Presented By: University Career Center
What’s It Like to Work in Biotech? (from an Industry Insider!): Biotech Career Track
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Dr. David Olson (founder of Swift Biosciences and more) will describe:
What it’s like to create and work at a small biotech company
What functions and roles are involved
What a “dayin the life” looks like
What kinds of skills and experiences are required and what students can do while on campus to obtain those skills and experiences
Plus, he plans to share 3 things he wishes he’d known about biotech while he was a student and 3 Do’s and Don’ts for a career inbiotech. This is a chance to get your questions answered by an industry insider!
Dr. Olson has co-founded six biotech start-ups, managed other early-stage businesses, and authored business plans backed by more than $61M in capital. Most recently he was co-founder and CEO of Swift Biosciences Inc. where he led the creation, funding and development of the companyfor six years. During that time, Swift invented and brought to market multiple new technologies for genetic analysis and next generation sequencing. Prior to Swift, Dr. Olson was a founding member of Accuri Cytometers Inc. (acquired by Becton Dickinson in 2011), where he was responsible for creating Accuri’s product vision and played a central role in all aspects of corporate strategy. Dr. Olson received his doctorate in Molecular Biology from Princeton University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco. He is now a mentor-in-residence with the U-M Office of Technology Transfer.
Date & Time: Monday, Nov. 13 at 5:30 - 6:30 pm
Location: North Campus Research Complex, Building 520, Room 1122. (1600 Huron Parkway, Ann Arbor).
North Campus Research Complex
This event will take place at U-M’s North Campus Research Complex (NCRC). NCRC is a former Pfizer research & development facilitythat that was acquired by U-M in 2009 and includes 28 buildings comprising 2.1 million square feet of office, research and manufacturing space. It’s now a state-of-the-art home to several transdisciplinary research programs at U-M (e.g., Biointerfaces Institute, Center for Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics) and acts as a venture accelerator for many start-ups (e.g., Diapin Therapeutics, OncoFusion). This event provides an opportunity to visit this facility that houses a variety of research programs, public/private partnerships, and scientific resources!
Map: http://ncrc.umich.edu/maps-directions
Zoom in on the map and you will see the Office of Technology Transfer (in Building 520) and parking lot NC84 on the east side of Huron Parkway. Campus buses routinely travel to this campus: http://ncrc.umich.edu/about-ncrc/facility-overview/parking-transportation
Note: This event's information is shown in Handshake as well as on the Happening @ Michigan calendar so that it will be seen by a larger numberof U-M Students. You can only register to attend this event within Handshake. If you'd like to indicate that you'll be attending this event then please go to umich.joinhandshake.com, locate the event, and then click the'Join Event' button.
Not in Handshake? Click here: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/events/98716
Dr. David Olson (founder of Swift Biosciences and more) will describe:
What it’s like to create and work at a small biotech company
What functions and roles are involved
What a “dayin the life” looks like
What kinds of skills and experiences are required and what students can do while on campus to obtain those skills and experiences
Plus, he plans to share 3 things he wishes he’d known about biotech while he was a student and 3 Do’s and Don’ts for a career inbiotech. This is a chance to get your questions answered by an industry insider!
Dr. Olson has co-founded six biotech start-ups, managed other early-stage businesses, and authored business plans backed by more than $61M in capital. Most recently he was co-founder and CEO of Swift Biosciences Inc. where he led the creation, funding and development of the companyfor six years. During that time, Swift invented and brought to market multiple new technologies for genetic analysis and next generation sequencing. Prior to Swift, Dr. Olson was a founding member of Accuri Cytometers Inc. (acquired by Becton Dickinson in 2011), where he was responsible for creating Accuri’s product vision and played a central role in all aspects of corporate strategy. Dr. Olson received his doctorate in Molecular Biology from Princeton University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco. He is now a mentor-in-residence with the U-M Office of Technology Transfer.
Date & Time: Monday, Nov. 13 at 5:30 - 6:30 pm
Location: North Campus Research Complex, Building 520, Room 1122. (1600 Huron Parkway, Ann Arbor).
North Campus Research Complex
This event will take place at U-M’s North Campus Research Complex (NCRC). NCRC is a former Pfizer research & development facilitythat that was acquired by U-M in 2009 and includes 28 buildings comprising 2.1 million square feet of office, research and manufacturing space. It’s now a state-of-the-art home to several transdisciplinary research programs at U-M (e.g., Biointerfaces Institute, Center for Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics) and acts as a venture accelerator for many start-ups (e.g., Diapin Therapeutics, OncoFusion). This event provides an opportunity to visit this facility that houses a variety of research programs, public/private partnerships, and scientific resources!
Map: http://ncrc.umich.edu/maps-directions
Zoom in on the map and you will see the Office of Technology Transfer (in Building 520) and parking lot NC84 on the east side of Huron Parkway. Campus buses routinely travel to this campus: http://ncrc.umich.edu/about-ncrc/facility-overview/parking-transportation
Note: This event's information is shown in Handshake as well as on the Happening @ Michigan calendar so that it will be seen by a larger numberof U-M Students. You can only register to attend this event within Handshake. If you'd like to indicate that you'll be attending this event then please go to umich.joinhandshake.com, locate the event, and then click the'Join Event' button.
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