Blog post written by Irina Kopyeva ********************************* On February 23, we were joined by Dr. Louisa Helms—a former Bioscience Careers Seminar committee member! Louisa is currently an Associate at Flagship Pioneering, a life sciences venture capital company based in Cambridge, MA that invests in biotech, health and sustainability start-ups. Her current position demands Louisa’s expertise

Bioscience Careers Seminar with Louisa Helms, Ph.D. Thursday, February 23, 2023, 5-6 pm, via Zoom Registration link for Zoom webinar: http://bit.ly/41iWKU6 Louisa is a scientist-entrepreneur building a career in starting and growing biotechs. Louisa joined the UW M3D PhD program in 2018, studying stem cell derived human kidney organoids and their ability to model polycystic

Blog post written by Irina Kopyeva ********************************* On January 19th, we welcomed our first speaker of the 2023 calendar year, Dr. Sarah Owen, who is a senior scientist in the Potency Assays group at Seagen, a role she has been in for around 2 years, where she heads a team of three researchers. Sarah did

Bioscience Careers Seminar with Sarah Owen, Ph.D. Thursday, January 19, 2023, 12-1 pm, via Zoom Registration link for Zoom webinar: http://bit.ly/3GxvDLG Dr. Sarah Owen is a senior scientist at Seagen in Bothell, WA. Seagen is a pioneer in the field of antibody drug conjugates (ADCs) for cancer therapy. She works in the Potency Assays group

Bioscience Careers Seminar with Stuart Graham, PhD Thursday, November 17, 2022 at 5pm, via Zoom Zoom link: https://bit.ly/3FDhwFP Stuart joined the UW Biology Department in 2016 as a graduate student in the Hille Ris Lambers lab and obtained his PhD in fall 2021. His graduate school research involved fieldwork at Mount Rainier National Park, where

Blog post written by Irina Kopyeva ********************************* On October 20th, the Bioscience Careers Seminar welcomed Dr. Erin Bedford from Aspect Biosystems where she is currently the Head of Academic Partnerships. Erin completed her bachelors at the University of Waterloo, and then went on to pursue her PhD in a joint Nanoengineering program between the U

Bioscience Careers Seminar with Erin Bedford, Ph.D. Thursday, October 20, 2022, 12-1 pm, via Zoom Zoom link: http://bit.ly/3SZZ4Lw Dr. Erin Bedford is Head of Academic Partnerships at Aspect Biosystems, where she builds and supports partnerships with academic researchers to expand the potential applications of Aspect’s microfluidic 3D bioprinting platform. She originally joined the company over

Bioscience Careers Seminar with Victoria Rodriguez, Ph.D. Thursday, June 2, 2022, 12-1 pm, via Zoom Registration link for Zoom webinar: https://washington.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6ItbZY79Rk-P0TNUFRK1aw Abstract: Uncertainty and resilience. Each graduate student experiences the former and realizes the latter, but those moments of uncertainty may overwhelm your capacity to acknowledge the myriad of ways your experiences may be leveraged,

Blog post written by Thomas Vincent and Irina Kopyeva ********************************* Jenny Cronin was the guest of honor last Thursday, April 28th, for the Bioscience Careers Seminar to shed light on the path that led her from PhD research at the University of Washington’s Department of Bioengineering to a Principal at the Allen Institute for Artificial

Bioscience Careers Seminar with Jessica Kuong, PhD, Grace Huynh,PhD, MD, and Maher Khelifi, PharmD, PhD Thursday, May 12, 2022 at 12pm, via Zoom Registration link for Zoom webinar: https://bit.ly/3KFV2CW Dr. Kuong is a Research Scientist II at Amazon. She started her Seattle journey as a postdoctoral researcher in the lab of Dr. Lawrence Loeb. At

Bioscience Careers Seminar with Jenny Cronin, PhD Thursday, April 28, 2022 at 12pm, via Zoom Zoom link: https://bit.ly/3rKwsu1 Jenny Cronin is a Principal at the AI2 Incubator where she focuses on startups at the intersection of A.I. and life sciences and healthcare. Jenny received her PhD in Bioengineering from UW with research on brain-computer interfaces

Blog post written by Irina Kopyeva ********************************* On Thursday, March 10th, the Bioscience Careers Seminar welcomed Dr. Amitabha “Guppy” Gupta to speak about his path to a career in science communication. Guppy is currently the Associate Director of Scientific Content and Philanthropy at Fred Hutch. As a graduate student, Guppy had very different aspirations: his