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Find out what's going on at the ORT and around UHN!
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Congratulations to ORT Conference Award recipient, Mathew Voisin!
Mathew Voisin is a PhD student in Dr. Gelareh Zadeh's lab at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre investigating the differences between primary and recurrent gliomas using a multi-omics approach. He presented his research at the 2021 Society for Neuro-Oncology Annual Meeting.
Congratulations Mathew!
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Congratulations to ORT Conference Award recipient, Emily Ha!
Emily Ha is a PhD student in Drs. Andy Kin On Wong and Jennifer Brooks' labs at the Toronto General Hospital Research Institute and University of Toronto, respectively. Emily’s research interests are in osteoarthritis, women’s health, and healthcare utilization, and her work identifies pathways that lead to musculoskeletal health outcomes in women.
Congratulations Emily!
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Increasing Sustainability in Research Webinar
April 29 | 2:00 - 3:00 PM
April marks Earth Month, and what better way to give back to the environment than by taking care of our shared home.
Join us for a seminar on Increasing Sustainability in Research! In this webinar, two experts will share research and tips on how we can change our research practices to reduce waste and increase sustainability. Learn about:
- Greening Research by Warren Marasigan, Sustainability Coordinator, UHN
- Eco-friendly Radiation: Short-term Environment and Clinical Effects of Radiation Medicine Program's Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic (STEER COVID-19) by Ronald Cheung
This will be an interactive seminar where participants will be invited to share tips and resources on how they increase sustainability!
More information and registration here.
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Postdoc Survey from UHN Postdoc Association (UHNPA)
The UHNPA is a volunteer group of current UHN postdocs dedicated to supporting all UHN postdocs. They'd appreciate if UHN postdocs could complete this anonymous survey to provide them information so that they tailor their future programming to your needs!
This anonymous survey will take you less than 10 minutes to complete and will provide invaluable information about what the UHNPA can do to improve your research and social experience at UHN.
Complete the survey here.
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Careers in Industry & Marketing
April 12 | 5:30 - 6:30 PM
The Medical Biophysics Career Development Association is honoured to host Daria Taiakina, Senior Technical Sales at Thermo Fisher to give a career webinar on the sales and marketing scientific industry.
More information and registration here.
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The Right Review for You
April 13 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Thinking about doing a Systematic review? Scoping review? Rapid review? This session offered by UHN Library & Information Services will teach you what it means to do a systematic review or other types of knowledge synthesis, and help you understand what review “type” best fits your research question, timeline and goals.
More information and registration here.
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Microfluidic Manufacturing of Polymeric Nanomedicines
April 13 | 1:00 - 2:00 PM
The Centre for Pharmaceutical Oncology invites you to a seminar by Matthew Moffit, PhD, Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Victoria and Director, Polymer Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery NSERC CREATE Program.
Connect to the seminar here.
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LSCDS Mini-Networking Night Pharma & Biotech
April 13 | 6:00 - 8:00 PM
The Life Sciences Career Development Society (LSCDS)'s final Mini-Networking Night of the year features Pharma/Biotech professionals from Novo Nordisk, Allarta Life Science, HDAX Therapeutics, CCRM, and Eikon Therapeutics. Spots are limited.
More information and registration here.
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Succeeding in Your Future Postdoc
April 14 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
iSTEMCare invites you to a seminar with Dr. Thalyana Stathis, career advisor for postdocs and PhD students at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, on everything you need to know to succeed in your future postdoc.
This webinar will cover topics such as why to consider doing a postdoc, how to be a strong candidate, how to apply, how to choose an advisor and lab, how to be productive and achieve your goals and how to launch your career after your postdoc.
More information and registration here.
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Virtual Princess Margaret Seminar Series
April 14 | 4:00 - 5:00 PM
The Virtual Princess Margaret Seminar Series presents speaker Dr. Itay Tirosh, PhD
Senior Scientist, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, for a talk entitled "A pan-cancer perspective on intra-tumor heterogeneity".
Connect on MS Teams here.
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L'Oreal Canada for Women in Science Research Excellence Fellowships
Apply by April 14 at 5:00 PM ET
The purpose of this fellowship program is to highlight the role of women in devising scientific solutions to problems confronting humankind in the 21st century. The program supports major research projects undertaken by Canadian women scientists at the postdoctoral level in Canada.
Up to two (2) postdoctoral fellowships will be awarded. These fellowships are valued at $20,000 CAD each, tenable for one academic year.
More information and application here.
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Science Communication Workshop for Graduate Students
Apply by April 18
Are you interested in strengthening your ability to communicate your science to the general public?
ComSciCon is a series of workshops focused on enhancing communication skills and fostering an inclusive community that can effectively communicate scientific information to academic and non-academic audiences. Created in 2013 by graduate students at Harvard University and MIT, over 2000 graduate students have now benefited from learning the skills needed to communicate complex concepts within science, engineering and other technical fields to reach broader and more diverse audiences. ComSciCon has now come to Canada to empower the next generation of leaders in STEM fields across the country.
More information and application here.
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