Careers in Biotech Panel Discussion

On Thursday, February 24, 2011, a panel discussion geared toward Duke graduate students and postdocs on careers in biotechnology took place at Duke University.

Biotech career opportunities are found in agricultural biotechnology, biofuels, biomanufacturing, nanobiotechnology, pharmaceuticals, gene therapy, and regenerative medicine. The biotech industry's competitive job environment can translate to high earning potentials and global employment opportunities.




The panelists, all former postdocs and PhD students, discussed their career paths, how they made the transition from academia to biotech, and how current grad students and postdocs could make the same leap.

PANELISTS:
- Dr. Donna Bortner, CEO, TransViragen Inc (PhD, Microbiology & Immunology, Duke)
- Dr. Laura Faulconer, Director of Innovation Projects, Center of Innovation for Nanobiotechnology (COIN) (PhD, BME, UNC-Chapel Hill )
- Dr. Shobha Parthasarathi, Technology Development Director, Business and Technology Development Program, North Carolina Biotechnology Center (PhD, Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, Rutgers)
- Dr. Nick Trotta, Project Manager, Research and Applied Markets, Advanced Liquid Logic (PhD, Neurobiology, Vanderbilt)

Category:

Education

Tags:

• biotech
• biotechnology
• postdoc
• postdocs
• duke
• science