Career hub
Career hub
Visit the career hub on the exhibition floor for talks and panel sessions on topics related to careers in academia, industry and public advocacy.
See up-to-date session dates and times in the schedule
Panels
Monday, March 25: 8-9 a.m.Marketing your skills for industry
Speakers
- Andrew Dickhaut, director, life sciences, Catapult Solutions Group
- Chris Lester, chief revenue officer, Catapult Solutions Group
Academic career, is it for me?
Speakers
- Pamela Mertz, professor of chemistry and biochemistry, St. Mary's College of Maryland
- Christopher Radka, assistant professor, University of Kentucky College of Medicine
- Reinhart Reithmeier, professor emeritus, University of Toronto
- Takita Sumter, dean and professor of chemistry, Winthrop University
Career talks
Sunday
1:30 p.m. | Inside look: Careers in biotech Crystal Mendoza, Apriori Bio |
2 p.m. | Inside look: Careers in big pharma Mark Witmer, Bristol Myers Squibb |
2:30 p.m. | Job search strategies Nisha Cavanaugh, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute |
3 p.m. | Get involved with the Advocacy Training Program Raechel McKinley & Dulce Gomez, ASBMB |
3:30 p.m. | Negotiating job offers Richard McGee, Northwestern University |
4 p.m. | How to start networking: Introducing yourself Erica Gobrogge, Van Andel Institute |
Monday
1:30 p.m. | Dispelling misbeliefs in the academia to industry transition Carlos Lopez, Altos Labs Inc. |
2 p.m. | Social media for scientists Allison Frick, ASBMB |
2:30 p.m. | How to prepare for your dream graduate school Oleh Khalimonchuk, University of Nebraska–Lincoln |
3 p.m. | How to maximize your gap year(s) before medical school or graduate school Carmel Tovar, University of the Incarnate Word |
3:30 p.m. | Careers in research administration Nathan Vanderford, University of Kentucky |
4 p.m. | Careers in public advocacy Sarina Neote, ASBMB |
Funding and tech talks
Sunday
2:30 p.m. | K99/R00 awards at NIGMS National Institute of General Medical Sciences |
4 p.m. | NSF funding opportunities for students and postdocs National Science Foundation |
4:30 p.m. | Refeyn |
Monday
2:30 p.m. | R35 MIRA and R01/R15 awards at NIGMS National Institute of General Medical Sciences |
3 p.m. | CSR's early career reviewier program NIH Center for Scientific Review |
3:30 p.m. | CSR's bias awareness training NIH Center for Scientific Review |
4 p.m. | NSF funding opportunities in molecular and cellular biosciences National Science Foundation |
4:30 p.m. | Thermo Fisher Scientific |