Professional Societies & Resources

American Institute of Biological Scientists (AIBS)

Job Board
Career Resources
Frequently asked questions about careers in biology
Webinars
Upcoming sessions and archive of past webinars, e.g., “Grant Proposal Development” and “Empowering 21st Century Learners through Biodiversity Knowledge”
BioScience Talks Podcast
Professional Development Workshops (paid live and online courses)
Training programs aimed at helping you hone the skills that will enhance your employment opportunities and career development; previous programming includes “Communications Bootcamp,” “Enabling Interdisciplinary and Team Science,” and “Writing for Influence and Impact”

Job Board
Search by industry, state, and job function, e.g., medical, project management, research, and writing; available positions also searchable in their company directory
Job Search Resource Center
Articles about resumes, job interviews, career advancement, etc.
ASCB Career Development Blog
Posts about inclusivity, professional development skills, workforce issues, teaching, and funding; posts also viewable by career stage, e.g., Graduate Student and Early Career
CV and Resume Review (requires ASCB membership)
Career Tip Sheets
On topics ranging from getting postdocs and academic jobs to making conference posters
Speaker Referral Lists
International Funding Opportunities
Searchable by country

Webinars
Live webinars and recordings of past webinars on a range of topics, e.g., “Tips for a Memorable 5 Minute Research Pitch,” “Negotiating Your Academic Job Offer,” and “Life Science Advocacy”
Communication Toolkits
Information compiled by the ASCB Public Information Committee to help scientists communicate their work to non-scientists under a wide variety of situations
Promoting Active Learning and Mentoring (PALM) Network
Apply to be a fellow or access teaching resources
Biotech Course (paid week-long, in-person course; some scholarships available)
The goal of this course is to help you transition to a job in biotech, medtech, or pharma through learning about the business side of science (e.g., commercialization, market assessment, and bioscience business models), networking, and completing a hands-on team project
Biotech Mini-Course (paid one-day, in-person course)
A condensed version of the week-long course
Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA)

Job Board
Explore Ecology as a Career
Includes student opportunities and articles from Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
Career Advice from the Bulletin
Articles on a range of topics, e.g., ecotourism, nature filmmaking, science writing, and museum careers
Resources from ESA Student Section
Resources about career culture and diversity, science communication, and computer programming
Training
Workshops and courses to help scientists gain the skills they need to navigate changes in funding, policy, and technology, including Sustaining Biological Infrastructure paid courses
Professional Certification (costs on a sliding scale)

SDB

Job board
‘Why I Chose Development’ video
Events calendar
SDB Collaborate Resources (CoRe)
Online reference database of peer-reviewed images, movies, and diagrams for learning and teaching developmental biology (topic areas such as model organisms, tools & techniques, early embryogenesis, gene regulation, apoptosis & senescence, stem cells and regeneration)
SDB e-newsletter
Life science teaching resource community
Reviewed and archived learning resources for educators
CourseSource
An open-access journal of peer-reviewed, undergraduate-level teaching resources for biological sciences
Funding opportunities
Member Links (society directory)
Organism Links
E.g., Arabidopsis, C. elegans, chicken, Drosophila, human, maize, mouse, Xenopus, zebrafish, etc.
Graduate programs in developmental biology across the world
Society Directory
For example, American Association of Anatomists, Botanical Society of America, Society for In Vitro Biology, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Society of Systematic Biologists, etc.

SSE

Job board
Search by industry: animal science, biochemistry, cellular therapy, genetics, neurology, etc.
Member directory
Conference directory
Communicating science guide
Webinars
Covering topics such as federal and institutional regulations for animal research, sexual harassment, work-life balance, effective mentoring and more