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In October 2014, Janssen launched a postdoc program in which participants are paired with two mentors, one from Janssen and the other from partnering academic institutions located nearby their La Jolla facility, including the Scripps Research Institute and the University of Southern California (USC).
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Professional development encompasses scientific growth and skills that are infrequently taught in the classroom but are vital for success in launching a postdoc's independent career.
In an effort to make science more accessible, postdoc Vinita Bharat launched a platform called Fuzzy Synapse that features comics, illustrations and videos that simplify scientific concepts.
In 2002, the Burroughs Wellcome Fund BWFF) and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), with help from AAAS (publisher of Science Careers), launched a course in scientific management for postdocs and newly appointed PIs.
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Two leading research funders launched an initiative to bring training in these and other skills to postdocs and junior faculty.
"As postdocs are getting older, we need money," said Dr. Lynn Horton, 34, a mother of two who helped establish a postdoc organization last fall at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.
She leveraged her postdoc experience to launch a fulfilling career in medical writing.
For example, the association is planning to launch a Slack group with a channels devoted to postdocs in specific fields, postdocs from overseas, and postdocs who have kids, as well as channels that simply focus on hobbies and miscellaneous mutual interests.
Supporters of postdoc unions hoped it would launch a national movement.
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