The University of Michigan Medical School will host a virtual Postdoc Preview on October 13, 2-4pm EST. This free event is open to anyone curious about the extensive postdoctoral research and training opportunities available at Michigan Medicine and the broader U-M campus. During the session, participants will learn about research and professional development resources, life in Ann Arbor,…
Research Administrators - Join the CoPRA community on Thursday, October 15, for our CoPRA Convo! This month, we'll discuss the minimum documentation needed to support regular award expenditure reviews, with…
The good, the bad, and the ugly about non-dilutive funding The most important job of a founder is getting your startup funded. Lots of the focus nowadays is on figuring out how to get money from private investors, typically venture capitalists. This talk, presented by Jared Silvia, will focus on another critical source of funds…
October 16, 2026 1 pm - 2 pm Foege South Auditorium (Genome Sciences 060) & Streamed on Zoom Webinar "The thermosensory specializations of soil-transmitted parasitic nematodes" Research Overview Soil-transmitted parasitic nematodes infect over a billion people, primarily in the world’s most socioeconomically disadvantaged communities, causing devastating and sometimes fatal illness. Despite this massive health burden,…
Please join us on Oct. 19 from 3–4 p.m. for a UW Medicine Town Hall. We encourage you to submit questions, concerns, ideas and discussion topics through the UW Medicine Employee Feedback Form. These Town Halls are designed to be employee-driven, and your input helps us address the topics that matter most to you. Information…
The Bioscience Careers Seminar Series is back by popular demand! Now led by the PhD Ambassadors in collaboration with the Office of Research and Graduate Education and Life Science Washington, the series will allow graduate students to explore careers and build professional connections with biotech and pharmaceutical companies within Washington state. PhD training prepares you…
Marketing foundations: From positioning to pipeline For early-stage startups, marketing can quickly become a long list of things you could be doing. In this interactive workshop, Sara Sonnen will help you focus on what matters most — from defining your ideal customer and sharpening your positioning to choosing the right channels, improving your website, and…
Join us for the Empowered Wellness Circle, a time for biomedical trainees to focus on health and wellbeing with each other and a local counselor. All biomedical postdocs, grad students, and postbacs in Fred Hutch, University of Washington, and Seattle Children’s labs/groups are welcome - and no sign-up necessary. All sessions will be held virtually via Zoom.
AI investment trends in venture capital Jon Prentice from Silicon Valley Bank will share key takeaways from SVB’s State of the Markets report, with a focus on how AI is reshaping venture capital investment. He’ll unpack the growing phenomenon of “AI washing”—where companies market themselves as AI-driven without substantive AI technology—and discuss how investors are…
The ITHS K12 Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Career Development Program provides the time, funding, mentorship, and training necessary to foster the early career development of clinical and translational researchers. The program…
Accessibility in Action: Making PowerPoints More Effective and Accessible Make your presentations easier for everyone to access and understand. In this interactive session for School of Medicine educators, participants will…
The Marsha L. Landolt Distinguished Graduate Mentor Award recognizes outstanding mentoring of graduate students by faculty. The relationship between a graduate student and a faculty advisor is one that can…