Postdocs: Jan. & Feb. Career-related sessions (& TODAY: Dr. Doumont)

[Dana Bresee Keeth]

Dear Postdocs, below are reminders and new listings. See below and attached.  SEE ALSO these websites:
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Upcoming CAPD<http://capd.mit.edu/mit-events> employer site visits and seminar listings; updated regularly
January Independent Activities Period<https://web.mit.edu/iap/> session listings (through Feb. 1)
Intellectual Property Speaker Series; Technology Licensing Center (http://student.mit.edu/iap/ns379.html); details also at https://mit_tlo.eventbrite.com/
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To sign-up for any CAPD workshops listed below,  log into careerbridge.mit.edu. In your dashboard on the left select "Events" then "Workshops" and sign-up for any workshops of interest to you.
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TODAY: Thursday 1/24:  3-5pm | MIT, E25-111 | Working Efficiently During Your PhD [also relevant later]

Back by popular demand, MIT is thrilled to welcome Dr. Jean-luc Doumont for his annual IAP lectures.

Unless you know how to squeeze more than 24 hours in a day, you are probably receptive to advice on how to achieve more in the time you have. Rather than add to the long lists of tips available in books or websites, this lecture proposes a simple but solid framework to help you decide what is worth doing (and what is not). It then discusses how to manage your time and your physical or virtual space to actually get things done. Dr. Doumont holds an engineering degree from the Louvain School of Engineering and a PhD in applied physics from Stanford. He specializes in professional speaking, writing, and graphing, and incorporates a unique engineering perspective. He is an international speaker and the author of "Trees, Maps, and Theorems: effective communication for rational minds."
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Tuesday 1/29: 3:30 - 5:30pm in 10-250 (MIT). Coaching Well Trained Fleas - How to become aware of the limiting beliefs that keep away possibilities. Inspirational TEDx Speaker, Comedian & Professor Shayla Rivera. Funny Rocket Scientist, Inc. See also the attached flyer.
Register: https://goo.gl/forms/XWbk5Ijyp3CUlzwF3
"The most important subject to study for anyone seeking true success is the one subject usually given the least amount of study, that subject is the self.  I realized that I was going on through my existence feeling many times like I was dragging a great bag filled with some discomfort that I wasn't quite sure what it was.  This affected my daily life in negative ways, the most common of which was keeping me from my best.  I have made it my business to get to understand me and through that I have gotten to understand most others. Through paying attention, I can report that I found a way to get 'clear' about why I do what I do and this has opened the door to me changing the things I need to and want to change.  Humor has been my saving grace and combining humor with respectful contemplation I can share ways to become clear and then free from what holds us back.  However, I only point the path to the water and sometimes lead the horse there, ultimately the horse must decide to drink.
Self-exploration and contemplation have never been given importance in our modality of education, however, they are paramount to success. This workshop will offer tools and guidance to help find our way through the cobwebs of our own limiting beliefs."  Light refreshments will be served after the workshop.

Co-sponsored by De Florez Fund for Humor, Institute Community and Equity Office, Student Activities Office, International Students Office, & Latino Employee Resource Group.
Questions or need accommodations? Contact: Dana Riechman, E18-219S, 617 253-3795, RIECHMAN at MIT.EDU<mailto:RIECHMAN at MIT.EDU> or Vivian N. Ruiz 3-2851 ruizvn at mit.edu<mailto:ruizvn at mit.edu>.
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Wed. 1/30: Class Awareness Workshop, 12-4pm. MIT. Details & registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/class-awareness-workshop-tickets-53152103372<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/class-awareness-workshop-tickets-53152103372?aff=utm_source%3Deb_email%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3Dnew_event_email&utm_term=eventurl_text>
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Thursday 1/31 | 6-7pm | Location- MIT, 56-114 | Law Panel featuring Wolf Greenfield
Have you considered going to law school? Are you interested in learning more about career paths in Intellectual Property? Curious about how a PhD can be applied in the legal field? This panel featuring guest speakers from Wolf Greenfield will help you explore career paths in IP Law. The featured company, Wolf Greenfield, specializes in helping clients protect their intellectual property and offer services ranging from patent prosecution and litigation, licensing, intellectual property audits, and trademark and copyright prosecution and litigation. Guest speakers include a current shareholder who received his PhD from MIT and a technology specialist who received her PhD from MIT and is currently attending law school. To RSVP or the event, sign up through CareerBridge<https://candidate.gradleaders.com/MITGECD/Candidates/Login.aspx?pid=3624&workshopID=83527>. If you have trouble signing up, e-mail Tavi Sookhoo at tsookhoo at mit.edu<mailto:tsookhoo at mit.edu>. Confirmed Speakers: Charlotte R. Stewart-Sloan PhD, Technology Specialist, Wolf Greenfield, Chemical & Materials Technologies, MS & PhD Materials Science Engineering, MIT; and
Daniel T. Wehner PhD, Shareholder, Wolf Greenfield, Electrical & Computer Technologies  - MS Electrical Engineering & PhD in Health Sciences & Technology, MIT.
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Thurs. 1/31 (this additional date was just added): Women Accelerators event - Webinar, Improving Your Management Skills, 12-1pm. (Free) Details & Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/improving-your-management-skills-webinar-with-etta-jacobs-13119-tickets-54805289095
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Thurs. 2/7: Nokia Bell Labs Tech Talk at CSAIL: Structure, Meaning, Action and Interaction - a future vision for augmenting human, machine, and network intelligence.
12-1pm in Stata Conference Room D463. Lunch and light beverages provided.
Register here- https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nokia-bell-labs-tech-talk-structure-meaning-action-and-interaction-a-future-vision-for-augmenting-tickets-54994969434
We sit at the cusp of a new revolution. A revolution born at the nexus of advances in devices used to sense ourselves and our environment, in algorithms that enable optimization, prediction, and learning and in networks that enable near instantaneous action and communication over terrestrial distances. This revolution promises to save time and create new knowledge through the automation of the mundane and augmentation of human, machine and network intelligence. Within this talk, the speaker will focus on several Bell Labs disruptive innovations that make possible this future and the technical challenges we use to define our research vision. Presenter: Chris White, Head Algorithms, Analytics and Augmented Intelligence Lab, Nokia Bell Labs. See bio and details in attached flyer and at registration link. Questions? Email Callie Mathews, cmathews at csail.mit.edu<mailto:cmathews at csail.mit.edu>.
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Thurs. 2/7: Women Accelerators event - Using Self-Promotion Strategies to Raise Your Visibility, Increase Your Influence and Advance Your Career. 6:30-8:30pm at Broad Institute (Monadnock Room). Details and Register here: https://usingself-promotionstrategiestoraiseyourvisibility.eventbrite.com<https://usingself-promotionstrategiestoraiseyourvisibility.eventbrite.com/>
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Tues. 2/12: Community Conversations: Healthcare. 6:00-8:00pm in R&D Commons, MIT Stata Center (4th floor). Sponsored by MIT's PKG Center. Meet local healthcare agencies and innovators who are addressing health challenges in our local communities.
Enjoy good food in good company as you mingle with other interested MIT students [& postdocs] plus staff and faculty from MIT health programs. Discover internships, volunteer opportunities, and jobs.
Community organizations will present 90-second pitches to share their goals and collaborative opportunities so you can apply your skills and expertise where they're most valuable.
 Space is limited, so advance RSVPs are required. Sign-up through EventBrite<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pkg-community-conversations-healthcare-tickets-53406729967>.
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Sat. 2/16: 2019 MIT European Career Fair: http://calendar.mit.edu/event/european_career_fair_2019#.XEjaX1U3mJA
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Mon. 2/25: Crossing Boundaries: Life of a Multidisciplinary Academic. 4:15-6:00pm in Picower Seminar Room (MIT), 46-3310.
Register here: https://bit.ly/2AO3y1x
This is part of Early Career Dialogues, a panel discussion series sponsored by School of Science's Science Quality of Life Program. Description:
"How can I define my scientific identity?"
"How can I stand out when my research is not in one field?"
While there may be no unique, optimal, broadly applicable solution, we can talk to other early- or mid-career scientists to learn how they navigated such questions.
This panel discussion session will be a medium to share such knowledge. Expert panelists from basic science, engineering and medicine will engage in an informal discussion on navigating academia as a multidisciplinary scientist.
Guest Speakers:
Dr. Andre Bastos, MIT Postdoctoral Fellow;
Professor Bryan Bryson, MIT Assistant Professor of Biological Engineering;
Professor Canan Dagdeviren, MIT Assistant Professor of Media Arts and Sciences;
Professor Ankur Jain, MIT Assistant Professor of Biology;
Professor Deblina Sarkar, MIT Assistant Professor (2019)
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Tues. 2/26: Biogen Info Session - Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in Medical Affairs. Transitioning from Academia to Industry: The Role of Medical Affairs in a Modern Pharmaceutical Company<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__employers.ocs.fas.harvard.edu_event_transitioning-2Dacademia-2Dindustry-2Drole-2Dmedical-2Daffairs-2Dmodern-2Dpharmaceutical-3Fadmin-5Fpanel-3D1-26delta-3D0-26login-3D1&d=DwMFAg&c=n7UHtw8cUfEZZQ61ciL2BA&r=lM_6O746umRBtXlVmvdPrmdNNBO3c2wQJVc3K1mEf6A&m=A9zLrCjtEcJ63Zn666FJxnhtS3LWfDlApolcjuEgRrY&s=6FnbN-5ZJZNkJ6LRGEtzG11akgN1rbx_ewwYYjirgGI&e=>.
5:30-6:30pm at Harvard University, Office of Career Services, 54 Dunster St, Cambridge. Joint event for Harvard & MIT.
Interested in a scientific or medical career away from the bench? Come learn about the different opportunities within medical affairs from three scientists who have already made the jump. They will introduce and field questions about the 2-year Biogen Postdoctoral Fellowship Program for all upcoming or recent PhD graduates interested in a hands-on opportunity to experience the different functional areas within medical affairs. Dinner will be provided. Please RSVP for the event by contacting lauren.robertson at biogen.com<mailto:lauren.robertson at biogen.com>
Guest speakers:

  *   Ramon Iovin, PhD, Neuroscience, Boston University, Associate Director, Global Scientific Communications, Biogen.
  *   Lauren Robertson, PhD '18, Biological Sciences in Public Health, Harvard University, Worldwide Medical Post-doctoral Industry Fellow, Biogen,
  *   Linda Nguyen, PhD, Cellular and Molecular Biology, Boston University, Worldwide Medical Post-doctoral Industry Fellow, Biogen
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