Interesting Features for PWN 6/29/17

Here are some interesting articles:

1. PW Nexus - A shout out from Dr. Eric Nestler, Society for Neuroscience President and PWN supporter: Message from the President: 'Affirmative Attention' to Increase Diversity

http://www.sfn.org/News-and-Calendar/Neuroscience-Quarterly/Spring-2017/Message-From-the-President

2. Learning to Cope with Failure as a Grad Student:

“Halfway through my second year in a neuroscience grad program, I encountered a new lab challenge. Unlike last year, when I endured the pressure of exams, daily classes, and a feeling of not belonging, this year I experienced something else: failure.”

See how Kavya Devarakonda is using this experience to build resilience:

http://neuronline.sfn.org/articles/career-advice/2017/learning-to-cope-with-failure-as-a-grad-student

3. She May Be The Most Unstoppable Scientist In The World:

http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/06/20/530803655/she-may-be-the-most-unstoppable-scientist-in-the-world

4. Why Are Female Doctors Introduced By First Name While Men Are Called 'Doctor'?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/why-are-female-doctors-introduced-by-first-name-while-men-are-called-doctor/2017/06/23/b790ddf2-4572-11e7-a196-a1bb629f64cb_story.html?utm_term=.cd00c8511daa 

5. How To Silence The Imposter Syndrome And (Feel More Confident ASAP):

https://www.forbes.com/sites/elanagross/2017/06/26/how-to-silence-the-imposter-syndrome-and-feel-more-confident-asap/#5af5b4d53057

A Professional Opportunity:

A postdoctoral position is available in the lab of Dr. Abigail Polter at George Washington University. The lab focuses on synaptic and circuit-level effects of stress; for more information please see: https://www.polterlab.org/join-us/

Sincerely,

PWN

Interesting Features for PWN 6/19/2017

Dear PWN Members,

Here are some interesting articles:

1. 37 Women Who Are Disrupting The Status Quo and Championing Gender Diversity In Advertising and Tech:

http://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/37-women-who-are-disrupting-the-status-quo-and-championing-gender-diversity-in-advertising-and-tech/

2. The Universal Phenomenon of Men Interrupting Women:

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/06/14/business/women-sexism-work-huffington-kamala-harris.html

3. Why Women Need More Than A Seat At The Table: 

http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/16/opinions/women-workplace-opinion-mendelberg-karpowitz/index.html

4. How A 3-Star General Overcame Self-Doubt:

http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/16/politics/nadja-west-badass-women-of-washington/index.html

A Professional Opportunity:

The Rutgers Brain Health Institute is recruiting a tenure-track faculty member at the Assistant or Associate professor level who studies motivational neuroscience  (reward, drug abuse, feeding/obesity, affective dysfunction etc.)  

The job is posted at :

http://neurojobs.sfn.org/jobs/9151081/tenure-track-assistant-professor-associate-professor-in-motivational-neuroscience-research

Here is a link to the Ad:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0By-j8KYRbwGFQk94YkxpMlRhS3M/view?usp=sharing

Sincerely,

PWN

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