Bio-Link weekly news, May 23rd, 2011

Submitted by Sandra Porter on 1 May, 2011.


Webinar on writing ATE grants, May 24th


October might seem like a long time away, but if you're planning to apply for funds from the NSF ATE program, the best time to start writing is now. Dr. Linnea Fletcher will share things she's learned from her time as an NSF program officer in a webinar on May 24th.


Register now!



 


 


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Videos from AAAS 2011 now available on-line


Thanks to Nick Meachem (Forsyth Technical College) and Steven Spurlock (Austin Community College), several videos from the AAAS 2011 presentations are now available on-line.


These presentations are from:


  • Karen Hicks (Targacept) (near Forsyth Technical College)

  • Craig Caldwell (Salt Lake City Community College)

  • Jeanette Mowery (Madison Area Technical College)

  • Collins Jones (Montgomery College, Germantown)

  • Paul Raju (City College of San Francisco)

  • Bill Tacon (BioOhio) (Ohio)

  • Rob Hatherill (Del Mar College)

You will also find all of these presentations on our new YouTube channel: biolinkvideo.


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Are your students LinkedIn?


LinkedIn is becoming a popular place for posting jobs and sharing career information. Bio-Link's LinkedIn group has grown rapidly in past few months, and now has 311 members, and 60% of whom are professionals in the biotech industry. 



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TUESTYC workshop: application deadline extended to May 30th


Be part of the transformation and learn how to write proposals to the National Science Foundation and get funding for realizing your dreams.


July 19-22nd in Reno, Nevada.



 


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UPCOMING EVENTS:


 


May 24th Bio-Link Webinar on ATE Grant Writing Strategies presented by Dr. Linnea Fletcher


 


May 31st Early bird registration deadline for Hi Tech


 


June 6-10th 13th Annual Bio-Link Summer Fellows Forum. Clark Kerr Center, Berkeley, CA.


 


June 16-17 Bio-Link TEA Introduction to Biotechnology Workshop, Collin County, TX


 


June 20-24 Genomic Approaches in BioSciences - Gwinnett Technical College, GA


 


June 26th Community College Day at BIO2011 Washington, D.C.


 


July 19-22nd TUESTYC workshop in Reno, NV for 2 yr college faculty on writing proposals


 


July 25-28 Hi Tech: High Impact Technology Exchange Conference, San Francisco, CA