CIDCATS reunion symposium

  • Date and time: Monday 18 March 2019, 9am
  • Location: University of York
  • Admission: Free admission, booking recommended

Event details

York Biomedical Research Institute will be hosting CIDCATS alumni who will present either on their chosen career path or their research.

The morning session will be focussed on careers, followed by lunch and a poster session. The afternoon session is focussed on science.

A drinks reception will conclude the day.

TimeSpeakerTopic

9.05

Deborah Smith

Welcome from the founding director of CIDCATS and University of York's Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research

From PhDs to careers outside academia

9.10

Chris Saunders

Evidence Outcomes Manager, Smith & Nephew

“An introduction to working in the medical device industry”

9.35

Rachel Findlay

Research Data Scientist; Centre for Process Innovation, The National Formulation Centre

“A Formula for Data Science”

10.00

Lindsey Flanagan

Analyst; Genuine (USA)

"There's only so many times you can set yourself on fire..."

10.20

 

Coffee / Networking

10.50

Hayley Clissold

Policy Officer, Sanger Institute

“Paving your way into Science Policy”

Academic career paths and the Science

11.15

Paul Fogg

University of York

“Becoming a Sir Henry Dale Wellcome Trust Independent Research Fellow”

11.35

Alex Heyam

NMR Experimental Officer, University of York

“Studying proteins by NMR, from a technician's perspective”

12.05

 

Poster session, lunch and networking

13.15

Mike Bottery

Research Fellow, University of York

“The social lives of microbes”

13.45

Jason Cosgrove

Institut Curie

"Fueling Lineage Identity"

14.15

Wayne Paes

University of Oxford

"HIV-1 spliced peptides are presented by HLA class I for immunosurveillance"

14.45

 

Tea break

15.15

Herman Fung

EMBL labs

“Visualising the nucleolus by cryo-electron tomography”

15.45

James Geraets

ICS-6, Forschungszentrum Jülich

"Cryo-EM structures of picornavirus antivirals"

   

Closing remarks

16.20

 

Drinks, posters and networking

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