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2025 Series Schedule
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Workshop 4
Workshop 4
Fall intensive: strategy and storytelling for success
Fall intensive: strategy and storytelling for success
September 12, 2025 | 11:30am - 12:30pm | 🍕
Hybrid: Zoom/Stanford Wu Tsai Neurosciences Building, Room S375
11:20 - 11:30am
Lunch & self-introductions
Lunch & self-introductions
11:30 - 11:50am
Personal statements that stand out: perfecting your scientific narrative
Personal statements that stand out: perfecting your scientific narrative
Louise Pay, Ph.D.
Academic Editor and Research Consultant, Louise Pay Editing
11:50am - 12:00pm
Q&A and Discussion
Q&A and Discussion
12:00 - 12:20pm
Navigating the application timeline: fall strategy and advice
Navigating the application timeline: fall strategy and advice
Martine Therrien, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor & Principal Investigator, Gliomics Research Group
UC Davis College of Biological Sciences, Department Cell and Molecular Biology
12:20 - 12:30pm
Q&A and Discussion
Q&A and Discussion
Workshop 3
Workshop 3
Building a strong application package
Building a strong application package
August 22, 2025 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm | 🍕Pizza provided by Novogene
Hybrid: Zoom/Stanford Wu Tsai Neurosciences Building, Room S375
11:30 - 12:00pm
Lunch & self-introductions
Lunch & self-introductions
12:00 - 12:20pm
Building a strong application package
Building a strong application package
Jennifer Yokoyama, Ph.D.
Associate Professor & Principal Investigator, Yokoyama lab
UCSF Department of Neurology
12:20 - 1:00pm
Q&A and Discussion (panel)
Q&A and Discussion (panel)
Jennifer Yokoyama, Ph.D.
Associate Professor & Principal Investigator, Yokoyama lab
UCSF Department of Neurology
Andrew C. Yang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Yang lab
Gladstone Institutes & UCSF Department of Neurology
Workshop 2
Workshop 2
How to prepare a strong personal statement
How to prepare a strong personal statement
July 11, 2025 | 11:30pm - 1:00pm PT | 🍕 Pizza provided by Novogene
Hybrid: Zoom/Stanford Wu Tsai Neurosciences Building, Room S375
11:30 - 12:00pm
Lunch & self-introductions
Lunch & self-introductions
12:00 - 12:20pm
Preparing a strong personal statement: journey and strategies
Preparing a strong personal statement: journey and strategies
Shoxruxxon Alimukhamedov
Incoming Ph.D. student, UCSF Neuroscience Graduate Program
12:20 - 12:30pm
Q&A and Discussion
Q&A and Discussion
12:30 - 12:50pm
Practical tips and insights on personal statements
Practical tips and insights on personal statements
Matthew Matrungolo
Ph.D. Student, Stanford University Neurosciences Program
12:50 - 1:00pm
Q&A and Discussion
Q&A and Discussion
Workshop 1
Workshop 1
Introduction to PhD applications
Introduction to PhD applications
June 3, 2025 | 4:00 - 6:00pm PT | 🍕 Pizza provided by 10x Genomics
Stanford Wu Tsai Neurosciences Building, Room S375
4:00 - 4:40pm
Overview of the PhD application process from a faculty and admissions comittee perspective
Overview of the PhD application process from a faculty and admissions comittee perspective
Rongxin Fang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Stanford University, Fang Lab
4:40 - 5:00pm
Personal application experience and interview process
Personal application experience and interview process
Margarita Artiukhova
Incoming Ph.D. student, Stanford University Molecular and Cellular Physiology
5:10 - 5:30pm
Reflections on the application journey and practical advice for applicants
Reflections on the application journey and practical advice for applicants
Alena Smith
Incoming Ph.D. student, University of Southern California Neuroscience Graduate Program
5:30 - 6:00pm
Q&A Discussion
Q&A Discussion
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Q&A and Discussion
Q&A and Discussion
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