The Rho Tau Chapter of the Graduate Women in Science

Rho Tau Chapter has a new website!

2011-06-24T11:23:00.000-04:00

Check our chapter website www.rhotaugwis.org for latest events and announcements.

Fullsteam Brewery Tour

2011-06-02T19:57:00.001-04:00

Come and Tour Fullsteam Brewery on July 26th at 6:00pm!

Have fun seeing first hand the brewing process and then try out the local brew and play ping pong with the Chapter.

Free to Rho Tau Chapter, GWIS members.

The cost is $5 per non-member and includes a flight of beer and a pint glass.

Fullsteam Location:
726 Rigsbee Avenue
Durham (Central Park's DIY District)
888-756-9274
http://www.fullsteam.ag/

Future Summer Events

2011-04-20T16:48:00.001-04:00

Thanks to everyone who attended the Duke Gardens Tour!

The GWIS officers are busy planning for fun upcoming summer events.

We will keep you all posted when our plans are finalized.

Enjoy the Flowers

2011-03-08T12:41:00.000-05:00

Join GWIS for a private tour of the Sarah P. Duke Gardens

on Sunday, April 17th, starting at 1:30pm

This tour will last about one hour and will include a lot of walking around the gardens--remember to wear comfortable shoes and bring water.

The event is free for GWIS members and $5 for non-members.

To sign-up please RSVP by 5 pm on March 13th. For information and directions to the gardens go to:

http://www.hr.duke.edu/dukegardens/

GWIS is excited to present three FREE events in March!

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When: March 10th - Networking Event/History of GWIS

6-8 pm

Where: NIEHS, Rall building (Main campus), Rodbell auditorium

111 T. W. Alexander drive, RTP , NC 27709

About: At this networking event, Jennifer Ingram, the National GWIS president, will give a brief presentation on the history of GWIS. It is our 90th anniversary this year. Come celebrate with us, network with fellow women in science, and meet the new officers for GWIS 2011! Refreshments will also be served at this event. Please RSVP by emailing rhotaugwis@gmail.com with the event name in the subject line.

When: March 22nd - Community Outreach - Weatherstone Elementary Science Fair

4:30-7:00 pm

Where: 1000 Olde Weatherstone Way

Cary, NC 27513

About: Weatherstone elementary school would love GWIS members and women scientists in the area to serve as judges at their science fair. Stay after to meet with the kids, who would love to meet and great with "real scientists"! What a great way to encourage the children in our community to explore science! Please email rhotaugwis@gmail.com with the event name in the subject line to express interest in attending this event!

When: March 26th - Community Outreach - Raffle at Southern Season

11 am - 4 pm

Where: University Mall

201 S. Estes Drive

Chapel Hill, NC 27514

About: We are looking for a few helpers to conduct science demonstrations and sell raffle tickets for prizes. If you can't help out, stop by, say hello, and buy a ticket! You could win a gift basket from A Southern Season and help out GWIS at the same time. Please email rhotaugwis@gmail.com with the event name in the subject line to express interest in helping at this event!

Career Workshop- 01-20-2011

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The Rho Tau Chapter of the Graduate Women in Science is proud to announce its first Career Workshop.

When: January 20, 2011, 9:30 am to 12 pm

Where: NC State BTEC (850 Oval Drive, NC State Centennial Campus, Raleigh)

Fees: The event is free for GWIS members. Non-members will be required to pay $10 cash at the door.

Registration will be limited to the first 100 respondents.

Please RSVP by clicking this link: Registration

Below is the agenda for the day

9:00 - 9:30
Registration and Check-in
Sign-up for Break-out sessions

9:30-9:40
Welcoming Remarks by Dr. Kelly Mercier, President of the Rho Tau Chapter

9:40-10:10
Anastacia Pucci, Carlyle and Conlan
Presentation: Navigating Towards your Next Opportunity

10:10-10:40
Angela Barbry Stewart, Kelly Scientific Resources
Presentation: Elements of a Modern Job Application

10:40-10:50 Break

10:50-12:00
Break-out sessions for one-on-one discussions with Human Resources Experts (Carlyle & Conlan, Kelly Scientific and Manpower)

PARKING INFORMATION

A 'Pay-to-Park' deck for visitors is located behind the BTEC building (at the end of Partners Way). Rates are $2 for the first hour and $1 for each additional hour ($6 max. per day). Payment is accepted by credit cards only, NO CASH.

If you have any questions or need more information, please email us at rhotaugwis@gmail.com or comment on this post.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Joint Networking Event Invitation

2010-11-24T17:55:00.000-05:00

The Rho Tau chapter of the Graduate Women in Science presents

An Evening of Networking and Wine
A joint holiday event with the Graduate Women in
Science, the Association of Women in Science and Women
in Bio

Chatham Hill Winery
3800 Gateway Centre Blvd. Suite 310, Morrisville, NC 27560
December 7th, 2010
6-9pm
Please R.S.V.P. to RhoTauGWIS@gmail.com by December 4, 2010

Admission includes a glass of wine and an amazing assortment of hors d’oeuvres from Catering Works
GWIS/AWIS/WIB members: free (one of the many benefits of GWIS membership)
Non-members: $20 cash at the door

Save the date - December 7, 2010 - Joint Networking Event

2010-11-19T14:27:00.002-05:00

Please put aside the evening of December 7th for the first joint networking event with the Rho Tau chapter of GWIS and the research triangle chapters of the Association of Women in Science and Women in Bio. We will be meeting at the Chatham Hill Winery in Morrisville from 6pm-9pm. Most information will be available soon.

Behind the Scenes Tour of the Morehead Planetarium

2010-10-21T16:04:00.001-04:00

The Rho Tau chapter of the Graduate Women in Science proudly present

A Behind the Scenes Tour of the Morehead Planetarium

The planetarium staff have designed a special program for the GWIS audience that will focus of how the exhibits are researched from cutting-edge physics and astronomy and translated into accessible material.

November 17, 2010

6:30 - 8:00 p.m.

250 E. Franklin Street

Chapel Hill, NC 27514

Parking can be found at either at the front of the

Morehead building or off of Rosemary Street for nominal fees.

There is no charge for the tour, but space is limited to the first 30 respondents.

Please R.S.V.P. by commenting to this post.

**Oct 22, 2010 note: if you cannot RSVP here, please send an email to rhotaugwis@gmail.com and I will RSVP for you.**

GWIS Fellowships Seminar

2010-10-19T12:32:00.001-04:00

The Rho Tau Chapter of the Graduate Women in Science invites you to an informational seminar about the GWIS National Fellowships program.

Dr. Jennifer Ingram, President of the National GWIS has been kind enough to volunteer her time to talk about the various fellowship opportunities provided by GWIS. Graduate students as well as post-docs are eligible for these fellowships which range from $1000 to $10000 depending on scientific merit and field of study.

If you would like to learn more about these fellowships, please RSVP to this event by emailing Dr. Kelly Mercier (mercierka@niehs.nih.gov). Please have two forms of photo identification with you; if you are from the EPA, your EPA badge is sufficient. Additional information about visiting NIEHS can be found at: http://www.niehs.nih.gov/about/visiting/index.cfm

When: November 4, 6 PM
Where: NIEHS, Rodbell Auditorium
111 T.W. Alexander Drive, RTP, NC 27709

We look forward to seeing you!

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS!!

2010-10-19T12:29:00.000-04:00

As this year comes to an end, the Rho Tau Chapter calls for nominations for all officer positions including: President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer. If you are interested in running for an officer position, please contact Dr. Kelly Mercier (mercierka@niehs.nih.gov) or Dr. Darshini Trivedi (carolinagal@mac.com) for more information.

This will be great opportunity for you to develop your leadership skills as well as get more involved with GWIS and Rho Tau.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

The Rho Tau Chapter of the Graduate Women in Science

Wine Tasting and Silent Auction Fundraiser

2010-08-13T12:58:00.003-04:00

The Rho Tau Chapter of the Graduate Women in Science invites you and your family/friends to a Wine Tasting and Silent Auction fundraiser. We will be tasting a great selection of whites and reds, enjoying delicious hors d'oeuvres, and bidding on fabulous donations provided by local businesses.

Some of the items to be auctioned are:
NC Symphony tickets
Irregardless Café
The Museum of Life and Science - family admission
Mez Restaurant
Carolina Hurricanes tickets
The Umstead Hotel - 1 night and breakfast for 2
EnV salon

WHEN: Saturday, September 11, 2010, 5 to 8 pm (you can stop by anytime between 5 and 8 pm)
WHERE: Apex Beverage Co., 800 W. Williams Street, Apex, NC

Tickets are $20 payable by CASH ONLY at the door.
All proceeds will go towards our professional development series focused towards student and career development.

For additional information or to RSVP, contact Dr. Kelly Mercier (mercierka@niehs.nih.gov) or Dr. Darshini Trivedi (carolinagal@mac.com)

We look forward to seeing you there!

Rho Tau Wine Tasting and Silent Auction

2010-07-14T09:38:00.000-04:00

Please put the evening of 11 Sept 2010 aside for the Rho Tau Wine Tasting and Silent Auction Fundraiser at the Apex Beverage Co. We will be tasting a selection of whites and reds, enjoying delicious finger foods chosen to pair well with the wines, and bidding on fabulous donations provided by local business.

Tickets will be $20. I hope you and all your friends/family will join us. All proceeds will go towards the chapter programming.

Please email Kelly (mercierka@niehs.nih.gov) or Darshini (carolinagal@mac.com) if you would like to volunteer for this event or make a donation.

Dr. Susan Henning's lecture on Postnatal GI Development and her career

2010-07-02T11:16:00.000-04:00

Thank you, again, for all those to fought the terrible traffic and "bomb threat" on I-40 to join us for Dr. Susan Henning's lecture. For those of you who missed it, Dr. Henning was the recipient of an honorary membership from the national GWIS organization in 1999 for her outstanding contribution to scientific research. Her research in GI development has been honored many times, and she has authored more than 100 papers, making her clearly an expert in her field. What we did not know is just how amazingly she has been able to juggle major innovations in her research with raising 3 boys - while having a sense of humor about it all. Her talk was inspiring, insightful, and funny.

Our next event will be a fundraiser wine tasting at the Apex Beverage Co on the 11th of September. More information will follow. As Dr. Henning is a prominent member of our chapter, she will be joining us there. I would urge you all to talk with her at the event and discover the wealth of experience we have in our organization.

Upcoming seminar by Dr. Susan Henning

2010-06-15T15:43:00.001-04:00

The Rho Tau Chapter of the Graduate Women in Science invites you to a special seminar entitled “Postnatal GI Development: The Journey from Steroids to Stem Cells” to be presented by Dr. Susan Henning.

Dr. Henning is a professor in the Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She is a 1999 SDE/GWIS Honorary Membership Award recipient. Her award was for 'Excellence in Scientific Research'.

When: June 30, 2010, 6PM
Where: NIEHS, Rall Building, Rodbell Room C (101C)
111 T.W. Alexander Drive, RTP 27709

For additional information or to RSVP, please contact Dr. Kelly Mercier (mercierka@niehs.nih.gov) or Dr. Darshini Trivedi (carolinagal@mac.com)

We look forward to seeing you there!

Life After the Post Doc Part Deux - a review

2010-04-22T10:46:00.000-04:00

What an amazing event! Sharon Campbell, Nancy Monteiro-Riviere, and Ayana Arce each provided such unique perspectives on life in academia, and we had some great questions from our attendees. It is events like this that really make GWIS a fabulous group and me proud to be apart of this. Thank you all for attending, and I'm really looking forward to seeing you in June for Dr. Susan Henning's talk on her career and research.

We'll see you soon!

~Kelly

President

Welcome to the Rho Tau Chapter of the Graduate Women In Science !

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The Rho Tau chapter was founded in 2009 in the Research Triangle Park of NC and serves the entire state of North Carolina. Our members represent the past, present and future of women in all sciences. We are striving for bi-monthly events, including networking, wine tasting, outside speakers, and lively discussions.

We urge you to attend a meeting, talk to an officer, and learn more about what GWIS can do for you and your career as a woman scientist.

Please follow this link in order to become a member, get all the benefits, and help support our new chapter!

http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=177961

The Rho Tau Chapter is also on LinkedIn.

Meet the GWIS Rho Tau Officers !

Dr. Kelly Mercier

President

Email: MercierKA@niehs.nih.gov

Kelly grew up in Phoenix, AZ, and attended Lake Forest College in IL, earning her BA in chemistry. She had internships in Illinois, Rhode Island, and Tennessee before working for Roche in CA and then attending graduate school at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, NE. Her research was focused on structural biology and functional annotation by NMR spectroscopy, earning a Ph.D in chemistry in 2008 and a GWIS Eloise Gerry fellowship in 2006. She currently holds a postdoctoral fellowship position at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, continuing her work in structural biology. Kelly’s husband is currently serving with the NC National guard in Iraq, and they have a 3-year old son, who frequently attends GWIS functions and professes his love for big, big magnets.

Dr. Erica Allen

Vice-President

Email: ericaall@earthlink.net

Erica completed her undergraduate degree in Microbiology at University of Maryland, College Park before going on to study polycystic kidney disease and complete her Ph.D. in Cellular and Molecular Medicine at Johns Hopkins University. She then spent 2 years as a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Dr. Anton Jetten at NIEHS, studying the role of Glis proteins in placental and kidney development. After her postdoctoral fellowship, she joined Constella Group/SRA International as a clinical research scientist where she worked as a medical writer and regulatory affairs specialist. She is currently employed by Impact Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. as a clinical research scientist, continuing her career in medical writing and regulatory affairs.

Dr. Darshini Trivedi

Secretary

Email: carolinagal@mac.com

RhoTauGWIS@gmail.com

Darshini obtained a PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the University of Kentucky, where her dissertation research focused on the roles of the cyclooxygenase enzymes and their products in the development of congenital cardiovascular defects. After finishing her PhD, she focused her research on adult cardiovascular disease at the University of Pennsylvania, where she studied effects of anti-platelet drugs on athersoclerosis in mice. She currently holds a post-doctoral research position at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in the Laboratory of Pharmacology, where she is continuing her work on cardiovascular disease, using mouse models of abdominal aortic aneurysms and atherosclerosis. Darshini has been the Secretary for the Rho Tau Chapter of the Graduate Women in Science since January 2010.

Ms. Rachel Mazer

Treasurer

Email: Rachel.Mazer@pfizer.com

Rachel Mazer graduated from the University of Connecticut with a Bachelor of Science in Pathobiology and Veterinary Medicine. She gained a huge appreciation for multiple different facets of diagnostics testing for animals by gaining experience in necropsy, serology, histology and microbiology. She pursued veterinary microbiology as a technician for nearly 2 years in Massachusetts and then moved to North Carolina to work for Pfizer Poultry Health (formerly Embrex) as a Research Associate studying in vitro and in vivo techniques to aid in the development of a in ovo poultry coccidial vaccination. In November of 2008 she took a position as a Research Associate in the Biodevice group to develop a gender differentiation device and process for use in the poultry industry. Rachel has been a member of the Graduate Women in Science (GWIS) since January of 2009. She helped compile GWIS fellowship application reviews for 2009. Rachel is looking forward to a successful second year in the Rho Tau chapter and networking with new and interesting women in all aspects of the sciences.

Dr. Jennifer Ingram

Advisor

Former President

Email: Jennifer.Ingram@duke.edu

Jennifer L. Ingram grew up in Princeton, North Carolina and attended Peace College, a women’s junior college, where she earned her Associate of Arts Degree before transferring to North Carolina State University. There, she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Zoology with a minor in Genetics. She continued her education at NC State by earning a Ph.D. in Genetics in 2000. Her Ph.D. research focused on chromatin structure and transcriptional regulation in plants. Following graduate school, she continued her postdoctoral training at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the CIIT Centers for Health Research. Her postdoctoral research focused on understanding pathogenic mechanisms of fibrotic lung diseases resulting from environmental insults (allergens, metal oxides pollutants, etc.). Dr. Ingram’s current position is Assistant Research Professor at Duke University in the Duke Asthma, Allergy, and Airway Center, where her work focuses on understanding the molecular pathways that lead to airway remodeling in asthma. Dr. Ingram has been a member of Graduate Women in Science since 1995, and had been a member of the GWIS Fellowships Committee from 2003-2008. Dr. Ingram currently serves as GWIS National President-Elect.

Ms. Winnell Newman

Membership Secretary

Email: winnell@ncsu.edu

Winnell worked towards her Bachelors' education at the University of Louisville, KY; completed the bachelors' degree and her Masters at the University of North Carolina Greensboro where she focused on plant ovary structure and biomolecular studies. She was awarded a GWIS scholarship for her Masters research project in 1987 and has been a member ever since. She was a co-founder and past-president of Trana Discovery, Inc, and currently is the manager of student programs at the BTEC facility at NCSU .

Dr. Mary Jane Cunningham

Liaison to GWIS National

Email: mjcunningham1017@gmail.com

Mary Jane Cunningham, Ph.D. is the President and Founder of Nanomics Biosciences, Inc., a Delaware incorporated nanobiotechnology company in Cary, North Carolina. Nanomics Biosciences offers global screening services in genomics and proteomics for manufacturers and developers of a variety of substances, including nanomaterials. Dr. Cunningham received her B.A. degree with double majors in biology and chemistry from Case Western Reserve University and her Ph.D. in Physiological Chemistry from The Ohio State University. She completed postdoctoral fellowships in genetic toxicology at Haskell Laboratory of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc. and in prostate cancer and molecular biology at Stanford University. Dr. Cunningham worked in several biotech start ups in Northern California and was one of the first investigators to apply gene expression microarrays and proteomics to study the toxic effects of chemical compounds. She is an inventor on several gene expression patents and has presented and published on the use of OMICs technologies in toxicology. For the last six years, Dr. Cunningham’s research focus has been in applying OMICs technologies to predict efficacy and safety of nanomaterials.

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