JULY CHAPTER MEETING
**PLEASE NOTE, SPEAKER & TOPIC HAS BEEN CHANGED TO:**
AWIS East Bay Chapter Special Summer Presentation
Speakers Mara Jeffress, Ph.D. and Leala Thomas, MBA will address
"Tools and Techniques for Effective 21st Century Job Hunting:How to Make LinkedIn Work for You "
When: Thursday, July 22, 2010
6:30 – 7:00 PM light dinner and
networking
7:00 - 8:30 PM Program
Register: http://stemcell.eventbrite.com/
Note: When registering w/ Eventbrite, it will say FREE, however donations will be collected at the door to cover cost of food.
Mara Jeffress,
Ph.D., is a Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Cancer Cellular and
Molecular Biologist and a Fellow of the National Cancer
Institute’s Integrative Cancer Biology Program. She has
been a professional resume and cover letter writer for 10 years and
offers ad hoc career advice to graduate students, postdocs, colleagues,
and anyone who will listen. While in graduate school, she
co-founded a career seminar series at the Univ of Washington that is
currently in it’s 10th year. She is the President and
ex-Program Director of the East Bay Chapter of AWIS.
Leala Thomas, MBA,
is a biopharmaceutical business communications professional currently
in transition. With a combined background in academic research,
pharmaceutical sales and marketing, and teaching, she has an ongoing
interest in learning new approaches and advocates volunteering as a way
to upgrade a skill set. Over the past several months in her personal
search, she has utilized many of the techniques that will be
presented. Leala is Member-at-large & Newsletter editor for
East bay chapter of AWIS.
*Parking and registration directions: Park at lot located next to Building X, on
Non-scientists and men are also welcome! If you are not an AWIS member yet – please join us!
**Susan
Fisher, Ph.D. will be speaking at the November Chapter Meeting. We
apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused.**
AUGUST NETWORKING SOCIAL
Where: JUPITER Pub
2181 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94704
Cost: FREE (Cash Bar)
RSVP: http://events.linkedin.com/ebAWIS-August-Networking-Event/pub/364325
Please join us at Berkeley's popular microbrew pub, JUPITER, for an informal gathering of AWIS members and friends! Directions: http://www.jupiterbeer.com/jupiter/info.htm.
Everyone is welcome, including non-scientists and men. If you are anot an AWIS member yet, please join us! If you cannot make this month's social, there will be others! It's 2nd Tuesday of every other month. Next one will be in October.
FUTURE SPEAKERS
Geetha Rao Ph.D. - Title To Be Announced for September Chapter Meeting
Susan Fisher, Ph.D. - "Primer on Human Stem Cell Research " November Chapter Meeting
Professor, University of California San Francisco
Director of the UCSF Human Embryonic Stem Cell Program
Susan Fisher will present a primer on human stem cell research. Topics to be covered include research and therapeutic applications, the initial stages of human development, and methods for generating stem cells.
Susan Fisher is a Professor in the Dept. of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine. Dr. Fisher is the Director of the UCSF Human Embryonic Stem Cell Program and Faculty Director of the Sandler-Moore Mass Spectrometry Facility. She is a member of the Eli & Edythe Broad Center for Regeneration Medicine & Stem Cell Research at UCSF and the Center for Reproductive Sciences. Her current interests include devising new methods for propagating and deriving human embryonic stem cell lines, understanding of the basic mechanisms involved in human placental development, and cancer biomarker discovery. She has served on several NIH panels. Honors received during the last five years include the Sadler Award, NIH MERIT Award, the UCSF Graduate Association Outstanding Mentor Award, the Anita Payne Lectureship, the UCSF School of Dentistry Faculty Research Award, and the Silbar Memorial Lectureship award.