The ASPET student and postdoc poster competition was held on Sunday 23rd from 6:30 to 8:30 in room W375d of the McCormick convention center. This event had dozens of some of ASPET’s brightest young minds presenting their research in hopes for winning an award. Check back for more on the winners later, after the meeting. Immediately after the poster competition, the ASPET student and post doc…

Sunday’s ASPET poster session was a great hit, with most of the poster presenters regularly engaged in constructive discussions with other attendees visiting their poster. Many laboratories both domestic and from abroad were very well represented, making it difficult to hone in on just one to talk about. Here we discuss a brief overview of two graduate students, Aleena Arakaki and Cara Rada,…

This year’s colloquium provided attendees with an in depth look at a subject that has the power to strike fear into the hearts of many (including this writer) and yet is an essential part of being a member of the scientific community. This subject, dear readers, is the art of effective science communication. The colloquium featured presentations from three speakers, along with a short Q&…

At the end of an eventful official first day of EB 2017, attendees from all societies could unwind at the first ever inter-disciplinary welcome reception. The event was held in the Skyline Ballroom W375E from 7 pm until 8:30 pm, and it was impressive to see just how many people this event brought together. Light refreshments were served, including hamburger sliders and cheese plates, and attendees…

With the ASPET Annual Meeting at Experimental Biology (EB) fast approaching, we thought this would be a great opportunity to learn more about our Young Scientists Committee (YSC) as well as our sister committee at the British Pharmacological Society (BPS), the Young Pharmacologists Advisory Group (YPAG). This interview series will first give an overview of the committees and their representation …

The YSC is pleased to announce our first ever “Partnering for Success” peer mentoring program for the 2017 ASPET Annual Meeting. This program will provide an opportunity for postdoctoral scholars to mentor graduate students at the meeting. The goals of this mentoring program are to: Support, encourage, and motivate younger ASPET members and first-time attendees. Provide a ment…

Happy New Year, PharmTalk readers and ASPET members! We have chosen to commence 2017 with a particularly interesting interview conducted with Dr. Atieh Hajirahimkhan, a Post-doctoral Research Associate in Dr. Judy Bolton’s laboratory in the Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy at the University of Illinois. Dr. Hajirahimkhan is a co-author on a fascinating review article entit…

By Ibolya Rutkai and Tamara Escajadillo  PharmTalk is delighted to be broadcasting the achievements of ASPET members who will become the next generation of great scientists. To launch the first interview of our Spotlighting Young Scientists series, we talked to Dillion Hutson, a senior undergraduate student in the laboratory of Dr. Sarah Lindsey at the Department of Pharmacology, Tulane …

Welcome readers! PharmTalk is pleased to announce a new partnership with the Young Scientists Committee (YSC), which is now spearheaded by YSC members Tamara Escajadillo and Ibolya Rutkai, under the guidance of our Chair and fearless leader Karen Tonsfeldt as well as our great team at the ASPET office. What will you hope to find while checking out our blog in the future? First off, we want to mak…

by Myron L. Toews, PhD  I wanted to make you aware of what I believe is one of the most useful sources of information for all postdocs and young faculty to know about — the weekly email newsletter from NIAID (National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases), the NIAID Funding News. Most institutes send out these weekly email newsletters. Sadly, some of them, including the on…