Genentech is now accepting applications for our annual Graduate Student Symposium in Chemical Research seeking to recognize promising young scientists while highlighting career opportunities in pharmaceutical research.

The virtual two-day event, scheduled for May 10-11th 2021 will be hosted jointly by the departments of Discovery and Process Chemistry. The complete program will provide a valuable and rewarding experience for our distinguished guests, and will include:

• Research award symposium, including talks from graduate award recipients
• Keynote seminar from a leading early-career chemistry professor
• Distinguished Career Lecture from an eminent professor
• Research talks from Genentech Discovery and Process Chemistry highlighting breakthrough research programs
• Virtual tour of the Genentech South San Francisco research laboratories
• Virtual social/networking activities
• Honorarium for award recipients

Interested 4th year graduate students are encouraged to submit a CV and short (1-3 pages) research summary here. Applications should be submitted as a single PDF document, with identifying name and institution in the file description (example: “Surname-Firstname-Institution”).

Applications must be received by December 31, 2020 for consideration.

Finalists will be contacted in January 2021 and asked to submit a letter of recommendation from their faculty advisor. Awardees will be notified by March 2021 and formally invited to the symposium.

Fall is well underway, and we are excited to bring you our biggest event of the year, the 6th Annual Biotech Summit! We are concurrently hosting a STEM Student Summit, designed especially for 11th and 12th graders and early undergraduate students interested in STEM careers. In order to ensure a safe and informative experience for all our attendees, we will be hosting both events virtually on the platform Remo. This will provide an interactive networking opportunity while maintaining the layout of a real conference! Read on to find out more about each summit and other content we’re bringing you this fall.

General Summit
for all academics and professionals

THEME: “LA’s evolving biotech industry in an unprecedented time.”

TIME: 11:00 AM- 4:00 PM PDT

DATE: Saturday, October 24th

RSVP:  https://6th-bcla-summit-2020.eventbrite.com

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We are still searching for the next group of graduate students to organize a symposium at the Spring 2022 ACS National Meeting! Our team has extended the application deadline to October 12, 2020 and shortened the application requirements for the next Graduate Student Symposium Planning Committee for the Spring 2022 ACS National Meeting that will be held in San Diego, CA.

This is an excellent and unique opportunity for graduate students to learn how to organize and execute a symposium and make invaluable connections within and outside of academia. Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions (pitt-cmugsspc@pitt.edu).

Please submit all material as a single PDF document to pitt-cmugsspc@pitt.edu by Monday, 10/12/2020.