WWU to host Molecular Biosciences Symposium on Jan. 31
The 3rd biennial Molecular Biosciences Symposium is being held on Friday, Jan. 31 on the Western Washington University campus.
This symposium, which is free and open to the entire WWU community, was created in 2019 to provide opportunities for Western undergraduate and master's students in the life sciences to network with and learn about the science and professional trajectories of doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows in our region.
While Western provides an excellent training environment for early career research scientists, many of WWU students enter into top-tier doctoral programs upon graduation, despite not having direct exposure to doctoral students while on campus. Previous events (in 2019 and 2022, respectively) were well attended by students in several departments, including Chemistry, Biology, Behavioral Neuroscience, and others. Many students in STEM classes also receive credit (or extra credit) for attending the Molecular Biosciences Symposium, and its success would not be possible without this support from faculty at Western.
This event is funded by awards from the National Science Foundation and Research Corporation for Science Advancement to Associate Professor of Chemistry Jeanine Amacher. The two morning sessions include 10 doctoral students and postdocs from the University of Washington and University of British Columbia who are giving research talks in a wide variety of scientific fields, including biochemistry, neuroscience, bioengineering, immunology, genome sciences, and pharmaceutics.
Following professional development roundtables at lunch (which is included!), there will be a presentation and grad student panel moderated by Bill Mahoney, the associate dean of Student and Postdoctoral Affairs at the University of Washington and a Careers in Science session from an industry scientist and the director of the imaging core at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle. Four of the symposium's speakers are Western alumni!
For questions, please contact WWU Associate Professor of Chemistry Jeanine Amacher at amachej@wwu.edu.