Job opportunity - NYC

There is a job opening at the New York State Psychiatric Institute (across the street from Columbia University) for a junior vet that could be filled by someone right out of vet school who has substantial experience in lab animal from vet school. The job is posted on the ASLAP website. The job is not a residency, but does offer the option of working with the residents at Columbia if the person is interesting in self-teaching to sit the boards. I think the position will be under the direction of Evan Shukan (our old adviser).

Please see listing in comments or contact:
Dr. Harry N. Shair
New York State Psychiatric Institute
Developmental Neuroscience, Unit 40
1051 Riverside Drive. NY, NY 10032
Email: hnsl@columbia.edu

ASLAP Veterinary Student Travel Award - Deadline June 1st

The ASLAP Veterinary Student Liaison Committee (VSLC) is seeking nominations of veterinary students for the ASLAP Veterinary Student Travel Award Program. Up to 5 awards may be given this year for travel to the 2008 AALAS National Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana, November 9-13, 2008. For more information, please see the announcment.

New Club Officers

Give a big CONGRATS! to the new club officers who take over in May...

Cassie Miller - President
Joe Hampel - President Elect
Casey Fitz - Vice President
Rebecca Sammak - Treasurer
Rober Zweig - Secretary

-Steph

Penn and Teller on PETA

Some friends from Seattle sent me the link to this Penn and Teller show they did on PETA. This is a couple years old and has some rough language, but for the most part is really good.
-Steph

Part 1/3


Part 2/3


Part 3/3


here is the shortened version if you don't have time to watch the whole thing and want a synopsis.

Lan Animal Subscription

Hey All,

I just signed us up for a free subscription to Lab Animal. It should start arriving in our mail box next month. We will either be putting it in the reading room or on our bulletin board for you all to look review.

In the meantime - you can access the online version at anytime. And please give me a hollar if you have any problems.

-Steph - salyer@wisc.edu

Genetech Oncology Research Position

Hi All,

One of the lab animal vet's I know in California sent this summer research opportunity out to the second years. It sounds like a great opportunity to get your foot in the door of a large pharma. Gail also mentioned trying to get an externship program set up there as well, so this could be a great way to network for future opportunities.

See below:

From: Susan Christenson <christes@svm.vetmed.wisc.edu>
Date: Feb 11, 2008 8:52 AM
Subject: Fw: message for the 2nd year class
To: Class of 2010 List <class2010@svm.vetmed.wisc.edu>

Hello Second Year Class. The following is a job description and contact number for a pretty cool summer job this summer in San Francisco. We have sent some UW students to this and its great. Dr. Gail Colbern is a veterinarian and cancer research for Genentech a large biotech company that does cancer research and markets cancer therapeutics. See the job description and her contact number. I believe they put you up in San Francisco for the summer, but check on it.

Veterinary Intern, Translational Oncology:

Job Description:

Summary: This position is designed for a veterinary student, after second or third year, with interest in cancer biology, cancer treatment, drug development and/or laboratory animal medicine. Basic mouse handling skills are required. Candidates with some experience in rodent anesthetic, surgical and necropsy procedures are preferred but not required. Candidate should be motivated and willing to learn new techniques. Candidate will require good communication skills for frequent contact with other employees and groups within the organization. Candidate should be able to lift and carry up to 30 lbs.

Supervisory Responsibility: There will be no supervisory responsibilities in this position.

Education/Experience Requirement: Beyond the education and experience of at least two years in veterinary school, there is no specific experience requirement. A strong work ethic, attention to detail and desire to learn and work with new techniques is required.

Expectations for Intern Experience: Candidate will have responsibility for their own tumor model development studies during their program. Candidate will participate in group discussions and make at least one presentation during their tenure. It is expected that the candidate and supervisor will collaborate on a journal article submission during and after the Internship

Gail Colbern, DVM, MS, DACT
Senior Scientist
Genentech, Inc.
1 DNA Way, MS#72
South San Francisco, CA 94080
650.225.6871
650.225.5770 (fax)
650.796.3119 (cell)
gcolbern@gene.com

C.L. Davis Canadian Lab Animal Symposium - March 6-7