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PSF(费城科学论坛) career workshop/be a physician and a professor - 5:30 -7pm, Dec 15th , CRB Room 302

Please join a career development workshop organized by Philadelphia Science Forum (PSF).

Dr. Huayan Zhang, a physician and assistant professor of pediatrics at UPenn & CHOP will share her experience and viewpoints with us on how to make professional decisions and advance a meaningful career in the United States. In this talk she will review her career path of becoming an academic neonatologist, describe the "culture shock" she has experienced on this path and discuss what are the most important to have a successful career in the United States. Students/postdocs/professionals, particularly those who determine to be a physician scientist are welcome.

Time: 5:30 -7:00 pm, December 15 (Tuesday)
Location: CRB Room 302, 415 Curie Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA  19104
Pizza and beverage would be served.

Pre-registration is required for head count to secure food. Please send your confirmation to shangweih@gmail.com (Shangwei) with name and school (optional).

Mini-symposium: Interdisciplinary Approaches in Biomedical Research

If you are graduate students or research fellows who are doing biomedical research or interested in this booming field, you are cordially invited to join our Mini-symposium: Interdisciplinary Approaches in Biomedical Research, on Dec 19th (Saturday), 2009.

Philadelphia Science Forum (PSF) and Peking University Philadelphia Alumni (PUPA) are hosting this mini-symposium to facilitate interdisciplinary communication and potential collaboration. The program will be four to five talks in the morning, followed by a FREE social lunch and a panel discussion.

We are now calling for MORE speakers to share their successful experiences in biomedical research using interdisciplinary approaches as nowadays biomedical research involves experts coming from various disciplines such as biology, medicine, chemistry, mathematics, computational sciences, physics, psychology, engineering, etc.. You are more than welcome to present your research approaches in a short casual talk (~20 min). This is a good opportunity to discuss and learn.

Please contact yuting_zhao@hotmail.com if you want to join the event and/or to give a talk.

Postponed due to the weather issue. New schedule will be announced later.

PSF(费城科学论坛) happy hour/networking with industry professionals - 10:30am to 1pm, Dec 5th , CRB Room 302

You are cordially invited to join Philadelphia Science Forum (PSF) happy hour -networking with professionals from pharmaceutical industry. This will be a great chance to network with Penn alumni working in pharmaceutical industry. The speakers will talk about their life style and experience in pharmaceutical industry and share viewpoints on choosing industry. This event is aimed to help students, postdocs and professionals in academia to make career decision and get prepared for working in industry. Our panelists are:

1) Cheng, Yan, Principle Scientist, Johnson & Johnson (University of Pennsylvania faculty of pharmacology prior to joining J&J)

2) Li, Wenkai: Senior scientist, Merck  (University of Pennsylvania '07, Ph.D in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics)

3) Zhu, Peijuan :  Senior scientist, Schering Plough (University of Pennsylvania '07, PhD in Pharmacology)

Time: 10:30am to 1pm, Dec 5 (Saturday).
Location: CRB Room 302, 415 Curie Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA  19104

Lunch provided.

It is free but pre-registration is highly recommended for head count and food preparation. Please send your confirmation to jwwj@yahoo.com (Wenjie) with name and number of participants. If you need help to access the room, please call 215-275-7457.