New Student Programs & Family Outreach and the Welcome Week Committee are now collecting event submissions for Welcome Week 2016 (Sept. 18-24, 2016). The purpose of Welcome Week is for student to begin to create a shared sense of community, belonging, social responsibility, and will begin their path to engagement.  To view the current schedule and for information on how to submit an event go to:http://connect.oregonstate.edu/.

As part of the events planned for the Year of Arts and Sciences we are looking for labs/researchers/grad students that would like to host or work with art student interns.  Most students would be interested in 1 term, of 1-2 credits, although for some it may develop further.

In the experiences I have had the student shadowed a graduate student to learn what goes on in the lab and helped with experiments – it was fascinating to see the dialog and ideas that developed. But there are a lot of different interaction models. We will extend the invitation to writers, musicians and students in new media – so think about data visualization and videography. This could be a great experience for some of our students, and we are working on opportunities for them to reciprocate and work in art media. We hope that one outcome will be a collaborative art show and/or a catalog of projects, with contributions from both the scientists and artists.

The first step is to create a list of those interested so that the students can contact you personally. If you are interested, please provide the following:

1. A brief description of your research and/or a website

2. The terms that an internship would be available.

3. Contact email

4. anything else I forgot to ask or that you think would be interesting.

Please send this information to bartholj@science.oregonstate.edu.

thanks
Jerri

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Jerri Bartholomew
Professor/Head, Dept of Microbiology
Director John L. Fryer Aquatic Animal Health Laboratory
Department of Microbiology, Nash Hall 226
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331-3804
Phone:  541-737-1834
Fax:    541-737-0496

My name is Ed Brnardic and I work as a medicinal chemist in the Heart Failure group at GSK (GlaxoSmithKline).  I am writing to you with an internship opportunity for your students beginning in September/October of 2016.  We will be hiring 3 synthetic organic students for a 12 month internship to work in our medicinal chemistry teams synthesizing novel organic molecules as potential drug candidates.  One of those positions will be in our Heart Failure group and the other 2 will be in our Muscle Metabolism group.  To qualify for an internship we are looking for one of the following???.

A Ph.D. student who is working towards their degree (i.e. not yet graduated otherwise they would be classified as a post-doc).

OR

A student who has completed a master???s degree within the past year (i.e. graduated after September 2015)

For the Ph.D. students they could be at any point in their studies.  In the past we have had students who are half way through their Ph.D. studies, as well as students who have completed their lab work and are interested in the internship while they write up their thesis.  Either situation is fine.

Please feel free to pass on this information to any students or colleagues that may be interested.

Students can apply online
https://gsk-zerochaos.icims.com/jobs
Job code for Heart Failure: 2016-15076
Job code for Muscle Metabolism: 2016-15077

They can also contact me or Tony Handlon directly with any questions.

edward.j.brnardic@gsk.com
tony.l.handlon@gsk.com

Thanks!
-Ed
GSK Co op Opportunity

OSU is trying to keep up with the rising costs of journal subscriptions. We need your help to figure out how to handle this moving forward. Join us for this conversation. We’ll provide the refreshments!  Sign up for a time slot at this link: http://osuvalleylibrary.az1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_9srMVF5hontnjH7

Dear OSU Science Community,

We are pleased to announce the “Life at the Nanoscale” mini symposium at the U of Oregon to be held on June 17th, 2016. This event was planned by the students of the Molecular Biology and Biophysics Training Grant at the University of Oregon and includes a fantastic line up of six speakers addressing important questions in biology ranging from mechanisms of neurotransmission to host-pathogen interactions, cytoskeletal regulation and RNA metabolism. The common thread between the featured speakers is that they each use cutting edge structural and biophysical techniques to understand molecular function.

In addition to the seminars, the mini symposium will feature a poster session, and we encourage all postdocs and students to register to present, as it will be a great opportunity for them to interact with the speakers.

The mini symposium will conclude with a dinner in the Willamette Hall atrium, and we are excited announce that University of Oregon’s own Brian Matthews will give a keynote seminar entitled “Structural Biology: Getting in on the Ground Floor”.

We hope that you can join us for this exciting event. Please register online at:

http://nanoscale.uoregon.edu

Registration will close on Friday, June 3rd, and space may be limited, so we encourage you to register early.

Life At Nanoscale Poster 1

On behalf of The ACS Green Chemistry Institute,® we are excited about our upcoming conference to be held on June 14-16, 2016 in Portland, Oregon at the Hilton Portland & Executive Tower.  This year’s conference is focused on “Advancing Sustainable Solutions by Design,” and will offer three days of dynamic programming comprised of keynote addresses from world-renowned scientific leaders, 36 informative and interactive technical sessions, insightful poster sessions, and several targeted workshops.  The conference will also provide a host of volunteer opportunities for green chemistry enthusiasts!

Accordingly, the Institute is looking for additional volunteers and would greatly appreciate your forwarding this request to colleagues, students, and associates who may be interested.  Note:  Volunteers who are onsite for a minimum of 4hours will receive free access to the general conference proceedings for the entire day they volunteer.  For a complete list of volunteer types and responsibilities, please click here.

Should you have any questions, you may also contact me directly vias_alsobrooks@acs.org or (202) 872-4493.  Thank you and have a wonderful afternoon.

The MRF Awards (Discovery Award, Mentor Award, Richard T. Jones New Investigator Award) are made to Oregonians throughout the state to acknowledge and honor their contributions to health-related research and education and health-care delivery. The people who make these contributions deserve our recognition. The awards also serve to inform the citizens of Oregon about the outstanding researchers and educators in our state. I encourage you to work with colleagues in your institutions/organizations to nominate deserving candidates. The nominations are due May 27, 2016.

M. Susan Smith, PhD
Chair, MRF Research and Education Committee

The Discovery Award acknowledges an Oregon investigator who has made significant, original contributions to health-related research while working in Oregon. This research can be in the basic, clinical or behavioral sciences, or can be research in health care delivery, health informatics or health outcomes. The Discovery Award recipient will receive a cash award of $6,000 and a commemorative award.

The Mentor Award is presented to an Oregonian who has provided outstanding leadership in support or development of health research, education or the advancement of health care. The Mentor Award recipient will receive a cash award of $6,000 and a commemorative award.

The Richard T. Jones New Investigator Award recognizes a new investigator who shows exceptional promise early in a career in biomedical research. This individual must be within seven years or less of completing clinical and/or post-doctoral training and will be judged on the basis of independence, quality of science, national funding and first or senior authored publications in peer-reviewed biomedical research journals. The culmination of the research must have been performed in Oregon. The Richard T. Jones New Investigator Award recipient will receive a cash award of $3,000 and a commemorative award.

Award winners will be selected by the members of the MRF Committee. Guidelines for each award, lists of past award recipients (eligible for renomination) and a list of current MRF committee members (ineligible for nomination) can be found at www.mrf-oregon.org.

Nominations must include:

A nomination letter clearly specifying the award for which the individual is being nominated and addressing how the individual meets the guidelines for that award.
The nominee’s curriculum vitae
No more than five letters of support. Letters of support signed by more than one person are discouraged.
All documents should be submitted at one time, as one packet by the nominator.

Electronic submissions (one pdf) are encouraged.
Send to: goodn@ohsu.edu
Paper nominations may be mailed (as one packet) to:
MRF Submissions, OHSU Foundation
Attn: Nicole Good
1121 SW Salmon Street, Suite 100, Mail Code L344
Portland, OR 97205
Nomination deadline: 5:00 p.m. on May 27, 2016

Questions?
Contact Nicole Good 503 552-0677 | goodn@ohsu.edu