MIT PDA Bimonthly Newsletter - May 2, 2022

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MITPDA Newsletter
May 2, 2022 | pda.mit.edu<https://pda.mit.edu/>

General PDA meeting
This general meeting will be recurring on the ‘FIRST' Tuesday of every month unless otherwise rescheduled. Participation of all postdocs across MIT is highly appreciated.
Next PDA meet: 05.03.2022, 12-1 pm. Find the zoom<https://mit.zoom.us/j/96956637192> link. This meeting is open to ALL postdocs. Please attend to learn more about the activities of the PDA.
Opportunities to join PDA
MIT PDA is asking for nominations from the postdocs for the positions of IT chair. Please take a step forward to grab the opportunity to get involved in the PDA. Drop an email to contactpda at mit.edu<mailto:contactpda at mit.edu> to know more about the position.

MIT Postdocs Slack Space
We are happy to announce that as part of the effort to create more efficient communication throughout our Postdocs community, we have created a Slack space on the MIT corporate Slack named MIT Postdocs<https://mit-postdocs.slack.com/>. We invite everyone to join us at this. This Slack space is meant to be a more efficient forum for all MIT Postdocs to interact and organize/attend events as well as communicate more efficiently. You may go through the channel #welcome_and_organization for a detailed description.
Feel free to reach out to Jonathan (cottet at mit.edu<mailto:cottet at mit.edu>)  for any feedback/suggestions and also if you want to be involved in the MIT PDA Community Building committee.

PDA & Other Events:
    Call for Postdoc Initiative Grant (PInG) proposals
    A message from Ombuds
    PDA DEI committee meeting
    MIT funding and entrepreneurship resources event for postdoc
    -Social Events
    MIT PDA Friday Karaoke Night
    qtPhDs @ MIT for LGBTQIA+ Postdoc
    MIT Postdoc Running Club-Weekend runs
   -Career and Professional Development
     U.S. Immigration and Employment Options for Postdocs
    Career Advising for Postdocs

Funding Opportunities and Jobs
    Job openings at March Therapeutics (MarchTx)
    Beam Therapeutics is hiring bioengineers
    Position at Verve Therapeutics
    Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship
    An extensive list of fellowship is available here<https://pda.mit.edu/resources/funding-resources/>
Miscellaneous
Please scroll down for details

PDA & Other Events

Call for Postdoc Initiative Grant (PInG) proposals
Do you have an idea for an activity or event that you think would benefit postdocs in 2022? The MIT-PDA is pleased to announce a call for a second (spring) round of Postdoc Initiative Grant (PInG) proposals. The grant aims to financially support a range of activities, events, and projects. PInG activities should be open to all postdocs across MIT (e.g. an application cannot be made for a Biology lunch series). Example activities include but are not limited to Social gatherings, Recreational activities, Arts and cultural programs, Mental health, and stress support groups, professional development seminars and workshops, Groups to support postdoc women, parents, or minorities.https://pda.mit.edu/events/ping/. <https://pda.mit.edu/events/ping/> 
Download application form here: PInG Application form<https://pda.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/2020-PInG-Application-2.docx>. Send filled form to pda-ping at mit.edu<mailto:pda-ping at mit.edu>.
We look forward to hearing your plans!

A message from Ombuds
MIT Ombuds Office – Any Time, Any Reason!
During these uncertain times, everyone’s resilience is being tested in countless ways. From navigating the challenges of continuing to learn and work remotely with colleagues and peers under stress, to negotiating new ways of collaborating and communicating. The Ombuds Office is available to offer support and assistance to the MIT community in navigating these challenges and exploring constructive options for success. We are available for confidential phone or Zoom meetings and can also facilitate online sessions and group discussions to help teams’ function and support good communication skills during this challenging period.  Contact information: kalina_s at mit.edu<mailto:kalina_s at mit.edu> or call 617-253-5921. More details here<http://ombudsoffice.mit.edu/>.

PDA DEI committee meeting
The next PDA DEI committee meeting will be first Tuesday of every month from 1-1:30 pm (right after our monthly PDA meeting).  We'll talk about the DEI efforts happening across campus and what we can do to support them. Please find the Zoom [http:// https://mit.zoom.us/j/4705361683]<https://mit.zoom.us/j/4705361683> link for the meeting.
Feel free to ask Katya (arquilla at mit.edu<http://arquilla@mit.edu>) for details.

MIT funding and entrepreneurship resources event for postdoc
The Fundraising Chair of the PDA Association, Davide Ciccarese<https://davideciccarese.com/>, in collaboration with the MIT Innovation Office and Venture Mentoring Office, offers an event that will provide a comprehensive view of the many opportunities within the MIT ecosystem to boost your research or create a startup.
Join us at the MIT InnovationHQ; E38 at 292 Main Street Cambridge, Floor 3: Student Innovators Lounge on May 25, 4pm – 6pm

SPEAKERS:

  *   Innovation officer: Thomas Luly, Senior Program Manager;
  *   Venture mentoring office : Louis Goldish, Senior Venture Advisor;
  *   TLO, Technology Licensing Office: Angela Park, Technology Licensing Associate;
  *   Solve, social impact and social entrepreneurship: Sharon Bort, Manager of Community Programming;
  *   Engine: Chloe Holzinger; Investment Associate;
  *   CAPD, Career Advising and Professional Development: Simona Rosu, Sr. Assistant Director for Postdoctoral Career and Professional Development

FREE BUFFET: PIZZA, LASAGNA AND DRINKS OFFERED BY THE MIT POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATION (PDA)
RSVP, DEADLINE 20th of May, 2022: LINK<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfjDp3CmkXVwD5YHuayajEon7_lPUiTgwnvycunMqv6sUNIdA/viewform>

MIT PDA Friday Karaoke Night
When: Friday night 5:30 pm-8:00 pm, Starting May 6, 2022, every three weeks
Where: Station Bistro & KTV at Boston Downtown
Sign up<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScp6bLF6sEUCtE580MrTTrbdqbphMdBRnaTjaZHBlJpQ4YHtg/viewform> now for a leisure Friday Karaoke Night. Shouting out loud your favorite songs or singing with your deep gentle voices with a group of postdocs from various departments, learning new songs from postdocs with various backgrounds, cultures, let’s build happy memories at MIT with melodies! Don’t hesitate to reach out to Lingyan<mailto:dengly at mit.edu> for details.
Sign up for free for a limited first come first serve basis for this Friday!

qtPhDs @ MIT for LGBTQIA+ Postdocs
Are you an LGBTQIA+ postdoc? Come join us at qtPhDs!
qtPhDs is a place for LGBTQIA+ postdocs at MIT to connect and find support, solidarity, and friends, as well as a group that can interface with other advocacy and equity efforts taking place on campus. We are a welcoming and inclusive space-- however you identify, if you feel that qtPhDs is the right space for you, please reach out!
We hold monthly coffee events (every 1st Monday at 2pm) and after-work meetups (every 3rd Thursday at 6pm).
If you would like to learn more, check out our website, or email<mailto:qtphds-admin at mit.edu> us to join our mailing list and Slack channel to keep up to date with all upcoming events!

MIT Postdoc Running Club-Weekend runs
Come join us for a run along the Charles!
The plan is to meet during the weekend, typically in the morning, at 77 Mass Ave for a warm-up and then we will go for a run around Charles river. All abilities are welcome. We will form groups ranging from beginners to experienced runners.
Please join our Slack channel #running<https://app.slack.com/client/T02CAHKGZ17/C02BH7V8H9D> on the “MIT Postdocs” Slack Space and our Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/261187805334152/ (day and time may change due to weather conditions)

CAREER AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT – advance your career
U.S. Immigration and Employment Options for Postdocs

A free of charge event delivered via Zoom, Arkell Immigration Team at the Dunn Law Firm will present for the MIT PDA. They would address the latest developments in U.S. immigration policy and respond to any questions international postdocs might have. They could also conduct individual consultations with those interested in applying for permanent residence.
The presentation would feature Jim Arkell from Dunn Law Firm, which was established in 1915 and is one of the oldest law firms in Illinois. Their current team has a combined 100 years of dedicated immigration experience. Here is a link to their website where you can learn more about them: www.nationalinterestwaivers.com<http://www.nationalinterestwaivers.com>.
Apart from MIT, they have presented at Harvard, University of Michigan, USC, University of California-San Diego, Penn State University, Ohio State University, University of Illinois, University of Florida, and University of Notre Dame, to name a few.
The presentation covers applications for green cards (permanent residence), National Interest Waiver and Extraordinary Ability petitions, H-1B visas after graduation, and recent changes in U.S. immigration.

Date: May 27, 2022 at 05:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
RSVP with your first name, last name and email at contactpda at mit.edu<mailto:contactpda at mit.edu>  to receive the zoom link.

Career Advising for Postdocs
Postdocs are eligible for virtual one-on-one career counseling appointments to talk about a wide range of topics including career exploration, conducting a job search (academic or non-academic), review of application materials, practice interviews, advice on job offers negotiations, and any other questions or concerns. Appointments are now available both in person (M-W) and virtually (M-F). Schedule an appointment<https://app.joinhandshake.com/login> directly via Handshake, and choose your preferred appointment medium. The CAPD office is located at Bldg. E17-294<http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=E17>
In addition, look out for the CAPD Postdoc Career Newsletter email (opt-out, ~2/per month) for upcoming career and professional development opportunities.
Visit the CAPD<https://capd.mit.edu/> website for a variety of resources, including the postdocs<https://capd.mit.edu/channels/postdocs/> landing page, career interests<https://capd.mit.edu/channels/career-interests/> pages, and affinity group<https://capd.mit.edu/channels/affinity-groups/> pages. You can also sign up<https://capd.mit.edu/account/signup/start/> to receive automated emails with career content and updates based on your interests and preferences..
Email Simona Rosu<mailto:srosu at mit.edu> with any questions.

Funding Opportunities and Jobs

Job openings at March Therapeutics (MarchTx)
Multiple open positions at March Therapeutics!
If you want to push boundaries of genome writing towards immediate impact in the world join MarchTx! Spun out of MIT and Harvard, March Therapeutics (MarchTx) is a stealth, venture-backed startup developing a novel class of DNA writers for a few dozen monogenic mitochondrial diseases that are all incurable today. Leveraging its proprietary suite of gene therapy tools, MarchTx is currently pursuing multiple preclinical programs in active collaborations with leading hospitals and universities worldwide. Positions open for, Principal Scientist - Genome Engineer<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ca9neLlqJvHWZDLq-zWXViT_CvAXeD77hOalJfwmSIY/edit>; Scientist - Mitochondrial Biologist<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CyT56Zrex-WfaIzDIho8yIHMNng5HkmEjBIjk59yG6s/edit>; Research Associate<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iEBozgZQff2n8PNbIyXQPcmXAYE-iNv_6QU0-yN6Fr8/edit>.

Beam Therapeutics is hiring bioengineers
Beam Therapeutics Inc., co-founded by Prof Feng Zhang, is a biotechnology company in Cambridge developing precision genetic medicines for patients suffering from serious diseases.
Beam Therapeutics is now hiring for full-time positions, co-ops, and internships.
https://beamtx.com/careers/

Position at Verve Therapeutics
Verve is seeking a highly skilled and motivated scientist to join our growing bioanalytical team. Two main responsibilities of the individual are: 1) to develop, design and execute bioanalytical experiments internally (protein and oligo nucleotide quantitation) and 2) to drive external bioanalytical activities to support preclinical and clinical studies. Explore out the job description here<https://vervetx.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=128>

Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship
The University of Angers is looking for  post-doctoral candidates in order to apply to the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships in Horizon Europe. Beneficiaries of this call of proposal will be trained (online training) and be funded for a two-day stay in Angers for meeting, training and support. The Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships (MSCA) are among the flagship, most prestigious research fellowships in Europe, and are open to all the researchers who have completed a PhD or will complete it before September, 14th 2022 and who have a maximum of 8 years full-time equivalent experience in research.

An extensive list of fellowships is available here<https://pda.mit.edu/resources/funding-resources/>
We would like to feature YOUR honors, awards, and accomplishments.
Send an email to contactpda at mit.edu<mailto:contactpda at mit.edu>

Miscellaneous

MLK Leadership Award
Details here<https://diversity.mit.edu/mlk-programs/mlk-leadership-award>

Kaufman Teaching Certificate Program
Details here<https://tll.mit.edu/programming/grad-student-programming/kaufman-teaching-certificate-program/>
Broadening Engagement through Engineering at MIT (BEEAM)
Details here<https://pda.mit.edu/broadening-engagement-through-engineering-at-mit-beeam/>

Simons Collaboration on Global Brain Boston Area Postdoc Meeting
Details here<https://www.simonsfoundation.org/collaborations/global-brain/events/>

MIT Creative Arts Council
Postdocs are invited to attend concerts and lectures on campus, Details here<http://calendar.mit.edu/calendar?event_types%5B%5D=102755>

MIT Spouses & Partners Connect
Details here<https://spouses.mit.edu/>

Career Advising and Professional Development
Schedule an appointment here<http://%20https:/app.joinhandshake.com/appointments/new>
CAPD events<https://capd.mit.edu/events>

MIT Writing and Communications Centre
Details here<https://cmsw.mit.edu/writing-and-communication-center/>

Peer-to-peer scientific communication resource: Comm Lab
Details here<http://mitcommlab.mit.edu/find-comm-labs/>

MIT Work Life Centre
Details here<https://hr.mit.edu/worklife/center>

MIT Employee Resource Group
Details here<https://hr.mit.edu/diversity-inclusion/ergs>

MIT Alumni Association’s Infinite Connection
Details here<https://pda.mit.edu/resources/career-after-mit/alumni/>
MIT Alumni Job Board<https://alum.mit.edu/careers/jobs>

MITAC
The MIT Activities Committee offers virtual and discounted tickets<https://mitac.mit.edu/w/sitepages/Home.aspx> to the MIT community for local arts and culture, sporting events, and family activities.

Free Membership to the National Postdoctoral Association
Details here<https://www.nationalpostdoc.org/general/register_member_type.asp?regkey=B87D7B9B-5C95-48F6-9ECA-A5014531B05D>

Access MIT Commuter Program
Details here<http://web.mit.edu/facilities/transportation/accessmit/index.html>

Discounts for the MIT Community
Details here<https://vpf.mit.edu/discounts-for-mit-community>

MIT Postdoctoral Association
Contact us<https://pda.mit.edu/about/contact/> | Get involved!<https://pda.mit.edu/about/get-involved/>

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