features for PWN 10/17/2017

Hi Everyone,

Here Are Some Interesting Articles: 

1. Successful Career Women Finish The Phrase 'If Only...'

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/10/business/successful-career-women-comments.html

2. How the Founder of GoldieBlox (a female-geared toy company) Is Creating the Next Generation Of Women In Stem

https://www.forbes.com/sites/elanagross/2017/10/11/how-the-founder-of-goldieblox-is-creating-the-next-generation-of-women-in-stem/#34daab334e13

3. The One Thing You Need to Do To Overcome Imposter Syndrome

https://www.forbes.com/sites/moiraforbes/2017/09/13/the-one-thing-you-need-to-do-to-shut-down-impostor-syndrome/#6326202c2fe7

And Several Professional Opportunities:

1. The Yassa Lab at UC Irvine, CA is looking for a postdoc in advanced fMRI methods, particularly classification/multivariate analyses:

http://faculty.sites.uci.edu/myassa/get-involved/join-the-lab/

2. The University of Utah has a tenure-track Assistant Professor position opening in neuroscience:

https://utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/67828

3. The Department of Psychological & Brain Science at BU has a tenure-track Assistant Professor position opening in systems neuroscience:https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/9634

4. The Department of Biomedical Sciences at Marquette University has a tenure-track Assistant Professor position opening in neuroscience:https://employment.marquette.edu/postings/8662

Cheers,Ghazaleh, Courtney, Yas, and Yangmiao

Interesting Features for PWN 10/03/2017

Hi Everyone,

Here Are Some Interesting Articles: 

1. This article was sent to us by Nicte Mejia: Strength in Numbers: 9 Ways Women in Medicine Can Build Community, Grow Influence

https://news.aamc.org/diversity/article/9-ways-women-medicine-community-influence/?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=AAMCSocial

2. Booke Baldwin: Speaking Like This To Women in 2017? No Way

http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/15/opinions/espn-and-women-in-2017-brooke-baldwin-opinion/index.html

3. The Week My Husband Left And My House Was Burgled I Secured A Grant To Begin The Project That Became BRCA1

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/dr-maryclaire-king/brca-marriage-testing_b_17908074.html

And Several Professional Opportunities:

1. The Li lab is recruiting a graduate student:

https://www.aradlab.com/

2. A postdoc position opening in the Calu Lab to study brain mechanisms driving natural and drug reward learning:

https://www.calulab.com/join

3. NIH Blueprint Diversity Specialized Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Advancement in Neuroscience (D-SPAN) Award (F99/K00) has been reissued! Applications due December 13, 2017:

https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-NS-18-007.html

4. New Postdoc trainee positions available to study Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders at UNC:

https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/128740

5. The DPM Lab at Columbia is looking for PhDs, postdocs and RAs for Fall '18 to work on naturalistic perception and memory:

http://www.dpmlab.org/

Cheers!

~PWN

Interesting Features for PWN 09/26/2017

Hi Everyone,

Here Are Some Interesting Articles We Came Across:

1. Miss America Runner-Up: Why Are We Surprised By Smart Women:

http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/13/opinions/miss-texas-charlottesville-crystal-lee-opinion/index.html

2. Dr. Mom May Work Less Than Other Female Physicians:

http://uk.reuters.com/article/us-health-drmom-life/dr-mom-may-work-less-than-other-female-physicians-idUKKCN1B221J

3. Big Gender Gaps In Salk Institute Faculty: Report

http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/50174/title/Big-Gender-Gaps-in-Salk-Institute-Faculty--Report/

And A Professional Opportunity:

Faculty Position Posting in the Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology at the University of Maryland:

http://neurobiology.umaryland.edu/Join-Our-Team/

Best wishes to you all,

Courtney, Ghazaleh, Yasaman, and Yangmiao

Interesting Features for PWN 09/12/2017

Dear PWN members,

Here Are Some Interesting Articles:

1. Many Women of Color Feel Unsafe Working In Science, New Study Finds:
https://www.buzzfeed.com/azeenghorayshi/unsafe-science?utm_term=.auxA3DgpM1#.nqNAYn6Ob3

2. Harassment and Sexism In Science--the Email Diaries
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/harassment-and-sexism-in-science-mdash-the-e-mail-diaries/

3. Even When Both Parents Have The Same Job, Moms Still Take on More Parenting Duties, Study Finds
https://www.romper.com/p/even-when-both-parents-have-the-same-job-moms-still-take-on-more-parenting-duties-study-finds-78341

A Professional Opportunity:

UCLA Department of Psychology--Behavioral Neuroscience Faculty Search:

https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/apply/JPF03258

Best,
PWN

Interesting Features for PWN 09/05/2017

Dear PWN members,

Welcome back! Hope everyone had a fantastic summer. 

Here are some interesting articles:

1. Women in Tech Speak Frankly on Culture of Harassment 

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/06/30/technology/women-entrepreneurs-speak-out-sexual-harassment.html

2. Pregnant In the Field: Have Trowel, Will Travel

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/jul/01/pregnant-in-the-field-blog-photography-have-trowel-will-travel

3. Jennifer Doudna: I Have To Be True To Who I  Am As A Scientist 

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jul/02/jennifer-doudna-crispr-i-have-to-be-true-to-who-i-am-as-a-scientist-interview-crack-in-creation?CMP=share_btn_fb

Sincerely,PWN