| January 15th, 2010 | This Week in HST | Volume 11, Number 2 |
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DIVYA BOLAR’S THESIS DEFENSE—TUESDAY, JANUARY 19 Divya Sanam Bolar Thesis Committee:
POSTER COMPETITION: ARE YOU A GOOD MENTOR? Put your creativity to the test this IAP and make MIT become the supportive environment you want it to be! What's your mantra for respect, encouragement, integrity? Design your poster well, win big cash prizes (up to $1900), and we'll relay your message across the 'Tute! Submit here: http://web.mit.edu/pcmr/ by February 15, 2010. Make a difference. Show us what good mentoring means to you - the power is in your hands! Brought to you by a collaboration between the School of Science and MIT REFS
MIT Healthy Living Series Quit Smoking 101 An overview of the most effective evidence-based strategies for quitting smoking. Certified Tobacco Treatment Specialist Lauren Mayhew will review strategies, including medications and counseling, and prepare you to quit successfully. To register for this workshop, visit http://medweb.mit.edu/about/news/article/healthy-living-090901.html. For more information about Tobacco Treatment Services at MIT Medical, contact Lauren Mayhew, Certified Tobacco Treatment Specialist, at mayh@med.mit.edu.
HST COURSE CO-DIRECTOR JEFF BLANDER WINS EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP AWARD Jeffrey Blander, ScD, co-director of HST 939, “Designing and Sustaining Technology Innovation for Global Health Practice”, has won one of the 2010 Olympus Emerging Educational Leader Awards. The awardees are chosen from institutions affiliated with the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCII), established in 1995 with support from The Lemelson Foundation. NCII’s mission is to foster invention, innovation, and entrepreneurship in higher education—particularly components of the higher education curriculum that are vital to the nation’s economic future. The award recognizes individuals who have fostered or demonstrated innovative thinking in education. Congratulations, Jeff!
CONCERT HONORING NOAM CHOMSKY, WITH PROF. CHOMSKY ATTENDING Friday, January 22, 2010 Kresge Auditorium $3 for MIT community members and their guests; $10 for non-MIT attendees Tickets available online only: http://gsc.mit.edu/chomsky This event, sponsored by the MIT Graduate Student Council, will blend science, music and Noam Chomsky along with his friends and family. The concert will feature songs inspired by Chomsky's words as well as pieces dedicated to him and other famous scientists, composed by world-renowned young Armenian-American composer Edward Manukyan. The concert will feature internationally-recognized professional musicians—as well as speeches by Chomsky's colleagues, including Prof. Chierchia from Harvard and Prof. Pesetsky from MIT. Tickets will not be available at the door. Links: http://gsc.mit.edu/chomsky
GRADUATE STUDENT LIFE GRANTS AVAILABLE Each year the Office of the Dean for Graduate Education solicits proposals for improving graduate student community. Past funding amounts have ranged from a few hundred dollars to over ten thousand, and anyone in the MIT community is welcome to apply. The deadline this year is January 22; details may be found at the website, web.mit.edu/gslg. Submit a proposal for a series of events or to establish a new method for people to connect. Let your imagination guide you. The Grants staff can help you develop your idea. E-mail gslg@mit.edu. Examples of successful projects are: Weekly Wednesdays The Muddy Charles Pub hosts a diverse cross-section of MIT graduate students from every School, department, lab, residence, and affinity group in an informal setting each Wednesday. Open to the entire graduate community, it builds community by providing a casual gathering place on a regular basis. FamilyNet website MIT FamilyNet is an online community where members can network and share information via the searchable member database and member-initiated groups and forums on a variety of topics, which include parenting, child care, English language learning, housing, health and insurance, employment, and educational opportunities, among others. The networking and support that happens online goes beyond cyberspace to “real world” interactions that makes life easier for MIT families. Science Policy Bootcamp An intensive five-day seminar takes place during IAP to introduce graduate students in science and engineering to the "nuts and bolts" of science policy. The seminar includes a series of lectures by the Director of the MIT Washington Office, Dr. William Bonvillian, on the mechanics of science policy and federal research budgeting. Students emerge with a sharper understanding of science policy and a cohort of peers at MIT.
INDIA INNOVATION FUND CALL FOR PROPOSALS A new India Innovation Fund offers funding to MIT faculty and research scientists to jump-start research projects in India. Average award: $30,000 (requests of up to $100,000 will be considered). The application deadline is February 1, 2010. For more information and to apply: Contact: MISTI Global Seed Funds (misti-gsf@mit.edu)
SPRING CELEBRATION OF GRADUATE WOMEN OF MIT The Office of the Dean for Graduate Education on women’s programs at MIT invites you to participate in a “Celebration of Graduate Women of MIT” this spring. The final product will be a visual display in Lobby 7 that will coordinate with an exhibit at the MIT Museum. The display will give an overview of where women have come from (major milestones, notable MIT graduate women from the past), where they are (features of current outstanding MIT Graduate women and MIT PhD professors) and where they are headed (remaining challenges and opportunities for graduate women). Your support of the project is requested in two ways: Vote! Let us know who you think are the outstanding graduate women in your program. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/JWL7662 – administrator survey for nominations Share the nomination form with your departments: We’re asking graduate women to nominate their outstanding peers who are making a difference in the work that they do (and perhaps furthering the future of graduate women by breaking new ground)! For more information, see http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2NMJ8KP – the student survey for nominations.
JUNE 2010 ONLINE DEGREE APPLICATION OPEN NOW A reminder from the MIT Registrar’s Office: the June 2010 online degree application is open for business. The deadline for submission is Friday, February 5. PROGRAM TO EMPOWER GRADUATE WOMEN Women students: are you interested in helping to start a student-led, institute-wide graduate women's group? This is your chance to help shape this program in its early stages of development! Current plans include mentoring, career development, and empowerment projects. Dedicated women are needed as advisors, department reps, and board members. To get involved at any level, contact MEMP student Kay Furman (currently a coordinator of HST's Women's Group) at kfurman@mit.edu.
Students, if you feel new symptoms that may be the flu, including some or all of the following: fever, chills, cough, sore throat, runny nose, body aches, headaches, tiredness, diarrhea, or vomiting, PLEASE do not: - attend classes; Harvard students can find advice and information at http://huhs.harvard.edu/NewsAndEvents/Announcements/Announcement.aspx?id=200164; students with MIT insurance may find further information at MIT Flu Central, http://medweb.mit.edu/about/news/flu/index.html |
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iTEAMS (“INNOVATION TEAMS”) CLASS OFFERED BY SCHOOLS OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT In this class, students get to pick among a few projects that are directly out of MIT labs or other leading research laboratories and (working with a team of 4-5 peers and the scientists) focus throughout the semester on the commercialization strategy for the technology. You will come out of the class with a good understanding of go-to-market strategy building, how to do market size analysis, identifying the right applications for a science based project, the importance of IP and methodologies to engage customers – all key for due diligence in a commercial setting - and methods to assess the risks associated with early-stage commercialization. The course is led by HST Affiliated Faculty member Prof. Fiona Murray from Sloan (and current Associate Director of the MIT Entrepreneurship Center) and Dr. Luis Perez-Breva from the School of Engineering. Students in the class get invited to lectures by distinguished speakers and have the opportunity to network with some of the brightest minds in the MIT entrepreneurial ecosystem. Class times: Monday/Wednesday 5:30 – 8 (usually end at 7:00) in STATA 124. For more information and course registration details, see the iTeams website at http://entrepreneurship.mit.edu/iteams/. If you have more questions, contact the TA - Ravi Inukonda(ravii@mit.edu) Key dates for spring 2009 for iTeams are: · Wednesday January 27th - Application deadline
ISSUES IN TECHNOLOGY AND POLICY, IAP SEMINAR SERIES All seminars meet in E51-145. Many policy issues involve a significant technology element. This annual seminar series explores selected issues in technology and policy. Bring a brown bag lunch; light refreshments will be provided. Schedule: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 Climate Change Challenges in Developing Countries: Low Carbon Economic Development Options for Indonesia The Government of Indonesia recognizes that climate change is a key economic development issue, and also that early action to address mitigation and adaptation concerns will be strategically beneficial. Indonesia is studying options to address climate change mitigation without compromising development objectives. This talk will review the overarching goals of the study and present early findings across several sectors. Sponsored by the Technology and Policy Program, Engineering Systems Division
BIOINFORMATICS TRAINING @ MIT LIBRARIES, IAP Get the most from your “omics” analysis: Using NCBI's BLAST Practically Genomic Questions? Email crummett@mit.edu. More IAP sessions from MIT Libraries: http://student.mit.edu/iap/nslib.html | ||
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010 Wednesday, January 27, 2010 For complete information on the BrainMap series of the HST Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, see http://nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/martinos/training/brainMap_2009-2010.php.
Friday, January 22, 2010 Bill Sewell, PhD, EPL: Ribbon synapses in the cochlea and retina First in the Ribbon Synapse Series, co-hosted with MEEI Opthalmology Friday, January 29, 2010 2nd in the Ribbon Synapse Series, co-hosted with MEEI Opthalmology For the full schedule of seminars see: http://www.masseyeandear.org/research/ent/eaton-peabody/epl-seminar-schedules/.
AEROSPACE MEDICINE GRAND ROUNDS Tuesday, January 26, 2010 9:00 a.m. MIT, Room E40-375 Capt. Michael E. Hoffer, MD, MC USN "Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: What We Have Learned and Implications for Space Flight"
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"END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN" PROJECT SEEKS FEMALE GRADUATE STUDENT FELLOW Technology and Culture Forum is seeking a female graduate student to continue the work begun by our current Graduate Community Fellow in the Fall semester on our "End Violence Against Women" project for the Spring Semester. The Fellow would work with TAC as well as the Office of the Dean of Graduate Students to build community among graduate students at MIT through focus on this issue. This 10/hr a week position comes with a stipend. You can read more about the project here: If you are interested, please contact Amy McCreath at mccreath@mit.edu as soon as possible.
MASSACHUSETTS LIFE SCIENCES CENTER 2010 SUMMER INTERNSHIP CHALLENGE (FOR UNDERGRADS AND GRADUATE STUDENTS) The Life Sciences Internship Challenge is a workforce development program focused on enhancing the talent pipeline for Massachusetts life sciences companies. The program will provide and fund summer 2010 internships for up to 150 students or recent graduates who are considering career opportunities in the life sciences. Host companies will commit to providing a dedicated mentor and meaningful internship opportunity that relates to the academic focus of eligible students. Studies have shown the value and necessity of providing students with internships in the field of life sciences, and it is hoped that this opportunity to explore a career path will enhance the students’ academic training. Any student enrolled in a Massachusetts college or university is eligible to apply, provided that they meet the eligibility requirements. Prospective interns must be undergraduates in a 4-year institution who have or will graduate(d) in 2009, 2010 or 2011, graduate students who have or will graduate(d) in 2009, 2010 or 2011. For further details, please visit www.masslifesciences.com <http://www.masslifesciences.com/> . If you have questions, contact Ryan Mudawar at 781-373-7719 or internship@masslifesciences.com <mailto:internship@masslifesciences.com> .
ADVANCED MULTIMODAL NEUROIMAGING TRAINING PROGRAM FOR ADVANCED GRADUATE STUDENTS Program Co-Directors, Bruce Rosen, Randy Bucker, and John Gabrieli announce that applications are now being accepted for the Advanced Multimodal Neuroimaging Training Program for the 2010-2011 academic year. The program will provide funds for advanced graduate students (those who have completed qualifying exams or the equivalent) from Harvard, HMS, and MIT to focus, generally for one year, on a neuroimaging research project. The project will be co-mentored by the student’s primary graduate advisor and a “joint project mentor” with complimentary expertise from any of the schools/programs or the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging. The goal of the program is to train a new generation of neuroimaging researchers who will understand the underlying principles and the technologies of neuroimaging as well as their application to experimental questions in neuroscience, and who are comfortable working across disciplines and institutions. If you know graduate students who would be excited by this opportunity, please encourage them to develop a project and apply by completing a brief application form available via the email address below. If you know a faculty member who might like to co-mentor a student, please forward this information to him/her. Applications are due by January 29, 2010. The program encourages inquiries regarding the appropriateness of students and/or research projects prior to applying. Address questions to nichole@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu.
NOW HIRING: MSRP PROGRAM ASSISTANTS Each summer the MIT Summer Research Program (MSRP) interns benefit from having graduate students work as program assistants. MSRP, an institutional effort that began in 1986, facilitates the involvement of talented students in research aspects of the fields of engineering and science—with a particular focus on students who are underrepresented in these fields. For more information on the program, please visit mit.edu/msrp. This year, MSRP will run from June 6 – August 7, 2010. If you think that you might be interested in working as a program assistant, please visit the website for a job description and application. Applications are due Friday, January 15th, 2010.
The MIT Residential Life Programs office has begun recruiting and selecting Graduate Resident Tutors for undergraduate residential communities for the 2010-2011 academic year. GRTs play an integral role in the lives of students and have the opportunity to make a positive impact on the community. Applicants must be grad students who have been at MIT for at least one year, or MIT seniors who are continuing as grad students next year. International students are eligible only if the role (which is considered employment of 10 hours per week) is compatible with their legal work eligibility in the US. GRTs receive housing for 12 months and a stipend of $1,460 per academic year. The online application is available now at greta.mit.edu/apply. The deadline for applications is February 11, 2010; candidates may be called for interviews with House teams in February or March, and offers will be made in early April. Contact be-a-grt@mit.edu with any questions. In addition to the GRT positions expected to be available for the 2010-2011 academic year, East Campus First East is seeking a new GRT to start in early February. To learn about this community, visit: http://web.mit.edu/first-east/www/. Candidates who are interested in this position (and are able to move to EC in early February) should submit an application by January 19 at http://greta.mit.edu/apply . The application deadline for all other GRT positions is still February 11.
THINK AHEAD: MIT GRADUATE STUDENT LIFE GRANTS Graduate Student Life Grants, administered by the MIT Office of the Dean for Graduate Education, fund events and projects that build graduate community. Funding amounts have ranged from a few hundred to several thousand dollars; among activities assisted by GSLGs have been Ashdown and S-P brunches and Weekly Wednesdays, as well as alumni-student activities being offered this year by HST's Women's Group. Anyone at MIT is eligble to apply for a grant; proposals are due on January 22, 2010. For complete information, see http://web.mit.edu/gslg.
CALIFORNIA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY FELLOWSHIPS The California Council on Science and Technology (CCST) is pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for the 2010-2011 California Science and Technology Policy Fellowships based in Sacramento. The S&T Policy Fellowship, a unique one-year professional development opportunity, provides the selected fellows with hands-on experience working with the California Legislature to incorporate science and technology into public policy. Eligible applicants will be PhD-level (or equivalent) scientists and engineers who have a sincere interest in California current events, the state legislative process, and a strong desire to learn how policy decisions are made. Deadline for submission is February 12, 2010 at 5:00 p.m. PST. More information is available at http://www.fellows.ccst.us
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER (PARC) INTERNSHIPS AVAILABLE ONLINE Highly qualified graduate, undergraduate, and MBA students are invited to apply to the PARC internship program. As one of the most prolific innovation centers in the world, PARC offers a truly exceptional experience. For more about PARC (including milestones, focus areas, and more), please visit http://www.parc.com. We value the fresh perspectives interns bring, so our interns are fully integrated into the daily activities of PARC's highly collaborative, multidisciplinary culture. Interns have the opportunity to work with leading researchers in the physical, computer, biological, and social sciences; engage in different stages of the research and business-development pipeline; present their ideas; and receive authorship on publications and/or patents. To apply to the program, visit http://www.parc.com/internship. Applications for Summer 2010 interns will be closed by February 15, 2010, unless all positions are filled earlier.
Calling all MIT Grad Students: The Application for the Carroll L. Wilson Award 2010 has been released! The Carroll L. Wilson Award is a grant for up to $7,000 awarded to graduate students, in any MIT department, who wish to pursue exciting and challenging opportunities abroad. All MIT grad students may apply for this fellowship to travel abroad. The deadline is Monday, January 18th, 2010, so students should start putting their proposals together as soon as possible. To download the 2010 Application, go to: Process: Any MIT graduate student is eligible to apply for the award. Every year, about four to five students receive $7,000 each, after a competitive evaluation of proposals and interviews by the Award Selection Committee. If you have any questions, please contact:
The MIT Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship Open House administers a competitive fellowship program for select MIT students who wish to develop innovative businesses that promote prosperity in the developing world. To learn how you can become involved with the center's programming or find out about fellowships, seed grants, or volunteer opportunities, see http://legatum.mit.edu/. The fellowship deadline is February 10, 2010.
NASA EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM NASA is accepting graduate fellowship proposals to the NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship (NESSF) program for the 2010-2011 academic year. The purpose of NESSF is to ensure continued training of a highly qualified workforce in disciplines needed to achieve NASA's scientific goals. Awards will be made in the form of training grants to the respective universities. The deadlines are February 1, 2010 for new applications and March 15, 2010 for renewal applications. For details, see the NESSF call for proposals and submission instructions at
http://nspires.nasaprs.com/; click on "Solicitations," then "Open Solicitations." then the "NESSF 10" announcement. For further information contact Russell Deyoung, Program Administrator for NESSF Earth Science Research, or Dolores Holland, Program Administrator for NESSF Heliophysics Research, Planetary Science Research, and Astrophysics Research. HST affiliates interested in applying for this NASA funding should contact HST Graduate Administrator Laurie Ward. Please note that while the maximum award is $30,000, not all awardees receive that full amount. This award is intended to offset some, but not all, research support costs; research supervisors will be expected to pay for the resulting funding shortfall. The growing threat of blasts from IEDs makes protection of the brain a very high priority. This lab's approach to protection, by means of a fluid-lined helmet, builds on its proprietary technology that uses fluid in the channels of a helmet liner to protect the wearer against localized impact. An RA is needed to assist current graduate students in numerical modeling using ABAQUS. Good understanding of solid mechanics, modeling material properties, and fluid structure interaction would be beneficial, as would some experience with Solidworks or other similar CAD softwares. The RA will work with Professor Laurence Young and will also help design the experiments for blast testing for Prof. Steven Son at Purdue University in Indiana, who is collaborating on this project on the experimental side. Interested candidates should send a CV to Liz Zotos.
RA IN CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY AT MGH A post-doctoral fellow position is available in the Cardiovascular Research Center at Mass General Hospital. The lab uses zebrafish and small animal models in order to understand basic aspects of cardiac electrophysiology. Experience with optical imaging, cellular electrophysiology, and/or cardiac physiology is preferred. Candidates are expected to conduct independent and collaborative research in the lab. Applicants should send their CV and contact information for three references to David Milan, MD, at DMilan@partners.org.
RA IN HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Research opportunities are available in Partners HealthCare's Clinical Informatics Research & Development group and the Brigham and Women s Hospital Division of General Medicine. The RA will support studies involving computerized clinical decision support, electronic clinical narrative data, and temporal reasoning. Two projects underway are to: 1) develop and evaluate methods and applications in the field of natural language processing and temporal reasoning to facilitate the use of electronic clinical narrative data in order to improve the correctness and completeness of structured medication lists in electronic medical records; and 2) develop innovative methods and techniques to process time-oriented clinical and medication data and build time-dependant decision support rules. To apply, please send CV and/or cover letter to Dr. Li Zhou.
RESEARCH ASSISTANTSHIP IN BRAIN IMAGING Research opportunities are available in Young Ro Kim's group at the MGH/HST Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging. The group studies cerebrovascular and metabolic activity in rodent and human brain using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), near-infrared optical imaging and electrophysiology (LFP), and is working on topics such as functional connectivity in the brain, cerebrovascular/metabolic imaging of animal disease models such as stroke and brain tumor. Experience or interest in magnetic resonance imaging, optical imaging, electrophysiology, signal processing, programming (MATLAB, LINUX), or neuroscience would be helpful but are not required.: To apply, contact Young Ro Kim at spmn@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu.
Research assistantships for masters or PhD students available in the Laboratory of Computational Physiology (Prof. Roger Mark). Projects in physiologic signal processing, modeling, and development of predictive monitoring systems in critical care.Details are available at: http://lcp.mit.edu, http://lcp.mit.edu/research-opportunities.shtml, and http://mimic.mit.edu.
RA ON GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY TO AUTO-IMMUNE DISEASES HST student sought for research using techniques in genetics, genomics, and bioinformatics to understand the specific genes and mechanisms that confer auto-immune disease. Work will be conducted at the Broad Institute (Medical and Population Genetics Group) and at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Rheumatology Division). The research will be conducted in Dr. Mark Daly’s lab in conjunction with Dr. Soumya Raychaudhuri. Candidates should be interested in applying basic statistical and probability concepts, genetics, and be familiar with a basic scripting (python, perl, R) or programming language. To apply, please contact Soumya Raychaudhuri (soumya@broadinstitute.org). RA POSITIONS IN NEUROENGINEERING HST Principal Research Scientist Chi-Sang Poon has several Graduate RA positions in neuroengineering available immediately in the Poon Lab. Students in MEMP, SHBT, or MEBE are all welcome to apply. For information, contact Dr. Poon at cpoon@mit.edu.
PHD ASSISTANTSHIP IN CARDIOVASCULAR MRI The Cardiac MR Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center seeks applicants for research assistantships in cardiovascular MR imaging and image guided electrophysiology. For information, and to apply, send CV and contact information for three references to: Reza Nezafat, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine.
RESEARCHER NEEDED FOR VOICE-COMMANDABLE WHEELCHAIR PROJECT Professor Nick Roy of Aero/Astro and CSAIL, Dr. Bryan Reimer of the MIT AgeLab, and Professor Seth Teller of EECS and CSAIL are working to develop a voice-commandable robotic (self-driving) wheelchair. They have established a collaboration with The Boston Home, a specialized-care facility for people with MS and other neurological disorders, and are beginning to connect with the VA and with NIH as well to understand the needs of those with SCI (spinal-cord injury), TBI (traumatic brain injury), and the elderly, and to develop appropriate assistive technologies for them. The group is seeking an HST PhD student to join this effort. Information about the project can be found at http://rvsn.csail.mit.edu/wheelchair/. If interested, contact Prof. Nick Roy or Prof. Seth Teller.
RAs IN ANGIOGENESIS, LYMPHANGIOGENESIS AND OPTICAL IMAGING Research assistantships are available for full time MEMP PhD students interested in working at the interface of bioengineering/biophysics/imaging and cancer. Projects include: angiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis in tumors; engineering blood and lymphatic vessels; intra-vital microscopy; molecular and functional imaging; delivery of nano-medicine to tumors; stem cell biology and applications; probing tumor microenvironment using nano-technology; and mathematical modeling. Funding is available immediately. For further details, see http://steele.mgh.harvard.edu. To apply, send CV to Rakesh K. Jain, PhD at jain@steele.mgh.harvard.edu. |
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RESEARCH ASSOCIATE An opportunity exists to join this research group in neural engineering: using engineering techniques to understand and control neural function—working primarily on fundamental questions related to development and application of neural prostheses. Neural prostheses use electrical activation of the nervous system to restore function to individuals with neurological impairment. Active group projects include: The group conducts computer-based modeling of neurons and electric fields, in vivo stimulation and recording in pre-clinical models, and clinical feasibility studies in human subjects. We seek a highly-motivated individual who enjoys the freedom to pursue their own ideas in a supportive environment to join our team. The focus of this position is to combine computational modeling and clinical experiments to advance deep brain stimulation as a therapy for movement disorders. This is a full-time position with University benefits and provides exceptional opportunities for interdisciplinary research and career development. A PhD in biomedical engineering, electrical engineering, neuroscience, physics or math is required, as are excellent communication skills. Previous experience in computational and / or experimental electrophysiology is desirable, and previous experience in human subjects research is beneficial. For consideration submit a CV and the names and contact information of three professional references as a .pdf file attachment to: Duke University is an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer.
TENURE TRACK POSITION: STEM CELL/TISSUE ENGINEERING The UW Department of Bioengineering is recruiting a tenure-track faculty member in the area of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Relevant expertise includes, but is not limited to, adult and pluripotent stem cell biology, stem cell engineering, biomaterials for stem cell and tissue engineering, bioreactors, growing replacement tissues and whole organs, animal models of disease (including physiology and imaging), and drug delivery strategies to improve stem cell and tissue engineered construct performance. The Department of Bioengineering is a joint venture between the College of Engineering and the School of Medicine. The successful candidate will work within an established collaborative environment at the University. Further, the candidate will have the opportunity to partner with highly successful programs in tissue engineering and investigators in the Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine (http://depts.washington.edu/iscrm/). Applications are sought at Assistant, Associate and Full Professor levels, but those at the Assistant Professor level are particularly encouraged. Ph.D. or M.D. degrees are required, and prior post-doctoral or higher level experience is highly valued. The successful candidate will be expected to develop an internationally recognized research program and to participate in the teaching and service missions of the department. Scientists and engineers who apply should show evidence of excellence, originality and productivity in research and potential for excellent teaching. Candidates who are likely to attract strong interest from other departments will be particularly sought after because of the UW’s and Department of Bioengineering’s long tradition of collaboration across disciplinary boundaries. Candidates whose research may lead to improvements in clinical medicine are also of interest, and she or he will be able to take advantage of our active Coulter Translational Research Partnership. More information can be found at http://depts.washington.edu/bioe. Applications must be submitted electronically at http://www.engr.washington.edu/facsearch/?dept=BioE. Applicant review began in November and will continue until the position is filled. All positions are contingent on the availability of funding. The University of Washington is building a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications from women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and covered veterans. Faculty engage in teaching, research and service. The University of Washington is the recipient of a 2006 Alfred P. Sloan Award for Faculty Career Flexibility and a 2001 National Science Foundation ADVANCE Institutional Transformational Award to increase the advancement of women faculty in science, engineering and math. The University is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer.
FACULTY POSITION IN VOICE SCIENCES AND/OR DISORDERS The Roxelyn and Richard Pepper Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Northwestern University is searching for a tenure-track assistant professor to begin September 2010 who will lead a translational (human and/or animal) research program in voice sciences and/or disorders. Clinical certification would be advantageous but is not required. In addition to an earned doctorate from relevant fields (e.g., speech science, neurobiology, genetics, molecular and cell biology, biomedical engineering), applicants must have demonstrated potential to lead a high-impact, externally-funded research program. Northwestern University is a founder and leader of the discipline of Communication Sciences and Disorders with undergraduate, professional (Audiology, Speech-Language Pathology, and Learning Disabilities), and PhD training programs; innovative and interdisciplinary approaches to teaching and research dominate the direction of the University. Duties: Develop a fundable program of research, teach courses in speech production sciences and/or disorders and related topics, direct student research, and engage in service to the department, school, and university. Qualifications: An earned PhD, a record of peer-reviewed publications, potential for obtaining external grant funding, and potential for being an effective teacher. Clinical qualification is not required. Salary: Internationally competitive, depending on qualifications and experience. Application procedures: Candidates should send a CV, research and teaching statements, reprints of published articles, and four letters of reference to: Patrick Wong, PhD, CSD Faculty Search Committee Chair (2240 Campus Dr., Evanston, IL 60208). The University: Northwestern University is one of the nation’s largest private research universities. The main campus is located in Evanston and the medical campus is located 12 miles south in Chicago. Both campuses are located on the shore of Lake Michigan. There is continuing expansion of University facilities and programs, particularly in the sciences and medicine. Cultural, social, and recreational activities abound on and near each campus. For more information, please visit: http://www.communication.northwestern.edu/departments/csd/. Closing Date: Ongoing until position is filled. Review of applications will begin January 15, 2009. JEFFERSON SCIENCE FELLOWSHIP APPLICATION DEADLINE APPROACHING
Jefferson Science Fellows spend one year at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, DC and may periodically travel to U.S. foreign embassies and/or missions. Following their year in Washington, Fellows will continue to serve as a resource to the State Department for short-term projects. JSF awards are open to tenured academic scientists, technologists and engineers from U.S. institutions of higher learning. Nominees/applicants must be U.S. citizens and will be required to obtain a security clearance. Nomination/application forms and instructions can be found on the Jefferson Science Fellows website: www.national-academies.org/jsf The nomination/application deadline is January 15, 2010. VICE CHAIR OF MEIDICINE FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH, GEISINGER HEALTH SYSTEM, DANVILLE, PA Contact: Ronald J. Chod, MBA/Partner/Grant Cooper & Associates, Phone: 314-726-5291 ext. 121| Fax: 314-726-5509 | Email: spink@grantcooper.com.
We are seeking to fill a position at postdoctoral level to collaborate in the development of a "high throughput microfluidic based microinjector". This technology attempts to provide a new way to rapidly and effectively deliver material into cells at significantly lower costs and higher efficiencies than existing technologies. The work will at first involve designing and running adequate biological experiments for the validation of the technology. After it will move onto exploring the potential of the technology as a delivery method of reprogramming factors to into somatic cells for iPS generation. The candidate should have a degree in engineering or biology and be experienced in biology and cell cultures. Original and creative thinking is a requirement. Experience with stem cells is a plus. The work will be carried out in a team. For additional information contact Prof. Klavs Jensen (kfjensen@mit.edu) and Dr. Andrea Adamo (aadamo@mit.edu)
Postdoctoral positions are available in the Disease Biophysics Group in the Wyss Institute for Biologically-Inspired Engineering and the Harvard Stem Cell Institute at Harvard. Expertise in cell and molecular biology, tissue engineering, or electrophysiology are required. Projects in cardiac cell and tissue engineering, vascular cell and tissue engineering, and neural cell and tissue engineering are available. To apply, please forward CV, examples of first-author publications, and the names and contact information of three references electronically to Kit Parker, Thomas D. Cabot Associate Professor of Applied Science at SEAS.
The Pasteur Foundation administers this fellowship program to bring US postdoctoral researchers to the 130+ Institut Pasteur laboratories in Paris. This program is open to American citizens who are not already in France. The three-year fellowship package provides $70,000 annually consisting of a $55,000 fellowship plus $15,000 in bench fees to support the research. The first step for a candidate is to identify a host laboratory at the institute to sponsor the application. Dossiers must be received by February 12, 2010; notification of candidates will be in April 2010, and recipients must begin the fellowship by December 1, 2010. For more information, see the application guidelines at www.pasteurfoundation.org.
The Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine at Caritas St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center seeks a postdoctoral fellow for design, fabrication, and in vitro characterization of controlled release systems to be used in treating acute perioperative and chronic heart failure. The project will also involve in vivo pharmacologic testing in small and large animals using Millar catheters to characterize contractility and other hemodynamic indices. The ideal candidate will have experience in polymer chemistry, drug-releasing systems and in quantitative methods and engineering, and will be proficient in cardiovascular physiology, data acquisition systems and signal processing. An entrepreneurial spirit and experience with animal models is a plus; an MD or PhD is required. To apply, contact: Mark Lovich, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, at mark.lovich@caritaschristi.org. The work will be performed under the guidance of Dr. Lovich and Elazer Edelman, MD, PhD of HST and the Harvard-MIT Biomedical Engineering Center. Allegro Diagnostics is a Boston-area company seeking to become the global leader in diagnosing pulmonary diseases by providing earlier, more accurate information to clinicians and patients (HST BEP ’07 Dan Rippy is President and CEO). The company has a position for a bioinformatics specialist to lead the analysis of gene expression data from clinical trials towards the development of diagnostic products for lung cancer and other pulmonary diseases. Responsibilities include: applying bioinformatics techniques and developing software scripts to analyze gene expression data; conceiving and developing algorithms and analysis approaches; validating results and modifying algorithms or analysis protocols as needed; and supporting development of and analysis for required clinical control parameters. A PhD in Bioinformatics, Statistics, or Statistical Genetics, or an MS plus two years of experience in a bioinformatics-related field, is required; two years of molecular biology experience is preferred. Relevant experience desired includes statistical data analysis (including genome-wide expression data and microarray data analysis); computer programming and databases; use of bioinformatics and genome scale data to solve clinically and/or scientifically important questions; familiarity with online bioinformatics tools, databases, and pathway analysis, and with the Micro Array Quality Consortium (MAQC) studies and clinical data analysis. To apply, contact Kate Porta at kporta@allegrodx.com. RESEARCH FELLOW IN CARDIOVASCULAR MRI The Cardiac MR Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is seeking applicants for open positions at the level of post-doctoral fellows, research scientists or engineers. The main focus is in the area of cardiovascular MR imaging and image guided electrophysiology. Prior experience in MRI, X-ray/CT imaging or medical image processing is desired. Applicants should hold a PhD degree in biomedical, electrical or computer engineering with strong background in signal processing and mathematics. Prior experience in MR pulse sequence development is desired. Applicants with strong computer graphics/vision with significant programming experience are strongly encouraged to apply. The candidate is expected to participate in both independent and collaborative projects with the clinical collaborators. To apply, send CV and contact information for three references to: Reza Nezafat, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine.
A postdoctoral fellowship is available immediately to study the dynamics of protein turnover in the inner ear in health and after noise trauma. The project is a collaboration among HMS researchers in the Eaton-Peabody Laboratory of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, and the Department of Neurobiology and the National Resource for Imaging Mass Spectrometry at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. The fellow will learn auditory biology with a focus on inner ear imaging and physiology. Candidates should have a recent doctoral-level degree. To apply, send CV, statement of research interest, reprints, and contact information for three references to Sharon G. Kujawa, Ph.D., Eaton-Peabody Laboratory, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. The Division of Genetics, in the Department of Medicine at HMS and Brigham & Women's Hospital has a position for a research technician in stem cell research for organogenesis. As part of the Systems-based Consortium for Organ Design and Engineering (SysCODE), our major focus is on using principles of developmental and stem cell biology, genomics and computational science to build organ parts (tooth germ, pancreatic islet, heart valve, lens) from stem cells. The project involves developing protocols to direct the differentiation of ES and iPS cells to specific organ fates in vitro, and entails extensive cell culture work. Undergraduate experience in molecular biology, cell culture, developmental biology is required, and familiarity with computational analysis of gene expression data, or tissue engineering is preferred. To apply, send resume to: Richard Maas, M.D, Ph.D. BWH Division of Genetics New Research Bldg., Rm. 458h Harvard Medical School 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115 info@syscode.org PAIN AND NEUROSCIENCE POSTDOC AT DARTMOUTH A postdoctoral position in the area of pain and neuroscience is available in the Anesthesiology Research Laboratory at Dartmouth College, Department of Anesthesiology, Dartmouth Medical School (Lebanon, NH). The NIH-funded project is focused on the molecular mechanisms of spinal cannabinoid receptor type-2 activation for induction of analgesia in models of neuropathic and postoperative pain. The Anesthesiology Research Laboratory is interested in the responses and modulation of glial cell function in pain states. Candidates should have a PhD or MD in the biosciences or a health professional degree. To apply, send CV, names and contact details of three references, and a brief letter describing your research experience to Dr. Alfonso Romero-Sandoval. A life sciences startup exploring novel drug targets in Neglected and Tropical Infectious Diseases (NTID) is searching for a candidate to become a member of its founding team. There are several infectious / tropical diseases that independently do not command adequate market share to justify R&D, but collectively represent a sizeable sector that has remained unfulfilled. We plan to fill this developmental void by leveraging a variety of unconventional funding sources to commercialize our proprietary technology. The ideal candidate will have a PhD and experience in Biophysics, Structural Biology, Biochemistry or Molecular Biology; industry experience is preferred. Compensation will be in the form of stock and through grant-mechanisms in the near-term. This a part-time opportunity with an expectation that the candidate will work a flexible 10-15 hours per week. To apply, send CV and letter of interest to ali.munawa@gmail.com.
The Systems-based Consortium for Organ Design & Engineering (SysCODE) has an interdisciplinary postdoctoral fellowship available immediately. SysCODE integrates developmental biology, computational and genome sciences, and tissue engineering to create molecular blueprints for building organ parts from stem cells. As a SysCODE postdoctoral fellow, your interests will span more than one discipline by conducting research in the laboratories of two SysCODE mentors, pursuing questions at the interfaces among disciplines and contributing to the design and engineering of cardiac valves (for valvular heart disease), pancreatic islets (for Type 1 diabetes), or tooth germ (for tooth loss). Fellows will have a Harvard, MIT, Boston University, or Vanderbilt appointment. To apply, please send your CV and three reference letters to TrainingProgram@SysCODE.org. For more information, see www.SysCODE.org.
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals has a position for a scientist to perform cell-based assays and screens to identify candidate RNAi compounds as part of a high throughput RNAi lead development group. Key responsibilities include: in vitro screens of siRNAs in cultured cells; quantification of the effects of siRNAs on gene expression (RNA and protein levels); cell-based assays to evaluate cellular phenotypic changes; and cloning and ectopic expression of genes in mammalian cells. PhD or BS and MS in molecular biology, with two to three years' experience (preferably in an industrial setting) required, as is expertise in molecular and cell biology techniques; experience with flow cytometry is desired and experience with liquid handling robotics and automation processes in a screening environment is a plus. To apply, send CV to mandolino@alnylam.com. POSTDOC AT MEEI DEVELOPING INNER EAR DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE Postdoc fellowship available immediately in the Eaton-Peabody Laboratory at Mass Eye and Ear Infirmary to develop an inner ear drug delivery device in animals for ultimate use in patients. The fellow will learn auditory biology with a focus on physiology and pharmacology, and will gain experience in the integration of engineering and biology. The position, in the laboratories of Sharon Kujawa and William Sewell, is focused on interdisciplinary work to develop and test mechanisms for the safe and sustained delivery of bioactive compounds directly to the inner ear. Candidates should have a recent doctoral level degree. To apply, send CV, statement of research interest, reprints, and contact information for three references to: Sharon G. Kujawa, PhD Eaton-Peabody Laboratory Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary 243 Charles St., Boston, MA 02114 sharon_kujawa@meei.harvard.edu
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