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“Do Your Homework”

In the recent issue of Science, Dr. Clinton Rubin, Director of the Center for Biotechnology, A SUNY Distinguished Professor and chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Stony Brook University gave good advice on customizing one’s faculty applications. Among Dr. Rubin’s wise words, “In formulating your application cover letter, invest the same care and rigor you would when submitting a grant proposal to a funding agency. Take the time to help the hiring committee understand why you’re applying. Why here? Why now? Why us?” Read the full article here.

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The Life Sciences Summit is an exclusive early stage investor and business development conference that highlights innovation. The objective of the event is to provide an intimate setting allowing emerging biotech companies and academic innovators to connect with the capital and strategic partners they will need to move new discoveries through clinical development.

The virtual 2021 program features thought provoking plenary sessions, presentations by promising young companies with transformative science, the "innovation pipeline" featuring academic innovators and pre-seed stage companies working on cutting edge technologies, and 1:1 networking opportunities.

View the program online and register at lifesciencessummit.org

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View the program online and register at lifesciencessummit.org

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