Science Alliance Prepares

Students, Postdocs and Faculty

for Successful Careers
For nearly 200 years—since 1817—the New York Academy of Sciences has brought together extraordinary
people working at the frontiers of scientific discovery. But the next generation of scientists and engineers will
need an increasingly diverse skill set to effectively communicate their work, secure research funding, and land
professional opportunities. That’s why we’ve partnered with a consortium of universities, teaching hospitals,
and independent research institutions to create the Science Alliance program.
Science Alliance is a cost-effective, turnkey solution to enable your students and faculty to access cutting edge
STEM content from the New York Academy of Sciences, as well as the leadership, project management and
soft-skills training they’ll need to stand out in today’s competitive marketplace.

“The level of perspective and self-awareness the program

brings with regard to leadership skills is astonishing.
You will leave the program seeing your professional
and personal worlds in a new light.”
2016 Participant, Science Alliance Leadership Training (SALT)
Career Readiness Training
Participants have the opportunity to
acquire the skills and training they’ll
need to succeed in a STEM career:
Skill-Building Webinars on
effective grant-writing, securing
research funding, communications
& career planning…
Online Courses enabling students to
earn career-building credentials in
areas such as Teaching, Clinical
Research Management, and more…
eBriefings: an archive of multi-media
presentations covering non-traditional
career tracks, networking skills, a
guide to scientific publishing….
Career Path Videos: a series of videos
illustrating the many career tracks
available to STEM graduates
Cutting Edge STEM Content
As sponsored Members, your
students, postdocs and faculty have
access to multidisciplinary research
presented at the Academy:
Academy Webinars: Live, interactive
webcasts featuring the latest research
presented at the Academy across the
Life Sciences, Physical &
Environmental Sciences, and
Engineering…
Academy eBriefings: An archive of
past research presented at the
Academy, including speaker slides
and audio, full meeting summary, and
links to related resources…
Annals of the New York Academy of
Sciences: A complete digital archive
of the longest continually published
scientific journal in the US, and among
the most cited of multidisciplinary
scientific serials worldwide
Networking & Resume-Building
Participants can submit poster
abstracts, qualify for travel
fellowships, and gain unique access
to career-building opportunities,
including:
Member to Member Mentoring:
Students and postdocs can request a
professional STEM mentor from the
Academy’s global network of over
20,000 Members
Science Alliance Leadership Training:
An intensive 5 day institute to prepare
STEM PhD students to assume
leadership roles
Journey Through Science Day:
50 exceptional students and early
career scientists are selected for this
unique opportunity to interact with
PepsiCo’s R&D leadership

HOW TO JOIN
To become a Science Alliance partner, your organization must be an accredited educational institution at the
undergraduate level or higher. Institutions join by paying a flat annual Membership fee, then inviting their students,
postdocs, and faculty to sign up for sponsored Academy Membership via a customized enrollment link.

To learn more, contact Membership Manager Naya Barahona (nbarahona@nyas.org).

MEMBERSHIP DUES Membership is FREE for University of Puerto Rico and

affiliated campuses
The annual Membership dues are determined by the size of the participating institution as follows:
If total enrollment is… The annual cost is:
5,000 or less $2,000
5,001 to 10,000 $3,000
Over 10,000 $5,000
For non-US institutions $1,500

@NYASciences #ScienceAlliance
 Appendix A – Academy Simulcast Webinars 2017

Thursday, January 19, 2017 | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Is a Postbac Right for You?
Join this Webinar to learn more about post baccalaureate (postbac) programs for recent college graduates in order to gain research
and scientific experience after obtaining an undergraduate degree. Learn about types of postbac programs and how they can
strengthen your application to PhD programs in the biomedical sciences.

Wednesday, March 1, 2017 | 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Quantitative Approaches in Immuno-Oncology
This symposium will explore the emerging field of quantitative immuno-oncology, covering the breadth of scientific topics
and methods needed to quantify interactions between tumors and the immune system.

Tuesday, March 7, 2017 | 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

You, Too, Can Peer Review! A Guide for Contributing to the Peer Review Process
Join Science Alliance and Elsevier to learn how to review an article for a scientific journal. The first half of this two part
session will include an overview of the fundamentals of the peer-review process, advice about becoming a reviewer, and
tips for providing constructive feedback. The second half of the workshop will feature an interactive and hands-on review
session of a published manuscript.

Wednesday, March 8, 2017 | 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

What International Scientists Should Know about Immigration and Travel
This webinar will feature a discussion of the implications of the White House Executive Order on Immigration.

Monday, March 13, 2017 | 9:00 AM - 4:45 PM

Targeting Tau in Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders
This event will cover the translational potential of immunotherapy for taupathies, reviewing the pre-clinical and clinical development
of several tau immunotherapy programs that exemplify this emerging therapeutic approach.

Tuesday, March 21, 2017 | 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Exosomes in the CNS
In this symposium we will explore the contribution of extracellular vesicles to pathological processes underlying
neurodegenerative disorders, and the appeal of exosomes as biomarkers and targets for the development of novel
therapeutics.

Tuesday, April 11, 2017 | 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Gene Therapy for Rare Diseases
Gene therapy has been proposed as a promising therapeutic strategy for monogenic disorders. This symposium will explore
recent advances in the field, and identify ongoing obstacles on the path to wider use of this approach.
Thursday, April 27, 2017 | 6:00 PM - 7:45 PM
Industry Research Postdoctoral Programs
Join the Science Alliance as we discuss the postdoctoral programs outside Academia. Topics will include differences between
academia and industry, hiring and transition mechanisms, salaries and challenges.
Monday, May 15, 2017 - Wednesday, May 17, 2017
13th International Conference on Myasthenia Gravis and Related Disorders
Learn about most recent advances in basic, translational, and clinical research on the rare, acquired disorder, Myasthenia Gravis, as
well as implications of this research on a range of related autoimmune and neuromuscular diseases.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017 - Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Neuroplasticity, Neuroregeneration, and Brain Repair
The conference will explore neuroregenerative processes and identify strategies for translating knowledge into treatments for
neurodegenerative diseases and nervous system injuries.

Wednesday, June 21, 2017 - Thursday, June 22, 2017

The Need to Accelerate Therapeutic Development — Must Randomized Controlled Trials Give Way?
Explore the ethical and scientific rationale behind clinical trials and the implications of accelerated alternatives.
Thursday, July 6, 2017 | 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Securing Seed Funding: Support for Biotech Entrepreneurs and Researchers
This free webinar will provide an overview of Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer
opportunities for early-stage biotech businesses.

Thursday, September 7, 2017 | 6:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Academia Challenges for Women in STEM: Training, Discrimination, and Policy
Join Science Alliance and Elsevier to learn about the challenges women in academia face when pursuing careers in STEM. This
event will discuss Elsevier’s 2017 Gender in the Global Research Landscape report. A panel discussion will follow the report
presentation.

Friday, September 22, 2017 | 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM

Long Acting HIV Prevention Methods
This conference will address the current scientific barriers to development of long acting prevention methods for HIV with the goal
of promoting scientific advances for HIV prevention.

Tuesday, September 26, 2017 | 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Targeting RNA Using Small Molecules
This symposium will cover approaches for targeting RNA with small and large molecules. The relevance of RNA splicing,
microRNA, and RNA repeat expansions to human disease, and novel approaches for selectively modulating RNA function
will be discussed.

Tuesday, October 3, 2017 | 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Grantsmanship for Postdocs: Pathway to Independence Awards (K99/R00)
Join the Science Alliance to learn best practices for effective grantsmanship, specifically applied to the NIH K99/R00 career
transition grant application with Dr. Jaime Rubin.

Wednesday, October 11, 2017 & Thursday, October 12, 2017

Implementing the GSA Innovation Curriculum
Our flexible, project-based curriculum allows teachers to instruct students on how to solve problems facing their communities—
and communities around the world—by applying principles of scientific research and design thinking. Our curriculum kits
(Classroom Model and Workshop Model) offer engaging ways for educators to build STEM knowledge, as well as 21st-century
skills like critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, and communication, among their students.

Tuesday, October 24, 2017 | 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Towards Transformative Therapies for Sickle Cell Disease
This symposium will explore recent developments in the field including elucidation of biological mechanisms of disease and
cutting-edge clinical science, while underscoring the importance of the patient experience.

Thursday, November 2, 2017 | 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Mitochondria in Health and Disease
This symposium will bring together cross-disciplinary researchers to explore mitochondrial biology, the role played by mitochondria
in disease, and their potential as a therapeutic target.

Tuesday, November 14, 2017 | 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Antibody-Drug Conjugates: Oncology and Beyond
This symposium will present cutting-edge research exploring the challenges and opportunities that exist for antibody– drug
conjugates as treatments for cancer, and more recently, other disease indications.

Thursday, November 30, 2017 | 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Engaging with the Public: Why Scientists Need to Communicate Their Work
Join Science Alliance and Sense About Science USA for an evening of discussion on why scientists and researchers need
to engage with the public, and how to bring successful science communication into your academic career.

Appendix B– Online Courses 2017

Event | Friday, July 7 - Tuesday, October 10, 2017
Clinical Research Management Online Course Summer 2017
The Certificate in Clinical Research Management is designed to provide extensive training in the
niche domain of clinical research and clinical data management.
 Appendix C – Academy eBriefings 2017
eBriefings are: multi-media presentations featuring the latest STEM and professional development content presented at the
Academy, including speaker’s slides and audio, meeting summaries, and links to related resources. Academy Members can
access a full archive of over 500 eBriefings for free, and at their convenience.

January 13, 2017

Multiple Sclerosis: Diagnostic and Treatment Frontiers
This one-day, translational conference brought together academic and clinical researchers with industry leaders to discuss current
therapeutics; diagnostic, prognostic, and predictive biomarkers; MRI usage in diagnosis and monitoring, and novel and emerging
treatments.

January 18, 2017

Antibiotics in Food: Can Less Do More?
This one-day conference reviewed the implications of antibiotic use in the food system from veterinary health, human health, food
safety, and food system economic perspectives, addressing questions about how agricultural use contributes to antibiotic resistance in
both humans and animals, the global landscape of antibiotic use in the food system, and viable alternatives.

January 26, 2017

Big Data, Consumer Technology, and the Obesity Epidemic: Emerging Science and Ethical Considerations
Researchers, health professionals, and a growing wellness-conscious public use technology to monitor health status. Big Data
harnessed from this technology have created a foundation for focused research targeting obesity, but at what cost?

February 2, 2017
Aging and Nutrition: Novel Approaches and Techniques
This eBriefing documents how prominent researchers in the field came together to explore the interplay between aging, nutrition,
and metabolism, as well as the important role that novel technologies will play in current and future studies.

February 10, 2017

Advances in the Neurobiology of Mental Illness
At this symposium, scientists, physicians, clinicians, other allied healthcare providers, policy makers, and patients across a range of
scientific, clinical, industry, and government sectors explored new scientific understanding of the neurobiology (including genetics,
neurocircuitry, and neuroimmune mechanisms) of a range of mental illnesses.

February 22, 2017

Grantsmanship for Graduate Students and Postdocs: F30, F31, F32
In this eBriefing, graduate students and postdocs can learn tips for concise and persuasive writing, a skill not only vital in
academia, but essential for any career path.

February 28, 2017

Equivalence of Complex Drug Products: Scientific and Regulatory Challenges
This eBriefing looks at approaches for complex drug development and regulation, outstanding challenges in the assessment of
complex drug equivalence, consequences for product interchangeability, and comparisons of biological and non-biological
complex drug families

March 2, 2017
Understanding Autophagy to Enhance Clinical Discovery: The 2016 Dr. Paul Janssen Award Symposium
In 2016, Nobel Prize winner Yoshinori Ohsumi won the Dr. Paul Janssen Award for his ground-breaking research on autophagy,
which demonstrated the crucial process it serves in maintaining cellular homeostasis, as well as established its role in human health.
At the Janssen Award Symposium, Ohsumi reflected on his initial work on the key players in autophagy and shared his vision for
future advancements in the field.

March 15, 2017

Microbial Influences in Cardio-Metabolic Diseases
The microbiome is emerging as an important regulator of health and disease well beyond the digestive tract. This eBriefing
surveys highlights from recent research innovations and therapeutic applications from the microbiome with a focus on metabolic
disease.

March 16, 2017

The 2016 Blavatnik Science Symposium
On July 18–19, 2016, the New York Academy of Sciences hosted the third annual Blavatnik Science Symposium, a gathering
of 54 laureates, finalists, and alumnae of the Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists. What began in 2007 as a regional
program granting unrestricted funds to a small cohort of extraordinary young scientists has grown into a robust community
nearly 200 strong.
March 22, 2017
What International Scientists Should Know about Immigration and Travel
Speakers: Liqin Ban (Liqin Ban PLLC), Yelena Bernadskaya (NYC Postdoc Coalition, Board of Directors)
This eBriefing features a discussion on the implications of the White House's executive order on immigration.

April 3, 2017
Alzheimer's Disease as a Neurovascular Inflammatory Disorder
Alzheimer's disease has long been framed as a neurological disorder, but research is uncovering new understanding of the impact
of vascular dysfunction and inflammatory contributors.

June 9, 2017
Frontiers in Cancer Immunotherapy
Leading pioneers in immunotherapy discuss the latest strategies for treating some of the most devastating forms of cancer.

June 27, 2017

You, Too, Can Peer Review
Becoming a successful scientist requires building a portfolio of credentials, including validation of your work by the scientific
community as part of the peer-reviewed publication process. To shed some light on this unfamiliar terrain, on March 7, 2017, the
Academy’s Science Alliance seminar You Too Can Peer Review broke open the “black box” of the peer review process.

July 17, 2017

Securing Seed Funding: Support for Biotech Entrepreneurs and Researchers
Speaker: Lili Portilla (National Institutes of Health)
Are you a researcher or entrepreneur working on translational research and technologies in the realm of disease? Here’s an
overview of some upcoming federal funding opportunities for early-stage biotech businesses.

July 21, 2017

Quantitative Approaches in Immuno-Oncology
As immuno-oncology becomes more sophisticated and increasingly prevalent in the clinic, the field requires new tools and techniques
to better exploit the relationship between tumors and the immune system. To date, studies have produced an enormous amount of new
and significant data on the subject; in order to make sense of it, researchers have begun adapting quantitative approaches rooted in
fields such as mathematics, physics, computational biology, bioinformatics, and bioengineering.

August 4, 2017
Targeting Tau in Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders
The microtubule associated protein tau (MAPT) is a key mediator of neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s disease and related
disorders. Experts look into the translational potential of immunotherapy for tauopathies, reviewing the pre-clinical and clinical
development of several tau immunotherapy programs that exemplify this emerging therapeutic approach.

August 10, 2017

Gene Therapy for Rare Diseases
Speakers: Steven J. Gray (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Katherine A. High (Spark Therapeutics), Brian Kaspar
(AveXis Inc.), R. Jude Samulski (Bamboo Therapeutics), Jakub Tolar (University of Minnesota), Barry Byrne (University of
Florida Powell Gene Therapy Center), Maria Escolar (University of Pittsburgh), Kevin Flanigan (Nationwide Children's Hospital)
Gene therapy holds out great promise as therapeutic strategy for monogenic disorders. Read here results from ongoing clinical trials
for new treatments and discuss barriers currently faced by the field.

August 30, 2017

The Need to Accelerate Therapeutic Development: Must Randomized Controlled Trials Give Way?
In this two-day symposium, thought leaders came together for a public-facing dialogue to discuss the ethical, legal, medical,
scientific, safety, and economic issues pertaining to the design of clinical trials.

November 2, 2017
The 2017 Blavatnik Science Symposium
The fourth annual Blavatnik Science Symposium convened at the New York Academy of Sciences on July 17–18, 2017. Winners
and finalists of the regional and national Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists came together to offer up two days of reports
back from the cutting edge, spanning topics from genome editing and climate change to nanomaterials and renewable energy.

November 14, 2017

Neuroplasticity, Neuroregeneration, and Brain Repair
Many promising strategies for promoting neuroregeneration have emerged in the past few years, but a further research push
is needed for these ideas to be translated into therapies for neurodegenerative diseases. Leading experts explore cutting
edge basic and clinical research on neuroregeneration and neurorestoration.

December 18, 2017

Grantsmanship for Postdocs: Pathway to Independence Awards
In this eBriefing, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows can learn best practices for effective grantsmanship, specifically
applied to the NIH K99/R00 career transition grant application.