I know it is not even Thanksgiving but its not to early to start preparing for next summer.  NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases is seeking student applicants for its summer internship program in biomedical research.  Information about this opportunity can be found at the NIAID website.

The American Chemical Society (ACS) today launched a new resource that gives students, journalists, scientists, libraries and others instant access to more than eight decades of content from its popular weekly newsmagazine, Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN). Called C&EN Archives, it includes more than 500,000 pages of content from 85+ years of C&EN. It is available at

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C&EN Archives constitutes an unparalled chronicle of the chemical enterprise — and the multiple other scientific disciplines that involve chemistry. At its initial launch, C&EN Archives includes content from 1923 through 2009. In early 2011, content from 2010 will also be added. C&EN Archives is fully searchable and accessible via the same user-friendly platform that enables readers to peruse their current electronic editions of ACS’ suite of 38 peer-reviewed scientific journals.
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Undergraduate Scholarship Program (UGSP) offers competitive scholarships to students from disadvantaged backgrounds who are committed to careers in biomedical, behavioral, and social science health-related research.  Applications will soon be accepted.  To learn more about this opportunity go here.

Ei-ichi Negishi, Ph.D., who just shared the 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, will lead a Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN) webinar Oct. 12 on  the discovery, development and application of the famed ZACA reaction. C&EN is the weekly newsmagazine of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the world’s largest scientific society.

That landmark chemical reaction provides new ways of making medicines and other key products using green chemistry methods, which minimize or avoid the use of potentially toxic substances. ZACA stands for ...

Yesterday the Department of Labor announced a $3.6 million dollar grant to assist the nearly 1,000 workers affected by the pharmaceutical industry layoffis in northern New Jersey.  Is this news a little late?  Will the grant make a difference?  What do you think?

 

Below is the entire Department of Labor news release.

The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $3,644,575 grant to assist about 960 workers affected by layoffs from the pharmaceutical industry in northern New Jersey.

 

"Today's grant will give these workers the opportunity to find new jobs in expanding sectors of the state's economy," said Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis. "These are hard-working and highly talented individuals, and we want to do everything possible to help guide and prepare them for other employment opportunities that may be available locally."

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