About the Open House
Sanford Burnham Prebys regularly holds Open House events to offer prospective postdocs an opportunity to meet our scientists and learn more about the outstanding training opportunities at our Institute.
As an Open House participant, you will hear from Sanford Burnham Prebys’ scientific leaders about the cutting-edge research in their labs, as well as have an opportunity to meet 1:1 with potential postdoctoral training mentors. You will also hear from current postdocs about their training experiences and opportunities to get involved with the postdoc association or other leadership roles. Finally, the Office of Education, Training, & International Services will invite you to learn about the vast array of career and professional development seminars and workshops available to Sanford Burnham Prebys postdocs.
Learn
About funding opportunities, core facilities and resources, postdoc training programs, and the postdoc training environment.
Agenda
| 10-10:45am | Biomedical Research at Sanford Burnham Prebys Postdoc Funding Opportunities |
|---|---|
| 10:45 – 11:00 am | Break |
| 11:00am – 12:00 pm | Career & Professional Development Postdoc Community & Engagement Postdoc Positions & Benefits |
| 12:00 – 12:45 pm | Break |
| 12:45 – 1:30 pm | Meet Current Postdocs |
| 1:30 – 1:45 pm | Break |
| 1:45 – 2:30 pm | Meet Postdoc Alumni |
| 2:30 – 3:00 pm | Q&A |
Why postdoc at Sanford Burnham Prebys?
- World-class collaborative research
- Ranked in the top 1%, among 2,962 institutions worldwide across all fields of research over the past 10 years
- 44 years as a NCI-designated Cancer Center
- C3 member: alliance of three local NCI-designated Cancer Centers
- One of the most comprehensive drug discovery centers in the not-for-profit world
- Emerging center of data science and computational biology
- Cutting edge shared technical cores in spatial omics, FACS, proteomics
- Track record of collaborative translational science to develop therapeutics
Why consider a scientific career in San Diego?
- Home of top-rated Academic Research Institutions including Sanford Burnham Prebys, Salk, UC San Diego and Scripps
- 3rd largest life science market in US
- 1,300 biotech, pharma and life science companies
- $2b in venture capital for San Diego biotech in early 2021
- $995m in NIH funding to San Diego research institutes and universities in 2020