iJOBS

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Srikant Iyer, PhD from the NYAS Leadership program will help graduate students and postdocs understand how to use their time in lab to gain leadership skills that will help you become a better leader in your career. Leadership is a soft skill that many employers are looking for and being an inclusive leader will help you gain the support and trust of a diverse group of people. Click here to view the speaker bios and here for the presentation slides.

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Visikol is hiring PhD-level scientists so come hear from the founder Michael Johnson about how you get can be involved! They are a contract research services company focused on advanced drug discovery that is leading the fields of bio-imaging, advanced cell culture, bioinformatics, and image analysis. Click here to view the speaker bios.

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If you enjoy bench research and want to continue doing hands-on science in your first industry position, come to this panel to hear from iJOBS alumni who are recent hires at BMS, GSK, Replimune, Catalent, and BioAegis Therapeutics to hear how they landed their job and what is different about their roles in biopharma compared to academia. Click here to view the speaker bios.

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Many of our iJOBS alumni go on to work at smaller companies where it may be easier to get a job as a fresh PhD. This panel will feature speakers from Celularity, Insmed, Ultragenyx Pharmaceuticals and AeroFarms who are continuing to do research while learning how a company operates. Click here to view the speaker bios.

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You will learn from the Project Management Institute panelists what types of roles are there for project management careers; what skills, knowledge, and certifications do Project Management Analysts need in order to succeed; what is the career progression for a project management analyst to a project executive? Click here to view the speaker bios and here for the presentation slides. 

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The Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) Human Resources team and CLIMB (Cultivating Leaders & Innovation for Millennials & Beyond) group will tell us what BMS is looking for in their new hires for PhD-level positions. Then we will have practice interviews with BMS employees who will help you come up with good answers to their typical interview questions. Click here to view the presentation slides.

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iJOBS Career Panel: Computational Biology

 

From data science to genetics, bioinformatics, and 3D modeling of proteins, computational skills are useful for many careers in the industry. Hear from a panel of PhD-level scientists who work at big and small companies to learn how you can best prepare yourself for a job in computational biology. Click here to view the speaker bios.

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As a global leader in R&D genomics services, Genewiz leads the way in providing superior data quality with unparalleled technical support to enable researchers. A full-service provider, Genewiz provides Sanger DNA sequencing, gene synthesis, molecular biology, high throughput/next-generation sequencing, bioinformatics, and GLP regulatory services. Click here to view the speaker bios.

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Karen Akinsanya, PhD is the Chief Biomedical Scientist for Schroedinger. She is currently partnering with a multi-disciplinary team of computational and medicinal chemists, physicists, structural and target biologists, KOLs to discover and develop a portfolio of therapeutics for unmet medical needs. Click here to view the speaker bio.

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Kenneth Maynard, PhD is the Senior Director, Pharmacovigilance Affiliate Relations, Global Patient Safety & Evaluation, Takeda Pharmaceuticals. Recent past leadership roles include Chair, Membership, and Communications Committee and held advocacy discussions with 2 members of the US Congress. Click here to view the presentation slides.