Dear Bio-1 Community,

October holds many reasons for the bioscience community to celebrate. Governor Corzine has proclaimed the week of October 20-28, 2009 to be New Jersey Life Sciences Week.  From the proclamation: "...it is indeed appropriate that all New Jerseyans pay tribute to the many valuable contributions made by the individuals and businesses of the life sciences industry sector."

During the week, Dr. Barbara Zilinskas will host Alumni Nite: Career Paths in Biotechnology on Thursday, October 22nd, where alumni from the Rutgers Biotechnology Program come back to join a panel and talk about where they are now.  On Monday, the 26th, the Bio-1 Life Science Fellowship Training Program will launch thanks to the participation of company and school hosts and recent graduates.  The week culminates with a ceremony to celebrate the partnership between the state of New Jersey and the city of Daegu, South Korea.

The celebrations started early this month, as Bio-1 and strategy team leaders Dr. Jonathan Yavelow and Bunny Jaskot awarded certificates of appreciation to their team for their outstanding efforts in exciting young people about the biosciences.

The results of some of this work, in addition to videos highlighting individuals in New Jersey who are currently employed in various careers is available on Bio-1's online career portal at: www.bio1.rutgers.edu/careerportal.

As always our Job Matching Website is the place to find New Jersey’s bioscience talent, please post job opportunities and resumes. http://bio-1.rutgers.edu/.  

We are continuing to post successful outcomes and deliverables made possible by the WIRED grant http://www.bio-one.org/content/successful_outcomes.html

We look forward to seeing you at the 2009 New Jersey Life Sciences events!

Sincerely,

Executive Director, WIRED Bio-1

New Jersey Life Sciences Week is here: October 20th-28th!
Alumni Nite: Biotechnology Career Paths
Daegu (South Korea) and New Jersey Partnership Signing Ceremony: Building Bioscience Clusters
Rewarding Best Practices in Exciting Young People About the Biosciences
Life Sciences Week in the News
Connect to BioNJ's Biolines

Monmouth County's Bizconnect - Job Fair
The Science & Health Fair Sponsored by the Office for the Promotion of Women in Science, Engineering & Mathematics, the Douglass Dean's Office, and the Douglass Project
Business Entity Formation Sponsored by SCORE
Rutgers Women & Gender Studies Lecture Series: The Extinction of Sex
Rutgers Biotechnology Alumni Night
New Jersey Biosciences Forum for High School Students
Entrepreneur Exposé For and About Business Women
Bio-1 Fellowship Kickoff - By invitation for Fellows and Host Companies
Don't Take This Wrong, But You Are Really Good for a Girl, and Other Stories About Being a Woman in Science
Daegu (South Korea) and New Jersey Partnership Signing Ceremony: Building Bioscience Clusters
Coming up in November:
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Career Fair
WiSEM Fall 2009 Lecture Series: Dr. Phoebe Leboy, President of AWIS
Click here for more November events:

Trained Graduates Available
Raritan Valley Community College's BioManufacturing Certificate Program Completers are Ready for Hire
Recent Grads from JFK Lab Assistant Training Program Available for Hire
Other Opportunities
Connect on Bio-1's Internship and Job Matching Site
Connect on Bio-1's Online Forum

AVTECH Certified Medical Lab Assistant (CMLA) Program
Biotechnology Workforce Development Grant Courses
Rutgers Mini-MBA: BioPharma Innovation
Prepare for the engineering FE and PE exams with courses from Rutgers University's School of Engineering
Rutgers Advanced Technology Extension provides short courses in technology related subjects
Rutgers Mini MBA: BioPharma Entrepreneurship

This month's article on Alumni Nite: Career Paths in Biotechnology was written by Devinn Lambert, Rutgers Freshman and Bio-1 Intern  As always, feel free to send news, comments or suggestions to the BIO-1 Buzz Mailbox. Any articles for publication are due by the 1st of the month.

Editor, Bio-1 Buzz