Beyond OPF: External Events
External Events & Professional Development
This page is used to advertise non-OPF Events and Announcements that may be of interest to our community. Please contact us if you wish to have an announcement or event posted here.
- HCC Core Facilities Spotlight Series: Spatial Technologies Unit (STU) - Tuesday, September 29, 2026 at 12pm-12:45pm (Zoom)
Please join us for the launch of the HCC Core Spotlight Series with the Spatial Technologies Unit (STU)!
The Harvard Cancer Consortium (HCC) Core Facilities are central or “shared” laboratories that provide members with critical services to advance their research. This webinar series will highlight the services offered by HCC Core Facilities and will provide examples of how early career investigators have utilized them to support their research.
The STU is a production-grade facility at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center that supports HCC investigators in cutting-edge spatial tissue profiling and single-cell studies.
Presentations:
• Introduction to the Spatial Technologies Unit
Ioannis Vlachos, PhD (Director, STU) and Shuoshuo Wang, PhD (Scientific Director, STU)
• "Tumor-myeloid Crosstalk Drives Therapy Resistance in Localized Bladder Cancer"
Filipe De Carvalho, MD, PhD (Assistant Professor of Surgery, BWH)
• "Distinct Tumor Microenvironment Across Cholangiocarcinoma Anatomical Subtypes"
Soravis Alm Osataphan, MD, MPH (Attending Physician in Gastrointestinal Cancer, DFCI/BIDMC; Instructor of Medicine, HMS)
Learn more about the STU: https://www.dfhcc.harvard.edu/research/core-facilities/spatial-technologies-unit
Registration link: https://dfci.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dlyT312aRa21MmytGgY0mQ#/registration
Pathfinder Career Hub: Parenting and Science Careers - Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 1pm-2pm (Zoom)
Are you struggling with juggling parenthood with your postdoc or contemplating parenthood and wondering how this might affect the trajectory of your career? Join HCC Pathfinder for our first in a series of panels on Parenting and Science Careers. In this offering, we'll hear from former HCC-affiliated postdocs who will share their stories and strategies as parents pursuing scientific careers in industry and academia.
• Sam Linder, PhD, Associate Principal Scientist, Discovery, AstraZeneca
• Christopher Ott, PhD, Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School, Krantz Center for Cancer Research, Mass General Hospital
• Chadene Tremaglio, PhD, Associate Professor of Biology at the University of Saint Joseph
Panelists will share tips and tricks for those contemplating or on the scientific career development and parenting pathway and will discuss strategies for career success as a parent scientist.
Registration link: https://dfci.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_KJaXcKsHROCobGgzKTSEHg
Teaching at Teaching Intensive Institutions Conference (at Worcester State Univ)
Date: Friday, October 2, 2026
Time: 9am - 3pm
Location: Worcester State Univ Student Center, Worcester MA
Learn more at umass.edu/graduate/professiona …
“Many faculty enjoy rewarding careers at colleges and universities that primarily emphasize teaching, including liberal arts colleges, community colleges, and regional comprehensive universities.
This free one-day regional conference brings together graduate students, postdocs, and faculty to discuss what it’s like to work at teaching intensive institutions and how to apply for these faculty positions. Graduate students and postdocs will engage with faculty and deans from a range of teaching-intensive institutions across the New England region through a series of talks, panel presentations, and networking opportunities.
Visit the TTII conference website for panelist information and to register! Questions about the event may be directed to opd@umass.edu.”
Please also note that this is an *in-person* event that will not be viewable online or recorded. See you there!
All graduate students, postdocs, and recent graduate school alumni – from any college or university – are invited to attend this FREE conference!
NOTE: Harvard Griffin PhD students and Harvard postdocs wishing to attend are encouraged to sign up for the RIDE SHARE! Offer a ride if you can! Sign up for a ride if you need one! Or take the Commuter Rail
Note: This is a career-related event (not hosted by MCS) shared because it is open to Harvard students. It is sponsored by UMass Amherst’s Graduate School Office of Professional Development.
Becoming a Resilient Scientist - registration deadline 10/2/26
The "Becoming a Resilient Scientist" Series, developed by the NIH, provides five pre-recorded videos and accompanying workbooks that teach key skills to support the development of resiliency in those pursuing careers in science and health. Pathfinder offers facilitated group discussions to accompany this content where postdocs, clinical fellows and instructors can share challenges and strategies on their paths toward building better foundations for self-care as they work towards launching their careers. The five bi-weekly discussion groups consist of 1-hour sessions via Zoom, with approximately 6 participants per group. Topics include resilience, growth and fixed mindset, emotions, wellness, exploring cognitive distortions & imposter fears, helpful self-talk, setting boundaries & being assertive, communication styles, managing feedback, managing up, and managing challenging mentor relationships.
Series components:
- An Introduction to Resilience and Wellness
- Exploring Our Self-Talk: Understanding Cognitive Distortions and Imposter Fears
- Self-Advocacy and Assertiveness for Scientists
- Developing Feedback Resilience
- Managing Up to Maximize Mentoring Relationships
Registration link: bit.ly/brs-fall-2026
Calling for Science in the News seminar facilitators!
We are now recruiting facilitators for the Fall 2026 SITN seminar series! This is a great opportunity to engage with the community, increase public awareness of your field/area of experise, and gain experience with science communication. We welcome academic researchers and industry professionals at all levels!
📆 WHEN: Fall semester is October-November (each facilitator will sign up for one date)
📍 WHERE: Online (Zoom)
‼️ WHAT: Short flash talk, followed by a roundtable discussion with students
👥 WHO: Beacon Hill Seminars is an adult learning community who is excited about new frontiers in science, technology and medicine. They are a passionate and curious group of students!
Apply here: Fall 2026 SITN-BHS Facilitator Application Form
Contact the organizer: scienceinthenews.bhs@gmail.com
LEARN MORE
- Beacon Hill Seminars: home page
- Harvard SITN: official website
- More SITN opportunities: general interest form
- Contact SITN: sitnboston@gmail.com
