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TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 12, 2016, 3:30 p.m....role at a commercial virology testing company. This particular company carries out clinical trials of drugs...treatments for external companies. It was really exciting to work in a larger commercial company; the pay was good... would advise you to be wary of companies which are rapidly expanding, as this might not be sustainable...the company and that my ideas and changes were welcomed, which is a benefit over larger companies which...scientists with experience and a second language in Spanish or French, and so they were ideal candidates for...without issues. Because the primary purpose of the company was to fulfill contracts, my work sometimes felt...some downsides to working in a large commercial company. In my particular situation, communication between...
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Thoughts on the Future of Research 2015 Boston Symposium
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 25, 2015, 4 p.m....Career Path Panel Two of the panels at the FOR Boston 2015 symposium, the Career Path Panel and the Early...message I took from the career panel was that there are many companies and organizations (including Addgene...development. Publishing Panel The Early Career Researchers in Publishing Panel brought in editors from...The diversity panel - Equity and inclusion The final and possibly the most important panel of the symposium... the world’s most profound questions, panelists and participants of the symposium began providing means...personally participated as a member of the Career Paths Panel on the second day of the symposium and live tweeted... Postdoctoral Associations around Boston - From Panel Session 2: Defining the Postdoc: An Institutional... -
Antibodies 101: Conventional vs Spectral Flow Cytometry
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 3, 2023, 1:15 p.m....three color panel or a 40 color panel! When preparing a spectral flow experiment and panel, there are ...particularly useful tool for those wishing to run larger panels: five laser spectral flow machines have 64 detectors...allowing for the use of up to 64 markers in a single panel! Although conventional flow cytometry and spectral...fluorophores. This allows for the creation of much larger panels, as fluorophores that cannot be distinguished using...want to use in a given experiment. For very large panels (upwards of 30-40 colors), spectral flow cytometry...sample for each tissue type you are running in your panel if you wish to use the autofluorescence extraction...resolution of positive and negative populations, Careful panel design In both conventional and spectral flow cytometry... -
Career Insights: Technical Support Specialist
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 9, 2017, 2 p.m.... work for biotechnology companies and help other researchers use the company’s products successfully. ...cells (manufactured by one of the larger biotech companies), and as far as I remember, it was the first time...time that I was absolutely convinced it was the company’s fault. I contacted them to express my concerns...rather painful to get there: I had to send the company detailed documentation of my results, answer loads...about products. As you might expect, different companies produce different products and therefore need ...should try to match your expertise with that of the company. To increase your chances at successfully applying...scientific knowledge they require. Biotechnology companies vary to what extent they hire experts for their... -
Learning Technical Skills at a Lab Central Workshop
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 20, 2018, 2:30 p.m.... because it forced workshop participants from different biotech companies to interact and learn more about...opportunity because I got to expand my skills and network with other technicians/company representatives. I got...many opportunities to learn from other biotech companies at workshops and can use what we learn to improve...office space shared by numerous emerging biotech companies. The space was modern with clean bold colors of...hallway for people to take a break and relax. Companies at LabCentral get access to a variety of experimental...how LabCentral aims to enable emerging biotech companies, I was excited to go there because both LabCentral...technician from Neon Therapeutics, a biotechnology company that uses neoantigen biology to treat cancer. My... -
Building Global Connections with the International Mentorship Program USA-EUROPE
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 6, 2015, 3:30 p.m....reiterated the Spanish government’s support for the IMP program as well as for the Spanish scientific community...program and their baseline skills. Mentors were Spanish scientists (MD, PhD and MD/PhD) established in ...addition to their direct training role as mentors to Spanish mentees, mentors also facilitated the development...collaborations, setting up bases and contacts with Spanish laboratories to start working on projects together...baseline skills and a post-program self-assessment, participants completed follow-up self assessments and program... with the program, evaluated survey results. Participants’ responses to the mid and post-program self-...presentations, and preparing for job interviews, expanded profesional networks, and nominations for government... -
Academic vs. Industry Postdocs
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 13, 2018, 1:22 p.m....eventually work at the company at which you’re doing your postdoc? Some companies, such as AstraZeneca,... open up. Other companies, such as Genentech, will not. The point is that each company has a unique approach... publish, but this can vary depending on which company you choose. If publishing is important to you, ...meetings. How do I get an industry postdoc? Many companies have industry postdoc positions, including AstraZeneca...others post their positions all at once. Many companies will hire a postdoc to perform a specific project...is for a specific, pre-approved project. Other companies, such as Novartis, have specific web sites for...listings, so the method of posting varies between companies. Like most jobs, it does help if you know someone... -
Bringing Sustainable Practices to the Lab: Recycling
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 14, 2019, 2:35 p.m.... lab cooler boxes Some vendors take back their expanded polystyrene (a.k.a. Styrofoam or cooler boxes)...when receiving temperature-controlled reagents. Expanded polystyrene will likely end up in a landfill, ...associated with CO2 emissions. NEB takes back expanded polystyrene boxes for free (in the U.S.). Their... program in 1976! Millipore Sigma takes back expanded polystyrene boxes for free (in the U.S.). After...services don’t offer plastic recycling, specialized companies can recycle plastic-- you just have to find them...product packaging) for free! It has to be from their company and it has to be packaging (no coated tissue culture... label. Recycle nitrile gloves Terracycle is a company that takes items not commonly accepted at recycling... -
Don’t Wait To Launch Your Health Science Startup
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 25, 2015, 2:30 p.m....at major companies. The majority of these meetings acted as a platform for significant company advancement...their 20’s who’ve built multibillion dollar tech companies using only laptops and some server space. But... find an extra layer of difficulty launching a company in the health sciences without those critical three... into commercial products and next generation companies. We launched in the early spring of 2015 and ...Before even beginning the process of launching a company, you need to determine whether or not your idea...your idea, you will rarely succeed in launching a company without partners. You need a dedicated team that...is a cost analyst at Dow Chemical (a Fortune 50 company) and is our money guy (CFO). As CEO, I am responsible... -
Transferable Skills Guide: Public Speaking
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 20, 2023, 4 p.m....After several seconds of truly panicked silence, I opened my mouth to panic-babble something about Western.... A Cell paper. With six figures. Averaging ten panels each. (For this story, it is important to know ...been assigned a structure paper with two single-panel figures, one of which was a cartoon of the protein...have had the nerve to do what I did. Until that panicked, split-second decision, I had always thought I..., rather than trying to push through a state of panic. Now, if I feel myself getting too nervous or having... simply pause and take a deep breath before the panic sets in. Most of the time, that’s enough–but if ...and/or biology in general until I reached Fig. 6, Panel L, and hope nobody noticed that none of it made ... -
Binning Singletons: Tackling Conference Networking When You Don’t Know Anyone
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 18, 2020, 2:15 p.m....they meet other Mentors and Singletons, and vastly expand their networks as they naturally find people with...briannadoesbio) June 22, 2019 Favorable conditions - Expansion of networks The last stage is Exponential Growth...similar situations to themselves, allowed the participants to feel more comfortable at a large meeting....They really liked us. The testimonials from participants in Binning Singletons at ASM Microbe in 2019...people to do in the pilot. We also found that all participants would benefit from more structure with regard...assistance than others, but we did have some participants feel like their mentors weren’t as invested ...expectations have been established for future participants regarding the activities and time mentors spend... -
Starter Guide to induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSCs) Part 2: Reprogramming and Transdifferentiation
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 6, 2018, 1:12 p.m....transdifferentiated in vivo to pancreatic β-like-cells with the expression of pancreatic and duodenal homoeobox... [13]: Germ cells [14] Hepatocytes [15] Pancreatic β-cells [16] Intestinal tissue [17] Lung epithelial...rare in mammals, an example is observed in the pancreas when excess β-cell damage results in the transdifferentiation...cell types such as fibroblasts, hepatocytes, and pancreatic exocrine cells have been successfully transdifferentiated...differentiation of human ES cells and iPS cells into mature pancreatic insulin-producing cells. Cell Res, 2009. 19(4...Efficient derivation and inducible differentiation of expandable skeletal myogenic cells from human ES and patient-specific.... 38. Thorel, F., et al., Conversion of adult pancreatic alpha-cells to beta-cells after extreme beta-... -
Celebrating 15 Years of Scientific Sharing
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 14, 2019, 2:08 p.m..... Addgene is now as much a tech company as it is a reagent company. I used to have to worry about this...remarkably so for a 90 person company. We were and remain ahead of most companies in creating a welcoming, ... new growth phase of the organization and the expansion of our impact, I’d like to take a moment and honor...publishing research, hosting conferences, and are expanding our catalog of materials to better serve the community...Atlantic. We’ve been in documentaries in 3 languages (Japanese, German, and English) and even on 60 Minutes. ...innovative thinking, and openness to team work. Company culture Once in awhile I worry a very little ... -
A Guide to Starting Your Own Journal Club
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 6, 2020, 3 p.m....scheduling was in part defined by both the number of participants and the standard academic calendar. So you want...gauged interest from relevant parties, and the company at large, by polling and informal communications... their schedules and read the paper (PS: All participants should read the paper ahead of time!). This ...and other subsequent meetings. The number of participants, breadth of the discussed topic, and level of...has lost both its focus and critical mass of participants. This is especially true of journal clubs where...projects have taken on a larger priority for the participants. Perhaps people feel confident in their own ... interest. These are the journal clubs where participants are passive rather than active and the meeting... -
Healthcare Consulting: A Door to the Business of Life Sciences
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 13, 2016, 2:30 p.m.... advise pharmaceutical companies, biotech start-ups, health insurance companies, and governments on the...the part of the company involved: Research & Development (R&D) teams at pharma companies carry out preclinical... acquisitions of or collaborations with other companies. Medical Affairs groups work on building awareness... patients, shaping discussions with insurance companies about the pricing and coverage of drugs, and developing... teams, reflecting the need for all parts of a company to collaborate whenever it faces an important challenge... work with commercial teams at pharmaceutical companies, nonprofit or global health organizations, investment... -
2023 and 2024: Reflections and Looking Ahead
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 23, 2024, 2:15 p.m....distributors in China, Korea, Japan, India, and Brazil. Through an expansion of our export license application...different countries, into our repository, while expanding global access to our repository through our distributor...partners, with the launch of antibodies in China and expansion of viral services available in South Korea. ...educational resources, with the recent release of the Spanish version of our CRISPR 101 eBook and the upcoming... Viral Vectors 101 eBook. We’ll also focus on expanding international access to the Addgene repository... efficiencies typically adopted by for-profit companies, while making use of our nonprofit status to achieve... -
Celebrating Outstanding CRISPR/Cas9 Achievements at the Dr. Paul Janssen Award Dinner
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 15, 2014, 6:05 p.m....them during a panel discussion with Dr. Craig Mello and Dr. Paul Stoffels from J&J. The panel was moderated... better to have a scientist up there, but the panelists were interesting enough to make up for the somewhat...somewhat naïve questions. During the panel, an artist was sketching her interpretation of the discussion... the clinic and cures. There is no doubt that companies are swarming to see what can be done with this...the launch of clinical applications. During the panel discussion, Dr. Mello took it upon himself to explain...this extraordinary breakthrough. In fact, the panelists agreed that, for example, the technology is already... -
Advice on Career Paths and the Green Card Process for International Researchers and Entrepreneurs
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 20, 2017, 2:33 p.m....requirement if you work for a private company you must show that your company employs at least 3 full-time people...Within these sectors, you could start your own company, work in a bench research career or a non-bench... need to be aware of the April 1 deadline for companies to submit an application on their behalf. If ...academic field Evidence of participation, either on a panel or individually, as a judge of the work of others... with other members during the poster sessions, panels, exhibit floor, etc. These are wonderful opportunities...science and technology, Rachel is proud to assist companies and foreign nationals working in the life sciences...focused on connecting innovative, entrepreneurial companies with like-minded professionals. We work with ... -
Revamp Your Lab Meetings With Creative Virtual Collaboration
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 9, 2021, 2:15 p.m....the Share Screen control panel on the top of the screen and every participant get to annotate things as...with colleagues can be more difficult during the pandemic era, with fewer opportunities for spontaneous ...people use is the built-in whiteboard, in which participants can contribute and sketch on the board without...time breaks up the monologue a little and gives participants something else to focus on. Use collaborative...be done randomly or manually assigning which participants to group together. Breakout Rooms can be used...new and diverse careers by taking part in career panels, and volunteering for scientific communities. You... -
The Future of Research Symposium Boston 2015
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 20, 2015, 2:30 p.m.... PhD. Here, Dr. Riglar discusses one of the six panel discussions to be held at the Future of Research...biomedical workforce. Quotes taken directly from participants (summarized in 2) touched upon many problems... tenable workforce structure may look like. The panel discussion on Friday morning will be dedicated to... and posing some of their own are the following panel members: Jonathan Dinman, Chair of the Cell Biology...Working Group. Along with her participation in this panel, Professor Stephan will be delivering the keynote...Master’s programs. This will be the one of 6 great panels at the Future of Research Symposium Boston 2015...looming over the academic research enterprise. Other panels will discuss the nature of the postdoc experience...