XII
11:30 am–12:30 pm
Leveraging Social Media for Networking
and Career Advancement
1:00 pm–3:00 pm NSF Grant Writing Workshop
1:30 pm–3:00 pm Biophysics 101: Forster Resonance
Energy Transfer
1:30 pm–3:00 pm Industry Panel
2:15 pm–3:45 pm How to Get Your Scientific Paper Published
2:30 pm–3:30 pm Speed Networking
2:30 pm–3:30 pm
Selling Yourself to the Life Sciences Industry
2:30pm–4:00 pm Hiring, Firing, and Beyond:
How to be an Effective Supervisor
2:30 pm–4:00 pm The Science of Hollywood
4:00 pm–5:00 pm
Successfully Navigating the International
Job Search
One-on-One Resume and Career Counseling*
8:30 am–10:00 am • 11:30 am–12:30 pm • 2:00 pm–5:20 pm
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
8:00 am – 8:30 am
Career Q&A with Joe Tringali
9:30 am – 10:30 am
Career Planning and Job Searching for Science
Professionals: Academic Opportunities
12:00 noon–1:30 pm Research Programs at PUIs: Finding, Establishing,
and Maintaining a Program
12:00 noon–2:00 pm Postdoc to Faculty Q&A: Transitions Forum
and Luncheon**
1:00 pm–3:00 pm Industry and Agency Opportunities Fair
1:00 pm–3:00 pm GMOs, Severe Weather, and Public Opinion
2:30 pm–3:30 pm
Creating and Using an Effective CV/Résumé
2:30 pm–4:00 pm Postdoc to Faculty: Setting Up a Lab
3:00 pm–4:00 pm The Committee for Inclusion and Diversity
Networking Event: Resources and
Opportunities
One-on-One Resume and Career Counseling*
8:00 am–9:00 am • 11:00 am–1:00 pm • 4:00 pm–5:00 pm
* Slots for the one-on-one resume and career counseling sessions are
available on a first-come, first-served basis and fill up quickly. You may sign
up for a slot beginning at 12:00 noon on Saturday, February 27, in the Career
Center, Room 518. Please come prepared with resumes, CVs, and other
appropriate materials.
** This event requires pre-registration. If space is available, individuals
who have not pre-registered may attend. Please stop by the event at the
beginning of the session to see if space is available.
The Society’s committees have planned several professional
development activities to take place during the Annual Meeting.
Below is a schedule of all of those activities. Detailed descriptions of
the sessions can be found in the daily program. In addition, a student
lounge for undergraduates will be available Sunday, February 28, to
Wednesday, March 2, in Room 508ABC.
Sessions in italics will be held in Career Center, Room 518.
Saturday, February 27, 2016
3:00 pm–4:00 pm
Networking: Optimizing Your Time at BPS 2016
4:00 pm–5:00 pm Undergraduate Mixer and Poster Fest
One-on-One Resume and Career Counseling*
1:00 pm–2:40 pm • 4:30 pm–5:30 pm
Sunday, February 28, 2016
7:30 am–8:30 am Postdoctoral Breakfast
8:00 am–8:30 am
Career Q&A with Joe Tringali
9:00 am–10:00 am
Selling Yourself to the Life Sciences Industry
10:30 am–11:30 am
Leveraging Social Media for Networking
and Career Advancement
11:30 am–1:00 pm Undergraduate Student Pizza “Breakfast”
11:30 am–5:00 pm Colleges in the Community Day
12:00 noon–1:00 pm
Creating and Using an Effective CV/Résumé
1:00 pm–2:30 pm The World Outside the Lab: Many Ways
to Use Your PhD Skills in Industry
1:00 pm–3:00 pm Graduate & Postdoc Institution Fair
2:00 pm–3:30 pm Teaching Science Like We Do Science
2:30 pm–3:30 pm
Networking for Nerds
2:30 pm–4:00 pm Transparency, Reproducibility,
and the Progress of Science
4:00 pm–5:00 pm
Ten Tough Industrial Interview Questions
(and Ten Pretty Good Responses)
5:00 pm–7:00 pm PI to PI, a Wine & Cheese Mixer
One-on-One Resume and Career Counseling*
8:30 am–1:00 pm • 2:30 pm–6:00 pm
Monday, February 29, 2016
7:30 am–8:30 am Graduate Student Breakfast
8:00 am–8:30 am
Career Q&A with Joe Tringali
10:00 am–11:00 am
Ten Tough Industrial Interview Questions
(and Ten Pretty Good Responses)
Professional Development & Educational Sessions