How does the pharma/biotech industry work? What are my career possibilities as a life scientist?
Event details
| Date | 06.05.2014 |
| Hour | 17:15 › 18:15 |
| Speaker | Jeff Behrens, Brian Hashemi and Prof. Christopher Tucci |
| Location |
SV 1717A
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| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
Did you ever wonder which opportunities you have in pharma/biotech industry as a life sciences PhD or postdoc?
Jeff Behrens will give an overview of:
- the overall organization of biotech/pharma industry - who is doing what, where?
- value chain and key functions (with a focus on development vs. commercialization)
- some specific examples of scientific input into drug development
- building a career outside academia - general thoughts and advice
Jeff Behrens, MS, MBA is an entrepreneur. He is president and CEO of Sialix, a company that develops antibody-based cancer therapeutics (http://sialix.com/). He is based in Boston, USA and gives lectures about biomedical engineering at MIT.
Brian Hashemi will talk about his experience in investements in medtech.
Brian Hashemi has extensive background in healthcare technology development and commercialization and has been an Assistant Professor at Baylor College of Medicine and was a researcher at NASA.
This event is organized together with the Management of Technology (MoT) of EPFL.
Jeff Behrens, Brian Hashemi and Prof. Christopher Tucci (MoT) will both be very happy to answer all your questions.
As usual, the talks will be followed by an apéro in the SV Hall at 6:15 PM, stay for a beer!
For logistics purposes, please REGISTER here: http://doodle.com/ubv2f2ni4xit8x6t
Jeff Behrens will give an overview of:
- the overall organization of biotech/pharma industry - who is doing what, where?
- value chain and key functions (with a focus on development vs. commercialization)
- some specific examples of scientific input into drug development
- building a career outside academia - general thoughts and advice
Jeff Behrens, MS, MBA is an entrepreneur. He is president and CEO of Sialix, a company that develops antibody-based cancer therapeutics (http://sialix.com/). He is based in Boston, USA and gives lectures about biomedical engineering at MIT.
Brian Hashemi will talk about his experience in investements in medtech.
Brian Hashemi has extensive background in healthcare technology development and commercialization and has been an Assistant Professor at Baylor College of Medicine and was a researcher at NASA.
This event is organized together with the Management of Technology (MoT) of EPFL.
Jeff Behrens, Brian Hashemi and Prof. Christopher Tucci (MoT) will both be very happy to answer all your questions.
As usual, the talks will be followed by an apéro in the SV Hall at 6:15 PM, stay for a beer!
For logistics purposes, please REGISTER here: http://doodle.com/ubv2f2ni4xit8x6t
Practical information
- General public
- Registration required
Organizer
- SV Postdoc Association and Management of Technology (MoT) EPFL