Career panel from BTBA - 波士頓

[Career Panel from Boston Taiwanese Biotechnology Association]

Title: Nuts and Bolts of the Job Application in Biotech Industry
Speakers: Hung-Yun Hank Lin & Ying-Ja Chen
Where: MIT 5-134
When: 9/21 (Sat) 4pm-6pm
4.00-5.30pm: panel discussion, Q&A
5.30-6.00pm: networking

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Are you feeling frustrated searching for jobs? Do you have specific questions
you want answered? This panel is tailored for people interested in entry jobs
in biotech industry. The panel will cover:

Introduction to Different Jobs in Biotech
- Science at a company vs. academia
- Biotech vs. big pharma
- Biotech: innovation and risks
- Attributes desired for success at a company

Searching for Job Openings and Getting Hired
- Searching job openings
- Preparing your resume and CV as a PhD student/postdoc
- Timeline from job search and interviewing to starting the job

Panelist Biography
Hung-Yun Hank Lin
Hank is currently a principal scientist of the Safety Biomarker and Clinical
Pathology group in Pfizer. Hank received his M.S. in Toxicology from National
Taiwan University and his Ph.D. in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine from
University of Rochester Medical School. Prior to joining Pfizer, Hank was a
Postdoctoral Investigator at AstraZeneca, a scientist at Vaxin, an associate
scientist at Taiwan Biotech Co.. Hank has published more than 15 papers in
basic and applied pathology, molecular toxicology and endocrinology.

Ying-Ja Chen
Ying-Ja is currently a scientist in a startup company, Pronutria. Ying-Ja
received her B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering at National Taiwan University,
PhD. in Bioengineering at UCSD and Postdoc at UCSF and MIT. She looked for
industry jobs both fresh out of PhD and after a postdoc. In the past 5 years,
she has completed 7 on-site job interviews, including small startups (<10~30
people), medium size (300 people), and large biotech companies (1000 people).

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