Call for Rocky 06 Education Panel Participants!
Seeking industry/academic & student volunteers for presentations, panelist,
mock interviews, resume & cover letter critique!


Speakers, mock interviewers and interviewees are still need! See the agenda on the website http://www.iscb.org/rocky06/. Interested participants should contact Dr. Susan Trapp directly by email (contact info below). Please send a detailed email stating which volunteer opportunity, your affiliations, student status (if applies). In addition, please send a short bio for our program and website. If you’re a student, please send your resume & cover letter. Students and Postdocs are encouraged to participate. If you have not already registered for Rocky, we still have space and would welcome your participation, http://www.iscb.org/rocky06/registration.htm.



TOPIC: “The Interview Process” tailored to landing that bioinformatics company position.

The Rocky Mountain Bioinformatics Conference (Rocky 06) taking place December 1-3, 2006 in Snowmass Colorado includes, as in past years, a Bioinformatics Education Panel Discussion. This year’s forum will be extremely interactive and the success of the Education Panel will be dependent upon participation of our Rocky participants. Please plan to attend this forum! The mission of the Rocky Education Panel Forum is to create a regional bioinformatics community that includes educational resources and contacts for bioinformaticians at all levels from student to research assistant to department head.

Different from past Education Panels, this years forum will include two separate sessions on consecutive days, Friday December 1 and Saturday December 2, both from 4-5 pm. Tentative agenda is attached.

Volunteer bioinformatics industry/academic speakers are needed for the following::

1) Session I: Speakers needed for Resume & Cover letter presentations (~ 10 min)
2) Session II: Panelist needed to critique mock interview process

Volunteer student participants are needed for the following
3) Session I: Students resumes & cover letters! These will be critiqued on stage. This is a great chance to get your resume and cover letter reviewed specifically by leading Bioinformaticians in the field. DON’T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY.
4) Session II: Graduate student or postdoc to participate in mock interview on stage
(volunteer will receive a free ski pass)

Best regards,


Susan Trapp, PhD
Rocky Co-Chair
Susan.trapp@uchsc.edu; 303-724-3368


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