Biomedical PhD Student Organization
BPSO Mission
The Biomedical PhD Student Organization (BPSO) aims to build and strengthen the community among PhD programs at BUMC; to foster personal and professional relationships between students faculty, alumni , and administrators; to promote interdisciplinary research at BU; and to cultivate camaraderie among Biomedical Science PhD students.
Email us at: bpso@bu.edu
Find us on Facebook
BPSO Officers 2023 – 2024
President: Kate Alimenti
Vice President: Joelle Johnson
Administrative Coordinator: Viviana Dominguez
Treasurer: Isabella Garza
Academic Affairs Liaison: Madeline Labbott
Union Liaison: Dilnar Mahmut
BPSO Business
Happy New Year BPSO community members! Welcome back from winter break. This semester we have a lot of events in the works that we look forward to sharing.
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BPSO Events
BPSO Business Meeting – February 4th @ 5pm
K103 conference room with catered dinner! The board will provide union updates, outline spring events, and take any feedback. We are catering dumplings for dinner again!
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT UPDATES
Sign up for one-on-one career exploration Brainstorm about career options, access relevant resources, get connected to professionals, or CV, resume, cover letter, and/or LinkedIn review advice, support, or coaching with:
– Lauren Celano, Biotech career coach and freelance recruiter
or
– Béné, PhD career specialist.
Biotech, Health, and Life Sciences Virtual Career Fairs are coming up!
Check out the GMS Professional Development calendar to learn more and start learning about the employers who registered. Fill out the BU Professional Development for Doctoral Students Fill out the survey if you have/would like to participate in the PhD Progression program, a free Apple ipad is up for grabs. Link HERE
GMS Events
PIBS Interview Days
Help wanted! January 24th AND February 14th
PIBS interview days are back in person this year. GMS is looking for student volunteers throughout the day. Student guides and tour guides will be provided a free BU hoodie or crewneck. This form (HERE) has additional information and sign-up options. To access the form you do need to be signed into your BU.edu gmail account.
Medical Research Symposium — January 14th from 10am – 1pm in Hiebert
This symposium highlights medical student research including MD/PhD students with short talks and a poster session. Food will be included. Feel free to stop by and show your support. Info HERE
GMS Campus Store has launched!
Checkout the new virtual GMS campus bookstore with different GMS swag items. HERE
Upcoming Defense
Jhonatan Henao Vasquez
Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine
“Lung Airway MIWI2-Expressing Multiciliated Cells and Influenza A Pathogenesis”
January 28th at 1:30PM in X-714 (650 Albany St).
Congrats, Doctor!
Dr. Robert Fisher
Department of Genetics and Genomics
Dr. Adeline Matschulat
Biochemistry & Cell Biology
Dr. Carina Cheng
Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology
Dr. Hanna Barlit
Department of Genetics and Genomics
Are you defending soon? Let us know so we can highlight your seminar!
Union Updates
The Union Security clause in the contract requires bargaining unit members to pay membership dues or a fair share agency fee. In the event that a bargaining unit member after notification of this obligation fails to pay one or the other, they are subject to a one week’s suspension of pay between the fall and spring semesters.
We entered an MOU with BU to move this penalty from Winter Break to after the spring semester for this year only. When is the time to sign membership cards?
If you haven’t signed a membership card yet, now is the time to do so! You can find a link to the card, and important information on paying dues here: https://www.seiu509.org/join/joinhighered/
Feedback or thoughts? Email us at BPSO@bu.edu
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THANK YOU FOR READING,
YOUR BPSO EBOARD PRESIDENT: KATE ALIMENTI (ALIMENTI@BU.EDU)
VICE PRESIDENT: JOELLE JOHNSON (JGJOHNS@BU.EDU)
ACADEMIC AFFAIRS LIAISON: MADELINE LABOTT (MLABOTT@BU.EDU)
TREASURER: ISABELLA GARZA (IGARZA99@BU.EDU)
ADMIN COORDINATOR: VIVIANA DOMINGUEZ (VADOMING@BU.EDU)
UNION LIAISON: DILNAR MAHMUT