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In this current job climate, working for a startup or even launching your own company is one way to gain experience that will start your career. Come to learn how Nucleate can give you the edge in becoming an entrepreneur. Nucleate is a student-led organization that represents the largest global community of bio-innovators. You will hear from alumni of the program who have taken their research to the next level and gotten their biotech companies off the ground. This is a fantastic networking opportunity.
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Come learn how PhD level scientists have made the transition from academia to industry using the transferrable skills they gained in graduate school and now work at Johnson & Johnson. J&J is a leading pharmaceutical company with drug pipelines in infectious disease, cardiovascular, immunology, neuroscience, and oncology. The panelists will include precision medicine director Andrea Stevens, PhD, senior scientist process development Yoliem Miranda Alarcon, PhD senior data scientist Rajesh Arasada, PhD, and manager search solutions Chang Zhang, PhD
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By Juliana Corrêa-Velloso
By Alcina Alex Rodrigues
The unofficial motto of academia is “publish or perish”. But a good research agenda always has more to explore. How do we know when to put down the pipette and pick up the pen? This workshop examines the process of scientific writing: how to start and sustain an effective proves, manage its various stages, and translate a project into a scientific story.
The workshop will be led by Ardon Shorr, PhD who teaches science communication for graduate students and postdocs at Princeton University and Deb Levy, PhD a cognitive neuroscientist and educator specializing in the neural bases of language.
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We are excited to invite current graduate students, postdocs, alumni, industry professionals, and faculty to attend our annual iJOBS symposium. Our keynote speaker, will be Karen Akinsanya, PhD President, head of therapeutics R&D and chief strategy officer, partnerships at Schrodinger who will deliver a talk on "New Dimensions: How Computation is Accelerating Drug Discovery". Dr. Akinsanya leads the company’s therapeutics research and development organization. She is also responsible for therapeutics business development, ventures strategy, and outreach as well as growth initiatives that leverage synergies between the company’s therapeutics and software businesses. She has more than 30 years of experience spanning academia, pharmaceutical R&D and business development. We will also have a professional development activity. You will also hear an update of iJOBS activities and outcomes followed by our current Phase 3 trainees sharing about their iJOBS shadowing experiences and coursework. Finally, there will be a networking lunch and an opportunity for industry professionals to share their advice with current trainees.
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Project management is a skill that we all develop during our PhD education while working on our thesis project and it is in high demand in industry settings! Olajompo (Jompo) Moloye-Olabisi, PhD and Yung Chan will guide attendees through a structured, project-management-based approach to transitioning into industry. Topics include creating a career timeline, identifying target sectors, crafting impactful resumes, executing a focused job search, and interview preparation. They will also share their own career journeys through R&D and supply chain as real-world examples to illustrate the process.
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Assistant Dean Janet Alder will present an overview of programs and world class resources available to Rutgers graduate students including an active career exploration and development program called iJOBS.
Current PhD and MD/PhD students will have a panel discussion so you can have your questions answered and learn about programs in:
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Join us IN-PERSON to hear from Merck employees including Roy Helmy, PhD, Assoc VP (Drug Manufacturing, Clinical Development, Clinical Pharmacology, Robotic Automation, Analytical Chemistry, Regulated Bioanalysis, FDA Audits) and Joe Rajarao, PhD, Sr. Director (Discovery research, R&D Data Management, Regulated Bioanalysis, Cell and Molecular Biology, Pre-clinical Pharmacology, Robotic automation). They will tell us about their journey as well as about Merck as a company. They will also review resumes and give feedback after their presentation and Q&A.
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Come hear from Andrew Uzilov, PhD to learn how he transitioned from graduate school to working as a Bioinformatics Scientist at Mt. Sinai to the Vice President of Cancer Genomics at a spin out startup called Sema4 and now to the Senior Director of Computational Biology, Discovery Research at Veracyte with a focus Next-Generation Sequencing to create cancer genomic tests that complete the diagnostic picture.
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