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Transform your manuscript drafting process from a high-stress experiment into a repeatable, sustainable lab routine. This session will provide practical strategies to overcome writer's block, and draft high-impact papers with confidence. Learn how to lower cognitive load during the drafting phase while establishing healthy, low-burnout habits that keep your publication goals moving forward alongside your lab work. This workshop will be led by Mark DiGiacomo, PhD from the Rutgers Writing Program.

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Learn about research at Bristol-Myers Squibb at the Lawrenceville site and how they perform hit identification, lead optimization, ADME profiling, in vitro drug safety assessment and biomarker profiling to generate novel chemical matter and drive iterative lead optimization.  Then tour the facility at BMS in Lawrenceville where this research is taking place and meet the scientists who are involved in the studies.  Bristol-Myers Squibb is a differentiated company, led by their unique BioPharma strategy that leverages the reach and resources of a major pharma company paired with the entrepreneurial spirit and agility of a biotech firm.

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Project management is a skill that we all develop during our PhD education while working on our thesis project and it is in high demand in industry settings!  We will learn some of the tools that project managers use in industry including different approaches and theories behind the software. We will also hear from several panelists who have made the transition from the bench to being a project manager and what advice they can share if you want to follow that path.

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