‘Beyond Academia is a non-profit organization run by UC Berkeley graduate students and postdocs with the goal of empowering graduate students and postdocs to expand their career options beyond the traditional academic track. We accomplish this career education through a series of events including an annual conference, workshops, tutorials and panels that connect academics with those who have made a transition to non-academic jobs.'

Free registration here for grad students and post-docs!

Sooooo many awesome speakers will be presenting - you won’t want to miss out!

Stanford & Northwestern Proteostasis Consortium Weekly Seminar:

Come listen to Dr. ADAM FROST (UCSF) talk about ‘Membrane-Associated Quality Control Mechanisms’.

Registration is free! Sign up to get the link here.

Stanford & Northwestern Proteostasis Consortium Weekly Seminar:

Come listen to Dr. KIM ORTH (UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER) talk about ‘From flies to mice: Fic-mediated AMPylation of BiP is an evolutionarily conserved mechanism used to tune a physiological response to stress in animals’.

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Stanford & Northwestern Proteostasis Consortium Weekly Seminar:

Come listen to Dr. LEWIS KAY (UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO) talk about ‘Solution NMR Reveals the Critical Role of Dynamics in Driving the Function of Molecular Machines’.

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Stanford & Northwestern Proteostasis Consortium Weekly Seminar:

Come listen to Dr. GILLIAN BATES (UCL QUEEN SQUARE INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY) talk about ‘Targeting huntingtin as a therapeutic strategy for Huntington’s disease’.

Registration is free! Sign up to get the link here.

Stanford & Northwestern Proteostasis Consortium Weekly Seminar:

Come listen to Dr. ANDREAS MARTIN (UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY) talk about ‘Beyond just targeting: Ubiquitin modulates the conformational changes and substrate degradation of the 26S proteasome’.

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“Want to create a standout grant proposal? Join the BioRender Grants Mini-Series, a free, virtual event dedicated to winning grants!  

If you have an upcoming NIH grant deadline or are planning for a future proposal, don't miss your chance to hear from experienced grant winners and reviewers! You'll learn:

• Top tips & tricks for approaching NIH grants (from reviewers & winners)

• How to create a compelling grant proposal without data

• Grant figure and design tips from BioRender CEO, Shiz Aoki”

The event is free and just requires registering. Read more about the event & register here!

*Note: time is posted in PST.

Stanford & Northwestern Proteostasis Consortium Weekly Seminar:

Come listen to Dr. SHIGEO MURATA (THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO) talk about ‘Mechanisms that respond to proteasome dysfunction’.

Registration is free! Sign up to get the link here.

Stanford & Northwestern Proteostasis Consortium Weekly Seminar:

Come listen to Dr. JAMES CHEN from UT Southwestern talk about ‘Ubiquitin Signaling in Innate Immunity’.

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Stanford & Northwestern Proteostasis Consortium Weekly Seminar:

Come listen to Dr. LEA SISTONEN from University of Turku talk about ‘Heat Shock Factors Regulate Unique and Common Targets, Both Genes and Enhancers, in Response to Heat Shock and Oxidative Stress’.

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Stanford & Northwestern Proteostasis Consortium Weekly Seminar:

Come listen to Dr. RANDAL KAUFMAN from Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute talk about ‘Protein misfolding in the endoplasmic reticulum contributes to human disease’.

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Stanford & Northwestern Proteostasis Consortium Weekly Seminar:

Come listen to Dr. ONN BRANDMAN from Stanford talk about ‘Co-translational Protein Quality Control’.

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Dr. Jonah Busch, a Climate Economics Fellow at Conservation International, will be joining UCSB’s Bren School of Environmental Science & Management and presenting ‘What Drives Deforestation, Reforestation, and Forest Degradation? An Updated Meta-Analysis’

Learn more about the event here. Log on to Zoom here use the passcode forest.

Stanford & Northwestern Proteostasis Consortium Weekly Seminar:

Come listen to Dr. YIHONG YE from NIH – NIDDK talk about ‘Protein misfolding in and out of the cell’.

Registration is free! Sign up to get the link here.

Dr. Deepak Rajagopal from UCLA will be joining UCSB’s Bren School of Environmental Science & Management and presenting ‘Life Cycle Assessment in an Environmental and Innovation Policy Context’

Learn more about the event here. Log on to Zoom here use the passcode LCA.

The American Society for Cellular Biology is hosting a student-led webinar to broaden mental health support access for STEM graduate students. There will be a panel of students who have successfully organized mental health initiatives for STEM graduates & will describe the process for launching their programs, and the impacts of those programs on their campus. They will also provide advice to other students who want to launch similar initiatives, and to the STEM community in general on how it can better support the mental health of graduate students.

This event is free but requires registering here in order to receive the zoom link.

Stanford & Northwestern Proteostasis Consortium Weekly Seminar:

Come listen to Dr. Christina Sigurdson from UC San Diego talk about ‘Manipulating prion protein clearance pathways to slow neurodegeneration’.

Registration is free! Sign up to get the link here.

This is an awesome event hosted by the American Society for Cellular Biology. There will be a panelist and attendees are encouraged to show up with questions! They will share their experiences and discuss all things related to selecting the right postdoc.

The event is free, but you have to register here in order to receive the zoom link.

Dr. David Lobell from Stanford will be joining UCSB’s Bren School of Environmental Science & Management.

Learn more about the event here. Log on to Zoom here use the passcode crop.

Join this webinar to learn how to improve your science communications skills! Presentations by leading science communication experts Sheril Kirshenbaum and Carl Zimmer, followed by an interactive Q&A discussion. The webinar will be targeted to scientists of all levels, including students, research staff, postdocs and faculty.

Registration is required, but it’s free! Sign up here

Join the National Science Teaching Association (NSTA) on September 23rd to learn about Our Universe through Sight, Sound, & Touch. “Listen to the debris from an exploded star, walk through the core of our Milky Way in virtual reality, feel vibrations of a stellar nursery, and experience our universe anew.”

This event is for members, but you can become a member for free! Read more and sign up using this link.

*Note: The time of this event is in PDT

The National Science Teaching Association (NSTA) is having another science web seminar. Join us on August 19th to learn all about the Amazon! The Amazon affects different aspects of our daily lives, yet the rate of forest clearing & burning is accelerating. Come learn more and see how we can help decrease the anthropogenic activities harming the Amazon.

Learn more about the event & register here. This event is for members, but you can become a member for free!

*Note: the event is in PDT

Join the National Science Teaching Association (NSTA) to learn all about weather and get a sneak-peak at the 2021 hurricane season from American Meteorological Society (AMS) certified meteorologist Lori Pinson.

This event is for members, but you can become a member for free! Read more and sign up using this link.

*Note: The time of this event is in PDT

The University of California, Santa Barbara is having their summer Ground-breaking Research Innovative Technology (GRIT) talks! Come listen to Dr. Adele Doyle from the department of Mechanical Engineering give her talk: “Decoding Molecular Networks Cells Use to Interpret Physical Cues” and learn about her lab’s latest research discoveries!

Read more about UCSB’s GRIT Talks.

Sign up for FREE here.

The University of California, Santa Barbara is having their summer Ground-breaking Research Innovative Technology (GRIT) talks! Come listen to Dr. Song-I Han from the department of Chemistry and Biochemistry give her talk: “Controlling Protein Shape Transmission in Aggregation: Why Does It Matter?” and learn about her lab’s latest research discoveries!

Read more about UCSB’s GRIT Talks.

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The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Ocean Sciences is virtually hosting its 3rd Annual Frontiers of Ocean Sciences Symposium. This year the theme is: The Future of the Oceans.

Join us and the early career scientists who will be sharing their ground-breaking research & an alumni panel discussion.

Register for this free event here.

Read more about the event here.

*Note the time for this is event is in PDT

Join the National Science Teaching Association to learn how NASA is measuring ozone pollution from space and how plants can show us where air pollution is high.

This event is for members, but you can become a member for free! Read more and sign up using this link.

*Note: The time of this event is in PDT

“This interactive webinar outlines common mental health challenges of STEMM graduate students and provides strategies for managing them. Sometimes you can take small steps yourself to address these challenges and sometimes you may need professional help. On-campus and off-campus mental resources, as well as strategies for accessing care, will be discussed. 

The webinar is hosted by the American Chemical Society, the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, the American Geophysical Union, the  American Physical Society, the American Society for Cell Biology, and the Professional Development Hub, which are all committed to the professional development of early-career scientists.”

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