• Type: Seminar Series
• Series organisers: Dr Margarida Rei (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine) , Dr Alice Mayer (MRC Human Immunology Unit, MRC WIMM)
• Timing: Fridays 1-2 pm
• Organising department: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine

Friday 20 February 2015 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - What about teaching?
  Marco completed a Ph.D. in in the University of Rome and in the UCL followed by post-doctoral research in the MCRI, Surrey and in the LICR in Oxford. He then completed a PGCE in Physics in the IOE, London, and moved on to teach Physics, Science and Maths in Secondary schools.
  Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
  Dr Marco Pontecorvi (Wheatley Park School)

Friday 24 April 2015 (0th Week, Trinity Term)

• 13:00 - A career within the Innovation Triple Helix
  Dr David Hardman (CEO, Innovation Birmingham Ltd)

Friday 19 June 2015 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

• 13:00 - From plasmid to patent attorney
  Robert Stephen (Partner, Olswang LLP)

Friday 9 October 2015 (0th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - Living on the outside (or life in a Biotech company)
  Dr Jonathan Silk (Adaptimmune Ltd., Abingdon)

Friday 13 November 2015 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - From Russia with Love: my journey in science
  Science Career Seminar
  Dr Natalia Gromak (Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford)

Thursday 4 February 2016 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - How a bioinformatics scientist turned entrepreneur
  Dr Fiona Nelson (CEO at DNAdigest and Repositive)

Friday 19 February 2016 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - From bench to backside: an editor's story
  Dr Yvonne Bordon & Dr Claudio Alves (Editors, Nature Reviews)

Friday 18 March 2016 (9th Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - From bench science to a career in science policy
  Dr Georgina Drury (Programme Manager, Medical Research Council)

Friday 15 April 2016 (-1st Week, Trinity Term)

• 13:15 - Rewards and challenges in career as a core facility manager
  Stephen Taylor (Head of Computational Biology Research Group, WIMM), Christoffer Lagerholm (Manager of Wolfson Imaging Facility, WIMM)

Friday 13 May 2016 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

• 13:00 - Science in the midst of Surf and The Bay: Biotech Culture and Careers in California
  Dave Ruff (Visiting Senior Research Fellow & Principal Scientist at Fluidigm)

Friday 30 September 2016 (-1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - From the Bench to Computer Science
  Jim Hughes (MRC WIMM), Dominic Waithe (MRC WIMM)

Friday 4 November 2016 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - Science and KBO
  Professor Hal Drakesmith (MRC Human Immunology Unit)

Friday 25 November 2016 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - Planning your career: what helps?
  Dr Bill Dunn (Oxford Learning Institute), Dr Rachel Bray (Oxford University Careers Service)

Friday 27 January 2017 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - A career in science outside of the lab: science administration and funding policy
  Dr Ruth McCaffrey (RDM)

Friday 24 February 2017 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - The windy road of a scientific career - “connecting the dots looking backwards”
  Dr Namir Hassan (Immunocore Ltd)

Friday 28 April 2017 (1st Week, Trinity Term)

• 13:00 - A career as a Patent Attorney
  Dr Kapil Tuladhar (JA Kemp)

Friday 19 May 2017 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

• 13:00 - From Academia to Biotech Account Management
  Dr Clare Marchant (Miltenyi)

Friday 23 June 2017 (9th Week, Trinity Term)

• 13:00 - From Academia to Medical Communication
  Berit Sund (dna Communications), Dr Rebecca Bachmann (dna Communications)

Thursday 26 October 2017 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - As a mouse in a maze: Finding a group leader position
  Dr Alfredo Castello Palomares (Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)

Friday 10 November 2017 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - Fostering the next generation of scientists: Could we do better?
  Dr Gary McDowell (Executive Director, Future of Research)

Friday 24 November 2017 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - Chopping and changing: from microtome to drug hunter
  Dr. Adrian Moore (Senior Principal Scientist at UCB pharma)

Friday 2 March 2018 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - Career seminar: "Life beyond academia: the charity sector, funding bodies, clinical trials and beyond...”
  Dr Sumithra Subramaniam (Cancer Research UK (CRUK))

Friday 27 April 2018 (1st Week, Trinity Term)

• 13:00 - Life beyond academia: the charity sector, funding bodies, clinical trials and beyond
  Dr Sumithra Subramaniam (Cancer Research UK (CRUK))

Friday 28 September 2018 (-1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - Embracing Fear and Rejection – How I become an Editor
  Dr Carolina Perdigoto (Nature Communications)

Monday 21 January 2019 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - CAREER SEMINAR: “Tales from our WIMM Job Club – University Teaching and Analytical Support to Industry”
  Lucy Eddowes (Costello Medical), Emma Jones (University of Sheffield)

Friday 22 March 2019 (10th Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - Dr. Jesse Toe - Business Development and Technology Transfer at Cancer Research UK
  Dr. Jesse Toe (Cancer Researck UK)

Thursday 9 May 2019 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

• 13:00 - Title TBC
  Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
  TBA

Friday 20 September 2019 (21st Week, Trinity Term)

• 13:00 - From Dopamine to Data Science: My Journey From Neurobiology to Product Analytics
  Dr Andrew Hart (Facebook)

Thursday 28 November 2019 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - From nuclei to nuclei: transitioning from theoretical physics to biology
  Dr Ed Morrissey (University of Oxford)