Thursday, November 16, 2006: 8:30 AM-11:00 AM
Union Square 21 (Hilton San Francisco)
#488 - Bridging Academia and Biotechnology Industry (04006)
This session will showcase programs in academia that provide education and training, at the undergraduate and/or graduate level, to prepare students for the biotech industry. Instructors are invited to share information about including biotech concepts in core courses or their biotechnology training programs, such as co-ops, undergraduate independent research labs, and industry project courses. Members of the biotech industry are invited to share their experiences on working with universities in such programs, what they are looking for in new hires, and their opinion on industry-readiness of new graduates. Students planning on entering the industry are encouraged to bring their resumes.
Chair:Brian G. Lefebvre
Cochairs:John H. Chon
Patrick Gilcrease
8:30 AM488aTraining Scientists and Engineers for the Biotech Industry: Lessons Learned from an Unexpected Quarter
Adam Louis Shrier
8:45 AM488bIndustrial and Academic Partnership: the Genencor Experience
Mark Heinrich, Aaron Kelley
9:00 AM488cPharmaceutical Engineering Programs and Courses for the Working Pharmaceutical Professionals
Piero M. Armenante, Joseph J. Manfredi
9:15 AM488dLeveraging Biotechnology Training to a Career in the Pharmaceutical Industry - a Student to an Employee Perspective
Christina L. Alexander
9:30 AM Break
9:40 AM Panel Discussion
10:55 AM488ePanel Speaker--Sharfstein
Susan Sharfstein
10:56 AM488fPannel Speaker
Jeffrey J. Chalmers

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