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Upcoming Futures in Life Sciences (FILS) Events Together, Propel Careers, MassBio, and MassBioEd are committed to fostering the next generation of industry leaders in the life sciences. Upcoming event details are below. These events are tailored for graduate students, postdocs and medical residents and discuss exciting career paths in the life sciences industry in various functional areas. All of these events occur at the MassBio offices at 300 Tech Square, 8th Floor, Cambridge MA from 5:30pm - 8:00pm. We look forward to seeing you there! Tuesday, October 16th, 2012 Futures in Life Sciences Program - Commercialization 2 (Reimbursement, Pharmacoeconomics, Patient Advocacy, and Market Access) Career Paths Panelists:
- Mike Walsh, Advocacy Development, Medimmune
- Amy Winnen, Sr. Director, Managed Markets, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
- Susan Garfield, DrPH, Vice President, Market Access, Healthcare, GfK Bridgehead
To register: http://fils72012.eventbrite.com/
Tuesday, November 20th, 2012
Futures in Life Sciences Program - Finance, Legal, Operations Career Paths
To register: http://fils82012.eventbrite.com/
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What consulting firms look for in a candidate: How to transition from your Ph.D./postdoc into consulting
By: Lauren Celano, CEO, Propel Careers
Lauren wrote this for BioCareers.
Consulting firms provide Ph.D. and post-doctoral fellows with a wonderful opportunity to apply their scientific, analytical, and problem solving skills to solve real world problems. Individuals hired as consultants obtain exposure to many different aspects of business which can greatly accelerate one's career growth. Jobs in consulting are highly sought after and fiercely competitive. I decided to write this blog to provide insight into what these firms look for since Propel works with a number of boutique consulting firms to source and identify Ph.D. and post-doctoral talent.
Consulting firms look for people who have a passion for developing technologies and a genuine interest in the business side of science. They look for excellent communication, presentation, and writing skills and a strong network. They want someone driven who has demonstrated a career progression towards consulting... read more |
FILS Sept 11th Blog: Insights from the Bioinformatics, Systems Biology, and Modeling Career Panel Event 
To view a picture video of the event, click here:
Personalized medicine. Attend any life science industry conference and you'll hear the term constantly. While its definition remains somewhat vague, most would agree that it encompasses the utilization of bioinformatics and systems biology to gather and analyze data about cellular and disease states in large scale, simultaneously analyzing thousands of genes and proteins. As part of a larger technological trend of "big data" sweeping through the business world, the hope is that this flood of biological information will help reverse the alarming failure rate in drug/therapeutic development in the industry by yielding insights not available from existing single-gene approaches. Obtaining and analyzing this data requires skills that fall outside of the realm of traditional bench biology, instead drawing heavily on knowledge first utilized in engineering, computer science, and statistics/mathematical modeling. The fall season of the Mass Bio/MassBioEd/Propel Careers Futures in Life Science career discussion panel opened with a lively gathering of local experts in bioinformatics and systems biology. The panel included Timothy Galitski, Ph.D., Head of Science & Technology, EMD Millipore, Jason M. Laramie, Ph.D., Director of Integrative Genomics, GNS Healthcare, Matt Onsum, Ph.D., Associate Director of Research, Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, and Scott Thomas, Senior Director, Predictive and Computation Sciences, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals. James A. Rogers, Ph.D., Principal Scientist, Metrum Group, expertly moderated the panel and contributed to the discussion. .. read more |
Career Opportunities Below are a few of the current career opportunities that we are working to fill. To apply, send your resume to Resume@propelcareers.com. Reference the job ID. To see more details about these roles, visit:http://www.propelcareers.com/index.cfm/opportunities/ BD, strategic alliance, product management, and venture capital opportunities BD Director, Healthcare Consulting Firm, Cambridge MA Position ID: 02-138 Business Development Manager, Biotech Service Provider, Boston Ma Position ID: 02-141 Consulting, marketing, and market research opportunities Ph.D. Consulting Role, Life Sciences, Boston area Position ID: 02-143 Sr. Consultant and Analyst, Life Sciences Boutique Consulting Firm, NYC Position ID: 02-137 Research and development, alliance management, regulatory, and clinical opportunities Research Associate, Diagnostics, Boston Area
Position ID: 02-136
Software development opportunities
Software Developers, Ruby on Rails, Python, PHP, Boston Area
Position ID: 02-119, 02-099
Internship Positions
Application Scientist for a bioinformatics company, Cambridge MA
Position ID: 01-066
Data Analytics and Global Statistical Models Internship for recent college grads, Cambridge Ma
Position ID: 01-077
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Upcoming Speaking Engagements for Propel Careers
Below are a few of the events that Lauren Celano will be speaking at during the next few months. A more detailed listing will be on our website soon.
September 27, 2012
MIT Postdoctoral Association
Optimizing your marketability- how to find non-academic career opportunities in Boston
Lauren will present to the postdoc community at MIT regarding career opportunities in industry
October 2, 2012
Harvard University, FAS Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
Overview of the Pharma / Biotech Landscape in Greater Boston
Presentation to postdoctoral fellows at Harvard regarding the life sciences landscape in Boston.
October 4, 2012
UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Presentation to postdocs and graduate students about career paths in the life sciences area
October 13, 2012
SACNAS Annual Conference
Lauren Celano will be on a panel discussing Industry Careers in STEM - Practical Strategies and Programs to Identify, Transition, and Excel in the Private Sector. Location: Seattle, WA
To learn more: http://sacnas.org/events/national-conf
October 17, 2012
Boston University, Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
Lauren will presentation to postdocs and graduate students: "Building Your On-Line Personal Brand: Using blogs, LinkedIn and other social media tools to build your brand"
October 22, 2012
Virginia Tech
Presentation to postdocs and graduate students about career paths in the life sciences area
November 30, 2012
New York Academy of Sciences, Making the Leap: a Non-Academic Career Planning and Job Search Boot Camp
Lauren will participate in a panel - " Beyond the PhD: Realities of the Job Market Panel Discussion"
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Other Events Worth Attending
Members of Propel Careers are actively involved in the life sciences and entrepreneurial communities. We regularly are asked to participate in events organized to provide value to these communities and we are proud to be involved.
The Capital Network Events
If you are a current or aspiring Entrepreneur, check out the event series for 2012 with The Capital Network: http://www.thecapitalnetwork.org/. From raising money to building teams, to formulating an exit plan, The Capital Network has tremendous resources for the entrepreneurial community in the Boston area.
Click the link below to see a more complete listing of events.
http://www.propelcareers.com/index.cfm/events/other-networking-events/. A * next to an event means that someone from Propel will be attending so you can meet with a member of our team. Also check out the organizations listed in the section below for other worthwhile events.
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Actualiti ONRAMP Pitch Competition
Now available for download, information on the general topic of Actualiti’s 1st ONRAMP Pitch Competition. If you are interested in competing for cash prizes and the potential to become involved with one of Actualiti's Catalysts, Catapult Intelligence, follow us on twitter @actualiti for further details.
Actualiti, the 1st open-innovation & co-creation based technology enterprising marketplace for life science and technology based concepts, is creating companies. We provide access to our marketplace through Actualiti's Advisory Collaborative. If you are interested in contributing as an ONRAMP judge, or looking to enhance your network in the entrepreneurial scene, request to join our group on LinkedIn or contact us via our website www.actualiti.com. |
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