The people's gap

Hi all

Spotted this very nice blog whilst browsing. The blog explains the gaps in research, especially about people. Worth a read!

http://gap.globalbiotechrevolution.com/category/blog/

OBR - Consulting Case Competition

For those who are interesting in hearing out on OBR consulting case competition where 6 teams will be competing against each other to deliver a sound-consulting case for a large pharmaceutical company. 

The competition is a case-scenario and will be of interest to those who would like to pursue a future career in Science consulting. 

Consulting Case Competition event. We're excited about seeing you on Saturday, 29th March 2014 @ 9:00am!

When and where? Saturday 29th March, Manchester Business School

Spaces are limited. Please register here: http://www.oxbridgebiotech.com/events/consulting-case-competition-manchester/

 

Powering the Cancer Machine

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Cancer Resarch UK, Beaston International Cancer Conference 

Powering the Cancer Machine

Sunday 6th July - Wednesday 9th July 2014

Speakers and Session

Keynote address: David Sabatini

For more details please visit the biochemistry society website.

For conference registration

http://www.beaston.gla.ac.uk/conf



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The final push

Hi All

Its been a long time since I wrote something on this blog but please forgive me as I enter my final phrase of my PhD studentship. I have been very busy recently but I just wanted to pause I write down some of my thoughts about what it has been like for me during the last month.

This is the final push for experimental work before I am charge with sitting down on my bottom all day writing out my thesis for submission in the autumn of 2014. It does sound very appealing given the amount of time I spent in the last month working late nights, weekends and early mornings. Laboratory work is finally coming to an end, or at least the planned experiments I had in mind. I am sure there will be a few more experiments needed when I write up.

I realise how hard it is to keep doing experiments whilst being told to keep writing at the same time, do figures, tables, graphs etc etc... I finally understand why all final year PhD students like to rant so much. It is hard to forget the enormous pressure final year students are entering. This post is not about me ranting at all but rather a chance think about what to do next. True, we are busy but it is also quite an exciting time and a time when you will have to start thinking beyond your research project. It that time to start thinking about careers. Shall I stay in academia or not? What will I do afterwards? Should I start applying soon?

For me, the answer is quite simply - start looking around. There are so many opportunities at universities to go on courses, enter competitions or join a team that does something a little different like policy. You never know, you might be able to enter competitions and quite like implementing science into Business. Yes, we are busy with our research but we should not limit ourselves or complain that we don't have enough time to do other things outside of the lab. That is exactly what I will be doing as I look to bolster my CV for the forthcoming months. In the meantime, I need to finish off some experimental work :-)

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What is the difference between K-Ras and H-Ras

An interesting review on the differences between H and K-Ras.

http://www.nature.com/ng/journal/v40/n10/abs/ng1008-1149.html

Manchester Enterprise School for Scientist

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I received a very interesting email for those who are keen in combining science with entrepreneurship. This school potentially could help you become more aware of the business side of Science.

 

The Manchester Enterprise School is a four day residential enterprise school managed by the University of Manchester and will be taking place this year at the Low Wood Bay Hotel, Ambleside, Lake District, from Monday 7th to Thursday 10th July 2014 for 30 postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers.

 

The Enterprise School aims to increase the employability of Ph.D. students and research staff by improving their enterprise skills in a highly interactive, group working environment, tutored by experts and guest entrepreneurs.

 

The Enterprise School is open to all Ph.D. students or research staff from any faculty. The school will be an excellent opportunity to learn about enterprise and innovation and how to apply it to your work, whether you intend a career in academia, industry or start your own business. It will also be a chance to network with your peers and improve your team working skills.

 

Attendees will work in groups on their own ideas and produce a “Dragons Den” style pitch at the end of the course. Along the way, to guide the groups will be sessions covering opportunity recognition, market research, intellectual property, basic finance and team building. The sessions will be interactive and aim to encourage networking and working with others from different faculties and universities. There will also be guest entrepreneurs and other experts in attendance to provide input to each group as well as live access to patent information, market research databases etc via the internet.

 

Feedback from previous events has been excellent, with attendees finding it both useful and the whole experience very enjoyable. Many attendees have kept in touch via social networking on their return to their own departments.