Biophysical Society 66th Annual Meeting Program Guide

Professional Development & Educational Sessions

The Society’s committees have planned a variety of 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 20, to Wednesday, February 23, in South Lobby, Room 103. Sessions in italics will be held in Career Development Center, Esplanade 151.

Monday, February 21, 2022 7:30 am –8:30 am

Graduate Student Breakfast

9:00 am –10:00 am

Demystifying the Academic Job Search II: Preparing your Written Application Materials Networking for Biophysicists: How to Create Your Unicorn Career Annual Meeting of the Student Chapters Translating Your Credentials: Writing Effective Resumes + Cover Letters for Industry, Government, and Nonprofit Jobs Beyond Coronavirus: Preparing for the Next Pandemic Biophysics 101: Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation: Biophysical Fundamentals to Cellular Function The Future of Publishing and Why You Should Care Optimize Every Experience: How to Extract Value and Leverage Your Postdoc, Grad Experience and Internship to Advance in Your Career (#SpoilerAlert: There’s Much More Than You Think!) Rebuilding Research-Group Momentum During the COVID-19 Era Marketing Your Value: Crafting Your Elevator Pitch/30 Second Value Statement/Brand Statement The World Outside the Lab

10:30 am –11:30 am

11:00 am –1:00 pm 12:00 pm –1:00 pm

Saturday, February 19, 2022

1:00 pm –2:30 pm

3:00 pm –4:00 pm

Leveraging LinkedIn in the PhD Job Search: Networking, Informational Interviews, and More Undergraduate Poster Award Competition

1:30 pm –3:00 pm

3:00 pm –5:00 pm

1:30 pm –3:30 pm 2:15 pm –3:45 pm

One-on-One Resume and Career Counseling* 2:00 pm –2:40 pm | 4:30 pm –4:50 pm

2:30 pm –3:30 pm

Sunday, February 20, 2022 7:30 am –8:30 am

Postdoctoral Breakfast

2:30 pm –4:00 pm

9:00 am –10:00 am

Networking for Biophysicists: How to Create Your Unicorn Career Undergraduate Student Pizza “Breakfast” Demystifying the Academic Job Search I: Understanding the Search Process from the Perspective of Search Committees and Decoding Job Announcements Education and Career Opportunities Fair Teaching Science Like We Do Science Focus on Teaching: Building Your Career as a Teacher People or Projects? Approaches to Funding Research Nailing the Job Talk, or Erudition Ain’t Enough

4:00 pm –5:00 pm

11:30 am –1:00 pm 12:00 pm –1:00 pm

4:30 pm –6:00 pm Speed Networking One-on-One Resume and Career Counseling* 9:00 am –1:10 pm | 2:30 pm –4:30 pm | 5:20 pm –6:00 pm

1:00 pm –3:00 pm 2:00 pm –4:00 pm 2:30 pm –3:30 pm

Tuesday, February 22, 2022

2:30 pm –4:00 pm

9:30 am –10:30 am

Looking Beyond Academia: Identifying Your Career Options using MyIDP, LinkedIn and More Transitioning Your Career Beyond Academia Founding, Establishing, and Maintaining a Research Laboratory at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions

4:00 pm –5:00 pm 4:00 pm –6:00 pm

11:30 am –12:30 pm 12:00 pm –1:30 pm

PI to PI, a Wine and Cheese Mixer

One-on-One Resume and Career Counseling* 9:20 am –1:00 pm | 2:30 pm –4:50 pm | 5:20 pm –5:40 pm

2:30 pm –3:30 pm

The Strategic Postdoc: How to Find and Leverage your Postdoc Experience

One-on-One Resume and Career Counseling* 9:00 am –12:00 pm | 2:00 pm –3:30 pm | 3:50 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 19, in the Career Development Center, Esplanade, Room 152. Please come prepared with resumes, CVs, and other appropriate materials.

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