Tea Talk: Giselle Limentani, PhD Director of Product Development, GlaxoSmithKline

April 1, 2011 at 3:36 pm

GWISE presents: Tea & Talk: A Conversation on Careers with Giselle Limentani, PhD
When: Thursday April 14 @4:30
Where: Room 103, LSEB 24 Cummington St

Join GWISE for a discussion on career prospects in industry with speaker Dr. Giselle Limentani. Dr. Limentani will give us a 15 minute presentation about her career path, career opportunities in industry, and advice along those lines. The presentation will be followed by an open discussion with Dr. Limentani. Tea and cookies will be provided.

For food ordering purposes please RSVP here.

Sustainability @ BU – Bring Your Own Mug

Biography

Giselle Limentani obtained her PhD in chemistry from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst with a focus on gas and liquid chromatography.  She then worked at Ciba-Geigy Corporation in the Physical and Analytical Chemistry department for 5 years before moving to GlaxoSmithKline.  She has worked at GlaxoSmithKline for the last 23 years and is currently a Director in the Product Development department in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.  She has led the analytical and formulation development of numerous new compounds and has played a key role in the development and approval of seven marketed products.

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Propel Careers: Futures in Life Sciences Event

March 31, 2011 at 10:02 am

What: an interactive discussion on career options within the R&D areas of the life sciences sector including: bench research, business development, discovery project management, preclinical, CMC/formulation, and intellectual property.
When: 5:30pm - 8:00pm
Where: MassBio Offices, One Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142

Sign up HERE.

Meeting Agenda:
5:30pm-6:00pm – Registration and Open Networking
6:00pm-6:10pm – Introductions, Overview, and Recognition of Sponsors
6:10pm-7:30pm – Panel Discussion
7:30pm-8:00pm – Open Networking

Panelists
Ken Olivier, Ph.D Director of Toxicology, Merrimack Pharmaceuticals
Kevin Sprott, PhD , Verastem
Jared Silverman, PhD Vice President, Biology, Cubist
Gloria Kwei, Ph.D., External Discovery and Preclinical Sciences Lead, Merck Research Laboratories
James Coutcher, MS, Director, Business Development, KCAS Laboratories

Additional events are being planned for the areas below. The specific dates in September, October, and November for each seminar are still TBD, but will be scheduled as follows:

May 17th 2011: Clinical Development/Medical Affairs: http://futuresinlifesciences4.eventbrite.com/
September: Bio-Informatics/Modeling
October: Commercialization 2 (Reimbursement/Market Access/Pharmacoeconomics)
November: Finance, Legal, Operations

Food and refreshments will be provided at each event.

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Careers for Chemists: A Panel Discussion

March 18, 2011 at 1:26 pm

Mark your calendars for BUWIC's spring career panel!

Thursday, March 24th, 6-8 p.m.
LSEB (24 Cummington Street), Room 103

BUWIC will host a panel of women professionals from diverse science-related fields on Thursday, March 24th from 6 to 8 p.m. Guest panelists will include:

Ashley Stevens, Director of BU Office of Technology Transfer, Special Assistant to Vice-President of Research, and Lecturer at BU School of Management
- Former Vice President of Business Development at BioTechnica International, Inc.
- PhD, Chemistry, University of Oxford

Andrea Robidoux, Partner at Choate Hall & Stewart, LLP
- JD with IP distinction, Suffolk University
- MS, Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Lowell

Hillary Hoffman, Current student in BU Science & Medicinal Journalism Master's Program
- Freelance science and medical editor since 2005
- PhD, Biochemistry, Charles University in Prague (2010)
- BA, Chemistry, Amherst College

Jason P Hafler, Associate in Life Sciences at Atlas Venture
- Consulted for technology transfer on early stage therapeutic opportunities
- Analyst at JSB Partners LP, an investment banking firm focusing on advisory and business development activities in the life sciences space
- PhD, Genetics & Immunology, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation/Wellcome Trust Diabetes and Inflammation Laboratory, University of Cambridge
- BA with Honors, Biomedical Sciences, Bowdoin College

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