Interesting Features for PWN 6/12/2017

Dear PWN Members,

Here are some interesting articles:

1. Sexism In Science: Audience Member Defends Silenced Physicist:
http://observer.com/2017/06/sexism-science-facebook-mansplaining/

2. As a Women in Science, I Need To Conceal My Femininity to Be Taken Seriously
https://www.vox.com/first-person/2017/5/4/15536932/women-stem-science-feminism

3. The Best Kept Secrets To Winning Grants:
http://www.nature.com/news/the-best-kept-secrets-to-winning-grants-1.22038

4. A Biologist Explains CRISPR To People At Five Different Levels of Knowledge:
http://kottke.org/17/05/a-biologist-explains-crispr-to-people-at-five-different-levels-of-knowledge

And a few Professional Opportunities:

1. Junior Scientist Workshop on Neural Circuits and Behavior
https://www.janelia.org/you-janelia/conferences/junior-scientist-workshop-neural-circuits-and-behavior-0

2. Post-doc Position Available From September 2017: Focus on RNA and Neurobiology
http://www.guo-lab.com/

Best,
PWN

Interesting Features for PWN 5/23/2017

Dear PWN Members,

Here are some exciting articles:

1. Happiness Research Shows The Biggest Obstacle To Creativity is Being Too Busy:

https://qz.com/978018/happiness-research-shows-the-biggest-obstacle-to-creativity-is-being-too-busy/

2. Habits That Extremely Confidant People Give Up:
https://www.inc.com/matthew-jones/13-things-you-should-immediately-give-up-if-you-want-astonishing-confidence.html?cid=sf01001&sr_share=twitter

3. Tweets That Will Make Women In STEM Laugh and Cry Simultaneously:
https://www.buzzfeed.com/kellyoakes/women-in-stem-tweets?utm_term=.iuwwn5GE3y#.teE30L1Gwd

4.  Women In STEM Fields Discuss Gender Stereotypes:
http://www.teenvogue.com/story/women-in-stem-loreal-for-women-in-science-award

5. Work-Life Balance: Break or Burn out: 
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v545/n7654/full/nj7654-375a.html?WT.mc_id=TWT_NatureNews&sf79769537=1&sf80094982=1

6. How Women Mentors Make a Difference in Engineering:
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/05/women-mentors-engineering/527625/?utm_source=atltw

And here are a couple of professional opportunities:

1. Postdoc opportunity in Dr. Meg Haney's lab at Columbia to study cannabis in humans! One of the few labs that does this work in humans:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0By-j8KYRbwGFUk9ZT09EWlV6OFk/view?usp=sharing

2. Post-Doctoral Positions on an NIH-funded T32 Available at UC Irvine:

Postdoctoral positions are available for individuals studying the neurobiology of brain disorders and especially epilepsy. We conceptualize the advancement of knowledge on the origins of epilepsy to include fundamental information about brain function and dysfunction, gained through the use of diverse methodologies and disciplines.

Candidates must be American citizens, and be early in their Postdoctoral career phase. Laboratories currently involved in the T32 are noted below. We welcome additional mentors engaged in the T32 topics as defined above. Please send inquiries to Dr. Tallie Z. Baram, T32 PI, at baramlab@uci.edu. 

Here is a link for more info:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0By-j8KYRbwGFUG45bFRsbDhqWEk/view?usp=sharing

Sincerely,

PWN

Interesting Features for PWN 5/8/2017

Dear all,

Here are some interesting articles we came across:

1. How To Communicate Science To The Public:
https://www.aaas.org/page/communicating-engage

2. No Researcher is Too Junior To Fix Science:
http://www.nature.com/news/no-researcher-is-too-junior-to-fix-science-1.21928?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20170504&spMailingID=53985288&spUserID=NjY1NDcwNTk0NAS2&spJobID=1160505967&spReportId=MTE2MDUwNTk2NwS2

3. 5 Ways To Make A Great First Impression At Work:
http://fortune.com/2017/05/01/leadership-career-advice-first-impressions-work-day-malcolm-gladwell/?xid=inc&cid=sf01001&sr_share=twitter

4. Why You Should Learn to Say 'No' More Often: 
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/05/08/smarter-living/why-you-should-learn-to-say-no-more-often.html?_r=0&referer=https://t.co/omVLPyOchn

5. 15 Surprising Things Productive People To Do Differently: 
http://www3.forbes.com/leadership/15-surprising-things-productive-people-do-differently/?utm_campaign=15-surprising-things-productive-people-do-differently&utm_source=FacebookTest1&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=3&kwp_0=299786&kwp_4=1441174&kwp_1=632470


And here is a postdoc opportunity in the Cheer Lab:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0By-j8KYRbwGFeTk1NW9OSXhiMjA

Sincerely,
PWN

Interesting Features for PWN 4/25/2017

Dear PWN Members,

Here are some interesting articles we came across:

1. Our very own Courtney Miller was interviewed by the local evening news:
http://www.wpbf.com/article/can-a-drug-erase-selective-memories-to-help-addicts/9226019

2. Ruth Bader Ginsburg Used This Simple Trick to Cut Down on 'Manterrupting'
http://fortune.com/2017/04/06/ruth-bader-ginsburg-supreme-court-advice-interrupting/?xid=soc_socialflow_facebook_FORTUNE

3. Researchers Should Reach Beyond The Science Bubble
http://www.nature.com/news/researchers-should-reach-beyond-the-science-bubble-1.21514?WT.mc_id=FBK_NA_1702_FHEDSCIBUBBLE_PORTFOLIO

4. Women in science share a message: Don't give up
http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/22/politics/women-scientists-message-march-for-science/index.html5. Why Women Have Such a Fraught Relationship with Ambition
http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/books/2017/04/double_bind_women_on_ambition_reviewed.html

And here are a few professional opportunities:

1. The BRAINS Program: To encourage greater diversity within neuroscience-related fields, in 2011 we created BRAINS: Broadening the Representation of Academic Investigators in NeuroScience, a national program to accelerate and improve the career advancement of neuroscience postdoctoral researchers and assistant professors from underrepresented groups. The program, funded by a R25 grant from NIH's National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), creates unique, life-transforming experiences for participants. The BRAINS program goal is to increase engagement and retention of academic early-career neuroscientists from underrepresented groups by reducing isolation, providing tips, tools, and skills development to prepare for tenure track success, and increasing career self-efficacy. To achieve this goal, the program offers two participant pathways: BRAINS Fellows and BRAINS Affiliates. Here is a link for more info: http://depts.washington.edu/brains/program.html

2. The Day Lab at UAB is looking for a lab manager:
https://uab.taleo.net/careersection/ext/jobdetail.ftl?job=T45273

Best,
PWN

Interesting Features for PWN 4/6/2017

Hi everyone,

Here is a tenure-track opportunity at OHSU and some exciting articles:

Tenure-Track Opportunity at OHSU:

The Department of Behavioral Neuroscience at Oregon Health & Science University seeks tenure-track faculty candidates in systems, computational, or translational neuroscience.

Applications are encouraged from individuals using advanced imaging or electrophysiological methods to study the dynamic properties of behaviorally relevant circuits in animals or humans as they relate to psychopathology.

The Department of Behavioral Neuroscience is a highly collaborative department, with collaborations among faculty within the department and between department faculty and the broader neuroscience community at OHSU, which includes the Vollum Institute for Advanced Biomedical Research, the Jungers Center for Neurosciences Research, the Oregon National Primate Research Center, and the VA Portland Health Care System.

We seek outstanding applicants who have a Ph.D., M.D. or M.D./Ph.D. who are working to complete post-doctoral training or are in early stages of an independent position, but applications from all ranks will be considered. Salary and start-up funds will be commensurate with experience.

Review of applications will begin May 15^th, 2017.

OHSU places a high priority on cultural diversity; thus, we seek candidates with a demonstrated sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disabled and ethnic backgrounds of OHSU’s students and employees.

More information can be found at this link:  OHSUlink

Questions can be directed to Matt Lattal at lattalm@ohsu.edu

Articles:

1. Women are missing from the highest paid jobs:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2017/04/04/equal-pay-day-womens-pay-high-paid-jobs/99825064/
How some tech companies are taking steps to ensure equal pay for their female employees.

2. Research: Junior Female Scientists Aren't Getting The Credit They Deserve:
https://hbr.org/2017/03/research-junior-female-scientists-arent-getting-the-credit-they-deserve

3. Negotiating Is Trickier For Women. You Should Do It Anyway:
http://twocents.lifehacker.com/negotiating-is-trickier-for-women-you-should-do-it-any-1793978437

And here is the Amazon Link to the book referenced in this article:
Amazonlink

Sincerely,
PWN