The NextGen Association for Postdocs and Graduate Students is a volunteer-driven organization and can’t run without the help of dedicated postdocs and graduate students like you!

Now’s your chance to get involved! The NextGen Association for Postdocs and Grad Students is seeking nominations for two co-chair positions and two vice-chair positions to lead the Association. Nominations will be accepted until Friday, September 16, 2016. Both self-nominations and nominations of others are acceptable. The election will be held during National Postdoc Appreciation Week, September 19-23, 2016.

To nominate yourself or a colleague, please email academicaffairs@broadinstitute.org.

Association members work with the Office of Academic Affairs to brainstorm and plan professional development programs and social events for Broad’s community of academic trainees. In addition, chairs serve as representatives of the Broad trainee community with Broad administration and scientific leadership and the Greater Boston postdoc community.

NextGen Association Fact Sheet

What is expected of the chairs:

• Convene meetings of the Board to plan events and activities
• Serve as the face of the trainee community at Broad
• Coordinate with the Office of Academic Affairs on the oversight of ongoing programs

The benefits of participating:

• Become actively involved in the community
• Meet new people
• Help other trainees
• Make professional contacts and build your network
• Promote a specific issue or cause
• Impact institutional policies
• Explore career opportunities
• Plan the events and programs you would want to attend
• Develop negotiating and planning skills
• Utilize professional skills creatively
• Exercise leadership
• Build self-confidence
• Have fun!

If you’re interested in volunteering or would like to learn more attend an upcoming meetings:

• August 18, 2016, 12:00-1:00 p.m., Olympus Room (1st Floor, 415 Main Street)
• September 2, 2016, 12:00-1:00 p.m., Olympus Room (1st Floor, 415 Main Street)

Lunch will be served and no commitment necessary!

Join us for a special presentation on January 6, 12:00-1:00 in the Monadnock Room. Featuring presentations by John Travia, Director of Financial Services, Stacey Donnelly, Sr. Director of Strategic Operations and Emme Handy, Director of Financial Planning.

• Did you ever wonder how research institutions and universities make financial decisions? We will cover finances at the institutional level to allow you to gain that perspective.
• How does F&A or indirect work?  You will leave with a general understanding of facilities and administration (F&A) costs and why it is critical to the research enterprise.
• What are the basics of a project budget and what are the items people often forget? We will go over a project level budget and how to estimate costs.

Please register if you’d like to attend. Lunch will be served.

Join us for the next NextGen Association Meetup on Data Visualization on December 11, 2015 – 12:00-1:00 in the Olympus Room.

Topic: Reuse, develop and share biological visualizations with BioJS.
Presenter: David Dao, Broad Institute Imaging Platform

During this meetup, we will discuss how to use web technologies like D3, Polymer and BioJS to develop and share interactive and modular web visualizations for biological data.

Join us on November 30 as our panel of faculty share their insight on everything related to the Academic Job interview. Topics covered will include the preparing for your interview, job talks and chalk talks, and insight into the minds of the search committee.

Monday, November 30
12:00-1:00 PM
Monadnock Room, 2nd Floor, 415 Main Street

Panelists include:
Monty Krieger, PhD, MIT
Alex Shalek, PhD, MIT
Kimberly Stegmaier, MD, HMS & DFCI

Lunch will be served. If you’d like to attend, please register at 2015facultyinterview.eventbrite.com.

This event is sponsored by the NextGen Association for Postdocs & Grad Students and the Office of Academic Affairs as part of an ongoing series of career development seminars.

Join us for the next NextGen Association Meetup on Functional Genomics on November 19, 4:00-5:00 p.m. in the Zambezi Room.

Presenter: Patrick Ellinor, MD, PhD

Title: “Finding Functional Variation for Atrial Fibrillation”

This meeting is open to all in the Broad community and refreshments will be served.