We are the official CSUN Postdoctoral Association, representing all postdocs on campus.
Northridge, Los Angeles
Joined December 2018
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Academic colleagues: please share our new paper on postdoc training widely (incl. current/future postdocs, mentors, admins). Supporting postdocs secures research communities that tackle emerging threats (e.g. pandemics). nature.com/articles/s41559-0…
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I am pleased to announce our new paper published last week in Limnology and Oceanography: Methods! In this paper we describe a new system to manipulate physical conditions on coral reefs to test the effects of Ocean Acidification!
@aslo_org
aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley…
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New paper by @Amber_D_Stubler and myself shows that Unprofessional peer reviews disproportionately harm underrepresented groups in #STEM.
Please help us remove the culture of toxic #peerreview.
A thread on our key findings:
doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8247
@thePeerJ #academicchatter
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This week we have a special article. Are you applying for academic positions this cycle or in the near future? Writer @KSadtler emerged on the other side (relatively) unscathed & has some potentially useful words of wisdom for #futurePI’s out there: scienceunderthesurface.wordp…
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Backward designing your career can help you more quickly identify the fulfilling aspects of your work. Three steps:
1️⃣Identify desired results
2️⃣Determine acceptable evidence
3️⃣Plan learning experiences
bit.ly/2O9ps5a
CSUNpostdocs retweeted
PI twitter, help/support a #postdoc by:
(1) introducing us to people
(2) writing proposals with us if interests overlap
(3) inviting us to give talks at your unis
(4) sending us papers to review
(5) offering to review faculty application materials
(6) giving moral support
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"Here we show that PIs’ laboratory and mentoring activities do not significantly predict students’ skill development trajectories, but the engagement of postdocs and senior graduate students in laboratory interactions do."
pnas.org/content/early/2019/…
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Happy National Postdoc Appreciation Week #NPAW2019!!!! . We are much more than this 👇! ;) #LovePostdocs #postdocappreciationweek #postdoc #postdoclife #becausescience @PHDcomics
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Incredibly excited to share our most recent #CSUNOA research in @SciReports on how ocean acidification affects coral reef community metabolism using a custom-built Free Ocean Carbon Enrichment setup.
nature.com/articles/s41598-0……
#OA #OAOAresearch #CoralReefs
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Guardian story: The human cost of the pressures of postdoctoral research
We can all do our bit to protect each other.
Remember there's a person behind that:
- article you've just reviewed harshly
- chapter you've just edited
buff.ly/2vz4wKr #MentalHealth #PhDchat #ECRchat
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"How to Apply for Faculty Positions" Workshop series hosted by CSUN! Open to all LA area postdocs, adjunct faculty, visiting scholars and anyone else who is looking to apply for faculty positions in the near future! sites.google.com/view/apply-…
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Hope for @FuturePI_Slack and @NewPI_Slack members
You're starting a faculty position or contemplating one? Here is a rather staggering list of funding opportunities:
research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding…
We found 479 funding opportunities for early-career faculty!
CSUNpostdocs retweeted
Junior faculty: what were the most common questions you got asked during your job interviews? What were the weirdest questions? Trying to help post docs prepare for their first interviews.
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Grants for postdocs in marine microbial ecology
$62k stipend + $25k allowance, 3 years. Use up to $2k of it for re-location.
due 2019-06-15
simonsfoundation.org/grant/s…
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Ep 56 (finally) is up! We are talking posters, male/female publication ratios, the cultures of ecology departments, and Twitter as an academic/scientist. Also, is white wine even a thing?
#scicomm #realaquaticecosystem #ecology
majorrevisionspodcast.com/ep…
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faculty (future faculty).....how did (do) you divide your research statement between previous research accomplishments, ongoing research/papers in prep & future projects? I currently have about 50/20/30 (previous/current/future) but curious what others think #postdocchat
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Postdocs moving to a new area, what would you like to know before hand? Things about the place/university etc.,?! #postdocchat
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Fellow #Postdocs! Colleagues! Did you apply for faculty positions in 2018-2019? A grassroots group from @FuturePI_Slack is trying to track outcomes&demystify the process,but we need your #help! Please share your experience with us in this 5minute survey! forms.gle/P61Adh6JhmJoibno9
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#postdoc #scitwitter Were you on the academic job market this past year? Some of us from @FuturePI_Slack want to collect data to provide clarity on what it takes to land a PI position. Spend 5 mins filling out this survey to help! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
CSUNpostdocs retweeted
Interested in learning about how to succeed in the academic job search?Join EWIS for a seminar to learn about the do’s and don’ts of negotiation.
Time: Monday, April 8th, 3:30 – 4:30 pm
Location: 1-125 CCRB
RSPV link: ewis.umn.edu/events
