Past Events

Science Cafe: “Visualizing Viral Infection by Cryo-Electron Microscopy” | May 14, 2024 | 6:30-7:30 PM
  

Ximena Zottig, PhD and Judy Huang

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UMass Chan Benefits For Postdocs: Understand Your Options and Get Answers for Your Questions | April 17, 2024 | 4 - 5 PM
  

Karen Wilson, The UMass Chan Benefits Manager  

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Science Cafe: “Gene Regulation and Neurological Disorders” | March 19, 2024 | 6:30-7:30 PM
  

Mina Naz Anadolu, PhD & Ye (Oscar) Duan, PhD

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Science Cafe: “Injury & Regeneration: the Self-Healing Potential” | May 17, 2023 | 6:30-7:30 PM
  

Wenjia Huang and Carlos Rivera-Lopez

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Breaking Bias: A Diversity & Inclusion Workshop Series | May 10, 2023 | 3-4:30 PM

Jenny Lee, PhD
Professor at the Center for the Study of Higher Education and College of Education Dean's Fellow for Internationalization at the University of Arizona

Science Cafe: Food and Cannabinoids as Treatment for Inflammatory Bowel Disease | April 18, 2023 | 6:30-7:30 PM
  

Dr. Mario Meza-Segura and Dr. Ana Maldonado-Contreras

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Movie Night | March 24, 2023 | 6 PM | AS5.2072

  
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Breaking Bias: A Diversity & Inclusion Workshop Series | March 1, 2023 | 3-4:30 PM

Asia Eaton, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychology at Florida International University (FIU)

Movie Night | February 10, 2023 | 6 PM

  
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Holiday Party | December 9, 2022 | 5 PM

  
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Breaking Bias: A Diversity & Inclusion Workshop Series | November 23, 2022 | 3-4:30 PM

Katie Wright-Bevans, PhD
Lecturer in Psychology, Keele University, UK

UMPA Potluck Party| August 19, 2022 | 4:30 PM

Breaking Bias: Mindfulness in Communication | April 20, 2022 | 3-4:30 PM

Rhonda V. Magee, MA, JD
Professor of Law, University of San Francisco

Networking Social | March 29, 2022 | 6:30 PM

Dr. Clare Smith, PhD, Assistant Professor, Duke University
Dr. Salih Topal, PhD, Bioinformatics Scientist, Foghorn Therapeutics
Dr. Raul Giraldez, PhD, Bioinformatics Scientist, NIH
Dr. Manish Muhuri, PhD, Scientist, Biogen

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Science Cafe: Vaccines & Antibiotics: The War Between Tuberculosis & Humans | March 28, 2022 | 6:30-7:30 PM

Rocky Lai, PhD & Lisa Lojek, PhD

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International Postdoc Welcome Event | March 25, 2022 | 6 PM - onwards

Location: Wormtown Brewery, 72 Shrewsbury Street, Worcester, MA

New Year Celebration | January 5, 2022

Come celebrate the start of the new year 

Holiday Party | December 10, 2021 | 6:30 PM
   

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Networking Social | December 7, 2021 | 6:30 PM
   

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Elisa Donnard, PhD, Research Scientist at Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Emily Stackpole, PhD, Senior Medical Writer at Caudex
Allison Keeler-Klunk, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, UMass Chan Medical School
Ivelisse Cruz-Torres, PhD, Investigator at GSK

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Science Cafe: Neural Symphony: Connections matter! | December 2, 2021 | 6:30-7:30 PM

Shankar Ramachandran, PhD & Sebastian Werneberg, PhD

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DIG & UMPA Presents: Trivia Night | November 20, 2021 

Join the Diversity Interest Group (DIG) & UMass Chan Postdoc Association (UMPA) for Trivia

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Science Cafe: Shh! The Art of Silence in Science & Disease | October 27, 2021 

Daniel O'Reilly, PhD & Samantha Sarli, PhD student

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UMPA Potluck Party | October 8, 2021 

Join for an Interactive Workshop on Grant Writing | October 4, 2021 

Lisa Nielsen, PhD
Postdoc Office Director & a grand writer, Purdue University

Breaking Bias: Awareness Drives Change | September 30, 2021 

Joanne Kamens, PhD
Interim Executive Director, GCI Center for Women & Business, Bentley University

Science Cafe: It's on the Inside That Counts: The Microbiome in Health & Disease | September 23, 2021 

Benedikt Mortzfeld, PhD & Sage Foley, PhD student

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UMPA One Year Anniversary | July 9, 2021 

Come celebrate our one year anniversary!

Science Cafe: ALS: We Accept the Ice Bucket Challenge | June 7, 2021 

Heleen van 't Spijker, PhD & Marine Pons, PhD

Science Cafe: Diabetes, Finding Cures for All types! | May 26, 2021 

Sushobhana Bandyopadhyay, PhD & Emmanouela Tsagharaki, PhD

Breaking Bias: A Diversity & Inclusion Workshop Series | May 19, 2021 

Darin Latimore, MD
Deputy Dean, Chief Diversity Officer & Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine

Networking Social: Europe Edition | May 1, 2021 

 Thibaut Eguether, PhD, Assistant Professor, Sorbonne Université
 Hélène Tran-Ladam, PhD, Project Leader, Servier
 Loïc Roux, PhD, Head of Chemistry, Nucleic Acid Therapeutic Accelerator (NATA), UKRI
 Andrea D'Ambrogio, PhD, Personalized HealthCare Partner, Roche Italia

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Pubquiz | April 28, 2021 

Come get to know new people, have fun and will prizes!

Networking Social | Apri 1, 2021 

 Heidi Hehnly Chang, PhD, Associate Professor, Syracuse University
 Rabinarayan Mishra, PhD, Takeda Pharmaceuticals 
 Milka Koupenova, PhD, Assistant Professor, UMass Chan Medical School
 Tracy E. Schmidt, PhD, Director of Corporate & Foundation Relations, Tufts University

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Breaking Bias: A Diversity & Inclusion Workshop Series | March 24, 2021 

Marlina Duncan, Ed.D
UMass Chan Medical School Vice Chancellor for Diversity & Inclusion

Science Cafe: Epigenetics: Going Beyond Your Genome | March 18, 2021 

Erica Hildebrand, PhD & Melvys Valledor, PhD

 Science Cafe: A Beautiful Mind: Autism | February 18, 2021 

 Isha R. Jalnapurkar, MD & Sneha Shah, PhD

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Networking Social | February 4, 2021 

 Shashi Kant, PhD, Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
 Anastassiia Vertii, PhD, Assistant Professor, UMass Chan Medical School
 Bruno Godinho, PhD, Atalanta Therapeutics
 Ganapathy Sankaran, PhD, Scientist II, CRISPR Therapeutics

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New Year Celebration | January 14, 2021 

Come celebrate the start of the new year 

Postdoc Association Zoom Game Night | December 27, 2020 

Come meet fellow postdocs, make new friends & connections & learn more about the Postdoc Association (UMPA)

Science Cafe: Lets Go Viral: COVID-19 Therapies & Vaccines | December 14, 2020

Vignish Hariharan, PhD & Manish Muhuri, PhD

Science Cafe: CRISPR Genome Scissors: What's Nobel About Them? | November 9, 2020

Ishani Dasgupta, PhD & Manish Kandpal, PhD

Networking Social | September 25, 2020

 Join as we meet, network & learn from UMassMed Postdoc Alumni about their successful transitions to varied career paths

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