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mAcademia - Science, More than Just Academia.#52 - Designing a career - with Evan Bai from Vertex PharmaceuticalsDr. Evan Bai is computational genomic team leader at Vertex Pharmaceuticals. There he leads collaborations across Research, Clinical, and Commercial. By designing and analyzing genomic studies across the drug discovery pipeline, ranging from target discovery to defining treatable patient population, he contributed to the advancement of one disease program from compound screening into Phase II clinical trials, and other disease programs from target discovery into lead optimization.
Evan is also the founder of Hanwen Interiors, an interior decorating firm specializing in modern, Asian-inspired homes. He helps homeowners find peace and retreat by creating functional and beautiful designs. Hanwen Interiors is...2023-01-2548 min
mAcademia - Science, More than Just Academia.#51 - Science is exciting no matter where you do it - with Yaniv Erlich from Eleven TherapeuticsDr. Yaniv Erlich is the co-founder and CEO of Eleven Therapeutics. Prior, he was the CSO of MyHeritage, a consumer genomics company (acquired by Francisco Partners), an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University and a Principal Investigator at the Whitehead Institute, MIT.
We talked with Yaniv about his unique career that led him to leave academia and focus his efforts on building exciting biotech companies. Yaniv shared his insights into academic and non academic career development pathways for scientists, delved into the advantages of building a company in the UK as well as shed some l...2022-11-171h 03
mAcademia - Science, More than Just Academia.#50 - Finding new paths paved with proteomics - with Gali Arad and Eran Seger from ProtaiGali Arad and Eran Seger from Protai had talked to us about moving from their previous life in tech and academia into the fast pace of illuminating the druggable Proteome for better cures.
Eran Seger is the Co-Founder and CEO of Protai, a fast-growing biotech startup sitting on the intersection of proteomics and machine learning to develop novel therapeutics for a variety of complex diseases. Eran is an experienced technology executive and entrepreneur with a strong technical background and over 15 years of tech leadership positions at the Israeli Intelligence forces and HighTech.
Gali Arad, PhD is a Computational Biologist and...2022-10-1153 min
mAcademia - Science, More than Just Academia.#49 - North Star of innovation - with Dov Moran, Grove Ventures Managing PartnerDov Moran, Managing Partner of Grove Ventures, is one of the most prominent Israeli hi-tech leaders in the world. Dov is an investor, inventor, and entrepreneur, who is best known as the inventor of the USB flash drive. He founded M-Systems, acquired by SanDisk for $US 1.6 billion in 2006. He also served as the chairman of Tower Semiconductors, a developer and manufacturer of semiconductors and integrated circuits, in which he led a massive overhaul. Under Moran’s guidance, the company achieved a notable turnaround and became an enormous success. It was acquired by Intel in 2022 for 5.4 billion.
We tal...2022-09-0148 min
mAcademia - Science, More than Just Academia.#48 - Life updates with Elena Itskovich and Ofer Yizhar BarneaOver two years have past since we started this podcast. We learned a lot! We also applied some key take home messages to our own lives and careers. Today we share our progress with you!
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mAcademia - Science, More than Just Academia.#47 - Corrie Painter - When life gives you lemons you create a platform to advance scienceCorrie Painter is the Deputy Director of Count Me In and is a research scientist at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. A trained cancer researcher with a Ph.D. in biochemistry, she completed her postdoctoral work in cancer immunology, focusing on melanoma. In 2010, Painter was diagnosed with angiosarcoma. She has combined her cancer advocacy and scientific background to engage with patients in order to build and carry out patient-partnered genomics studies. She is also the co-founder of Angiosarcoma Awareness Inc.
We talked with Corrie about her brave and determined journey, about how scientists can lead work of...2022-06-081h 03
mAcademia - Science, More than Just Academia.#46 - Prof. Ronit Sachi-Fainaro is leading a multidisciplinary moonshot against cacnerRunning a team of diverse skills, and having them talk, learn, innovate and grow together while driving scientific breakthroughs? This is exactly what happens at the Satchi-Fainaro laboratory.
Ronit Satchi-Fainaro is a full Professor at Tel Aviv University, where she is head of the Cancer Research & Nanomedicine Laboratory, Director of Tel Aviv University Cancer Biology Research Center, Director of the TAU Kahn 3D BioPrinting Initiative, and holds the Kurt and Herman Lion Chair in Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies. She serves on the Board of Directors of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. and the Board of Governors of Tel Aviv U...2022-05-1259 min
mAcademia - Science, More than Just Academia.#45 - Transdisciplinary curiosity - with Joe Brew from HyfeJoe Brew is a data scientist with a background in public health. Joe has worked in infectious disease control surveillance, monitoring, and case-finding in places ranging from Nepal to Mozambique to Florida, USA (where he is from).
He now focuses on building Hyfe, an artificial intelligence company which aims to improve respiratory health, remote patient monitoring, and diagnostics by detecting and quantifying cough from ambient noise.
We talked about transdisciplinary research, science entrepreneurship, dedication and enthusiasm, impact and goals. Don't miss this!
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mAcademia - Science, More than Just Academia.#44 - Science founder - Gil Blander from InsideTrackerDr. Gil Blander is internationally recognized for his research in the basic biology of aging and translating research discoveries into new ways of detecting and preventing age-related conditions. He leads a team of biology, nutrition & exercise physiology experts, and data scientists at InsideTracker, and has been featured in CNN Money, The New York Times, Forbes, Financial Times, The Boston Globe to name a few.
Dr. Gil Blander received a Ph.D. in biology from the Weizmann Institute of Science and completed his Post Doctoral fellowship at MIT, before going on to found InsideTracker. InsideTracker was founded in 2009...2022-03-1545 min
mAcademia - Science, More than Just Academia.#43 - Building cloud storage solutions - with Or Ordentlich and Omri Palmon from Weka.ioOr Ordentlich, PhD is an associate professor at the School of Computer Science and Engineering in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is also an Algorithms Architect at Weka.io. His research is mostly focused on information theory, and its applications to modern problems in communication, compression and data science. Omri Palmon, PhD is the founder and COO of Weka.io, with a PhD in computer science from Stanford.
We talked about innovation, product development, the difference between solving problems for research and product development and so much more!
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mAcademia - Science, More than Just Academia.#42 - AI technology is changing pathology for precision oncology - with Ori Zelichov from NucleaiOri Zelichov M.D. is the VP Clinical Development of Nucleai, a startup company developing image analysis technologies for precision oncology. Dr. Zelichov leads the medical strategy and clinical development for the company. Prior to joining Nucleai, Ori was the Medical Director for Novellus, where he led to the development of a novel targeted treatments for cancer, now being tested in clinical trials.
We talked about product development, the company evolution to match market needs, the 'mom' dilemma and so much more.
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mAcademia - Science, More than Just Academia.#41 - Business development in health care - with Yuile KlermanYulie Klerman solves puzzles of the complex healthcare ecosystem, helping health tech companies crystalize product/market fit and develop a go-to-market strategy for their innovative solutions. Yulie is a VP of Business Development at Rhino Health, an end-to-end Federated Learning and Privacy Preservation platform facilitating privacy-centric data collaboration. In her previous role, she launched a Health Data Connectivity Platform for the safe and effective incorporation of health, consumer, and digital data at Liveramp. Yulie is obsessed with data democratization, interoperability, and privacy.
We talked about how to develop a career starting with a science degree and get p...2021-12-101h 15
mAcademia - Science, More than Just Academia.#40 - Research in engineering and engineering a product - Gavi Feuer is creating medical devicesGavi Feuer’s life pursuit is to incorporate new and developing technologies into medical devices. As Engineering Director and Co-founder of Rafael Medical Devices, he takes surgical procedures to the next level in order to improve safety, efficacy, cost, and efficiency.
After receiving his Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering from Cooper Union, Gavi earned his Ph.D. from SUNY Downstate studying bone tissue and the human skeleton as mechanical systems.
With his knowledge in both engineering and biomechanical systems, he spent the next years in the orthopedic device industry, first working with Monogram Orthopedics, a star...2021-11-0249 min
PhD Career Stories#102: Interview with Ofer Yizhar Barnea and Elena ItskovichIn this episode, Tina Persson interviews Elena Itskovich and Ofer Yizhar Barnea. Elena has a PhD in stem cell biology from the University of Cambridge. She volunteers for ScienceAbroad and has hosted the macadamia podcast. Ofer has a Ph.D in Human molecular genetics. He has served 6 years as an officer and ran a RnD team of physicists and mathematicians. In parallel he is a co-founder of a company that has been growing and evolving for 3 years now. The main topics discussed in this podcast are the importance of networking and digital presence. Listen to this episode to...2021-10-1555 min
mAcademia - Science, More than Just Academia.#39 Plant science in academia and industry - with Assaf ZemachDr. Assaf Zemach spent seven years as a professor at Tel Aviv university before he moved back to the US and joined Rinati skin as Head of Metabolic Engineering. We talked about Assaf's career as both a PI and scientist in industry, about the difficult task of navigating two careers and raising children abroad, about the differences and similarities of leading research in academia and industry, and much more.
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mAcademia - Science, More than Just Academia.#38 A focus on IP - with Rachel Diamant from Emendo BioRachel Diamant co-founded Emendo Biotherapeutics in 2016 with a group of friends. Emendo is a next generation gene editing company developing genetic medicines for severe genetic diseases. Rachel completed biotech engineering studies from the Technion (Israel) in 2000 and MSc in Neuroscience from the Weizmann Institute of Science in 2004. She is a serial entrepreneur in biotech and has been working in the field of IP strategy for over a decade.
We talked about the role IP has in building a company and how it can be used to develop interesting products. We talked about the culture at Emendo and h...2021-09-2800 min
mAcademia - Science, More than Just Academia.#37 - Prof. Karen Avraham on (tenure) trackProf. Karen B. Avraham, professor at the Department of Human Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry at the Faculty of Medicine and Sagol School of Neuroscience at Tel Aviv University in Israel. She and her team lead the effort in the discovery of disease genes and the use of models for therapy, with an emphasis on precision medicine. Her laboratory of neural and sensory genomics focuses on deafness and developmental epileptic encephalopathies.
Karen takes great pride in the 135 undergraduate, MSc, PhD, MD-PhD students and post-docs she has mentored, both from Israel and abroad, and 60 junior faculty she has helped re...2021-09-141h 00
mAcademia - Science, More than Just Academia.#36 - A scientist enabling impact and innovation - with Dov ShamirDov Shamir, Ph.D. fell in love with science but not the way it was done in an academic lab, he wanted to be closer to the point of impact, where basic science developments meet the real world needs. His multidisciplinary background extends to the creation of his own startups and products, therapeutic development, engineering, finance, and investing.
Dov is the Senior Manager of Entrepreneurship at Mount Sinai Innovation Partners (MSIP), the commercialization office of the Mount Sinai Health System. He leads MSIP’s newly established Elementa Labs, an incubator program that strategically positions external health care and biotechnology startup com...2021-08-3154 min
mAcademia - Science, More than Just Academia.#35 Ohad Manor - Keeps growingOhad was trained as a computational scientist and is grateful to be able to apply these skills to improve patients' lives and outcomes. He lives in Seattle with his wife and two kids. Ohad is the Head of Computational Biology and Data Science at Century Tx and a Scientific Advisor for Drop Bio. When he's not working or thinking about science and data, he likes to spend time with his family enjoying what Seattle and the PNW has to offer, or zone out with some yoga or rock climbing for a mind-body workout.
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mAcademia - Science, More than Just Academia.#34 Translating scientific thinking and biochem 101 with Daniel FriedDr. Fried has created a unique initiative to bring high-level science to kids, especially those in elementary school. The program, called Biochemistry Literacy for Kids, uses molecular modeling tools and a unique philosophy of teaching to exceed typical expectations for learning. Elementary school students in the program learn in-depth about topics like protein folding and organic chemistry mechanisms. Several schools around the US have begun using the curriculum as a part of their standard courses, including elementary, junior high, and high schools. Around 500 homeschool families from around the world also use the curriculum as a part of their studies.
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mAcademia - Science, More than Just Academia.Rebroadcast #14 - Joanne KamensSummertime ... a short break this week, and we had decided to bring you a rebroadcast of one of our favorite episodes - Joanne Kamens, PhD, former CEO of Addgene, and an experienced researcher and leader in biotech and pharma.
Take the time to re-listen and rethink the point Joanne make all through the interview
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mAcademia - Science, More than Just Academia.#33 - Mental performance with Gily MeirDr. Gily Meir is a Certified Mental Performance Consultant (CMPC) through the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP), and the Research Director for the Sport Psychology Department at JFK School of Psychology at National University. Gily studies the connection between cognitions, emotions, and performance in an effort to learn and enhance individual's ability to self-regulate. Gily, an advocate of the researcher-practitioner approach, consults athletes and coaches of different levels, ages, and sports as well as trains and supervises graduate students training to become mental performance consultant.
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mAcademia - Science, More than Just Academia.#32 - Katie Langin is communicating Science CareersKatie Langin, PhD, is the associate editor for the Careers section of Science. Her professional roots are in academia, as she holds a Ph.D. in ecology and spent years as a grad student and postdoc, studying the ecology and evolution of birds. Her first taste of journalism was at National Geographic, where she joined the daily news team as an AAAS Mass Media Science and Engineering Fellow—an experience that widened her view of possible career options in front of her. She served as a news intern at Science before joining the Careers news team as a staff rep...2021-06-2255 min
mAcademia - Science, More than Just Academia.#31 - Job positions in Biotech - an overview with Elina LavitElina gives a panoramic view on career trajectories in the pharma and biotech industries. We focus on possible entry level positions and how to develop your career.
Elina is an experienced biomed Leader with 17+ years of increasing responsibility and accountability in strategic roles. Elina worked in various therapeutic areas and has experience in Pharmaceutical development from research to global commercialization; Digital Health, Diagnostics, project and product manager - and more!
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mAcademia - Science, More than Just Academia.#30 - The scientist-entrepreneur-investor - Omri Amirav-Drory is looking for magicOmri had a successful Ph.D. in biochemistry at Tel-Aviv University, followed by ... naturally ... a postdoc. During his postdoc in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology at Stanford University school of medicine, he realized, ACADEMIA IS NOT FOR ME. He followed this lead, founded a company in the realm of tech-bio, sold a company, and hadn't stopped getting involved and leading idea-into-success stories on the investment side. Omri believes in the Scientist - CEO / Scientist - Entrepreneur, and as an investor supports researchers in bringing academia's magic to market.
Omri Amirav-Drory is a venture partner at NFX Bio. Omri founded...2021-05-251h 16
mAcademia - Science, More than Just Academia.#29 Designing a career path - Adi Lavi is leveraging opportunitiesDr. Adi Lavi is a bioinformatics and fermentation scientist that decided to explore a career path in biotech, San Francisco. Adi shared how to find a job quickly using LinkedIn, how he builds his career trajectory, what helped him being prepared to make his company transitions and his take on training in academia towards being a PI or industry, ohh ... and he had done this during a global pandemic.
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mAcademia - Science, More than Just Academia.#28 Special ONE year anniversary - your questions with Estherina TrachtenbergIn this special one year anniversary episode, Estherina Trachtenberg is learning more about Ofer and Lena, mAcademia podcast hosts! Join this fun conversation about the podcast, science and careers.
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mAcademia - Science, More than Just Academia.#27 Scientific freedom and independence - Sahar GelfmanSahar is a Computational and Statistical Geneticist and currently acts as the manager of Neuroscience & Ophthalmology Genetics at Regeneron. Instead of advancing a career in hi tech, then the soon to be Dr. Sahar Gelfman, choose to harness his skills in computer science to get his Ph.D. in human molecular genetics. After a successful postdoc and facing another life-changing decision, Sahar chose a non-academic career path at Regeneron's Genome Research Center instead of a faculty position back in Israel.
Sahar shared with us what was going through his mind on both career junctions, what is the value he got f...2021-04-1259 min
mAcademia - Science, More than Just Academia.#26 Two passions, one life-time - Christian Tidona is driving innovation with the BioMed X instituteDr. Christian Tidona is a biotech entrepreneur, an angel investor, and the founder of BioMed X Institute in Heidelberg, Germany. He is also a molecular biologist, educated in the academic hallways like many of us. When he found out he is passionate about both science and entrepreneurship to the same extent, he started a lifelong journey of carving out career paths that drive innovation. He founded the BioMed X Institute - where academic talent and the needs of the pharma industry meet, thrive, and create scientific discoveries that drive applied innovation. Christian's story is one of not settling with...2021-03-291h 07
mAcademia - Science, More than Just Academia.#25 Now you see it now you don't - Dr. Elisabeth Bik is spotting scientific image manipulationsDr. Elisabeth Bik is an independent Science Integrity Consultant. She is also an image sleuth, investigating independently into image manipulations in scientific publications and publically publishing her findings. Dr. Bik is a microbiologist that worked in the public sector in the Netherlands, was a research associate at Stanford University, and as a scientific editorial director at uBiome, a microbiome startup before opening her consultancy.
We touched base on her transition from academia to industry and what it means to be an independent, self-employed, consultant in the world of science. We talked about keeping scientific integrity and v...2021-03-151h 04
mAcademia - Science, More than Just Academia.#24 Bonus LIVE episode - Amir Nakar, can academics network online too?Amir is an interdisciplinary scientist, doing his PhD at the Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology in Jena, Germany. His work on using spectroscopy to diagnose drug-resistant bacteria brings together biology, chemistry, engineering, and computer science.
We talked with Amir about the critical role online networking has in career development. We shared stories of connections through networking that led to some exciting opportunities, gave tips for efficient networking on LinkedIn and other platforms, and generally just had a very fun chat.
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mAcademia - Science, More than Just Academia.#23 NASA postdoc - Linda Rubinstein is doing science out of this worldLinda Rubinstein is studying how isolation and radiation are affecting physiology on the molecular level at the NASA Ames Research Center, California. We talked about the collaborative spirit and the feeling of unity around a mission at NASA and how it is different from regular laboratories in academia. We also talked about brave decisions and the value of a supportive network when you face challenges.
NASA Postdoctoral Program Opportunities: https://npp.usra.edu/opportunities/
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mAcademia - Science, More than Just Academia.#22 “What is the physiological relevance?" - Oded Rechavi on academia and outreachProf. Oded Rechavi, professor at the Department of Neurobiology at Tel Aviv University. His lab challenges basic dogmas regarding inheritance and evolution, using simple powerful genetic model organisms.
Oded is very active over social media, mostly Twitter, and brings the new media twist towards communicating science and the life of a scientist. Among other things, he organized the first Twitter scientific conference "WOODSTOCK.BIO" He brings great fresh views on the new era of social communication and its integration and value to academics.
He is the recipient of many breakthroughs and prestigious awards including the f...2021-02-1559 min
mAcademia - Science, More than Just Academia.#21 What to do when you are passionate about fermentation - Tal ZeltzerTal has a Ph.D. in Biotech and Food engineering, but that is only part of a long story that landed her as Phytolon co-founder and acting CTO. Tal brings a fresh look at career planning for a scientific track, where she had asked herself all the required questions, drew a path to fit her answer, and walked it with pride.
At Phytolon she brings all her savvy scientific thinking and desire for execution and plays a critical role in the company's growth.
Phytolon utilizes current scientific advancements to bring biotechnology-based, natural, high-quality food-colorants to...2021-02-011h 11
mAcademia - Science, More than Just Academia.#20 Anat Bohme-Cagan - Policy making in the service of the publicAnat Bohme-Cagan finished her Ph.D. in neuroscience at Tel Aviv University. Yet, even though she is very passionate about science, she realized an academic path is not for her. An ad on the radio, yes, radio, brought her to a new path towards the Israeli ministry of health. She is now a multidisciplinary policymaker in the field of medical technologies and regulation at the Israeli ministry of health and an avid advocate for collaborative multifaceted work. Do Ph.D.s have what it takes to make it in policy? You bet ya!
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mAcademia - Science, More than Just Academia.#19 To give a proper advice and consult is a science done by Kim StaatsWith an extensive scientific background in neurodegeneration, and especially in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Kim is driven to move safe and effective therapies to people with ALS or with other rare diseases across the globe. After two postdocs in academia, Kim set out to provide science consultancy to biotech, academia, and patient organizations. In addition, as a career coach, she feels strongly about inspiring and empowering academic scientists to obtain the careers that they want, either within or beyond academia.
Kim has worked on a short film about ALS called The First Color: https://www.instagram.com/t...2021-01-0452 min
mAcademia - Science, More than Just Academia.#18 Orly Levitan is keeping in touch with both worldsOrly Levitan is the Chief Scientific of a cool startup called HyGIeacare Inc. While being in charge of the growing company's scientific program, she maintained her affiliation with Rutgers University. Post leaving her full-time research professor appointment with the university, she also co-created the curriculum and course work of the Project Management Consortium (PMC) of the Cheeky Scientist Association (CSA). In this episode, we talk about her transition to industry, keeping in touch with where you scientifically “came from”, and her love for teaching and mentoring.
Hygieacare - https://hygieacare.com/for-physicians/publications/
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mAcademia - Science, More than Just Academia.#17 Building innovation - Maria BlekherMaria Blekher, PhD is a startup value accelerator , behavioral researcher and the founding Director of Innovation Lab at Yeshiva University, New York. Maria created a borderless New York City-based hub that connects startups based in New York City and Israel with students and experts who are passionate about Israeli Tech and innovation. We discussed her unique career development, the initiation and development of this unique platform that drives innovation and supports student development.
https://www.yu.edu/innovation-lab
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mAcademia - Science, More than Just Academia.#16 A story of perseverance - Natalie Yivgi-Ohana is changing the world of mitochondrial disease.Natalie Yivgi-Ohana, PhD, started a postdoc in Canada, yet decided to come back after just two and a half months, realizing it is not working for her and her family. For some, this could be the end of their scientific careers, but not for Natalie. After a short postdoc at Weizmann Institute, Natalie thought of an ingenious idea that changed her life and has the potential to save many children around the world. In this episode she shares her story, the story of Minovia.
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mAcademia - Science, More than Just Academia.#15 "Tinder" for scientists - Beatrice Zatroska introducing great minds, one to anotherBeatrice brings her worldwide experience in business and getting great technology into the real world by creating applications. Her current mission is to make great minds interact, get to know each other, and eventually work together.
SmartTribe, her latest venture, enables networking between individuals in academia and industry, building their mutual networks that empower scientists.
Some useful links:
https://smarttribe.io/community/ https://smarttribe.io/category/from-scientist-to-executive/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5kZtSwLWks#action=share
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mAcademia - Science, More than Just Academia.#14 In the service of science and scientists - Joanne Kamens running a non-profitJoanne Kamens runs every molecular biologist's favorite non-profit organization, Addgene. They distribute 90,657 plasmids on behalf of 4,366 labs from around the world and to more than 100 countries. Joanne made the journey from an academic research training, through long years of applying her skills in the biotech industry, and now running a non-profit aimed at making research and discovery more streamlined. She shares excellent insights on MUST DO step in the career planning phase of young PhDs and postdocs, shares here views on both the academic and non-academic worlds.
Aside from the audio interview, Joanne had created a lot of...2020-10-2655 min
mAcademia - Science, More than Just Academia.#13 Welcome to season 2Just before releasing some of our newest interviews, Lena and Ofer share what they had learned thus far and where they want to expand in the upcoming season of mAcademia. We are excited to bring new stories, new bridges being formed, and great insights to career planning for the academic researcher. Enjoy :-) Episode music - Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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mAcademia - Science, More than Just Academia.#12 Translate this ... research done to impact - Dvir AranDvir went against the mainstream route of academia and choose a postdoc that had opened him up towards truly "translational research". From a postdoc under a world-leading figure in this emerging concept to leading a data science research team in one of the largest medical insurance companies in the US, and from there to lead a new lab at the Technion in Israel. Dvir shares his view that a researcher's career path is not choosing between two sides of the coin, you could, and maybe should, experience both.
For the Aran lab @ Technion website - https://aran-lab...2020-07-1353 min
mAcademia - Science, More than Just Academia.#11 From hard core science to hi tech lead - Yoni Bhonker researched successYoni Bhonker was a talented PhD student, and as one, he asked important questions, about his work at lab of course, but moreover, about his career path. Yoni took his acquired skill school from a PhD in human genetics, all the way into tech and acts as a product manager at Contentsquare ... yes he is in tech. We got to go with Yoni through his course of decision making and more important his course of pursuing his career ambitions. Yoni had given us a glimpse at to a long reach transition from life science in academia to software in...2020-06-2956 min
mAcademia - Science, More than Just Academia.#10 (Hebrew) From behind the bench to in front of a classroom - Yair Pozniak teaches with passionBeing a good scientist isn't enough to cut it as a good teacher, in order to stand in front of a classroom of teenagers you need to WANT to be there with everything you got. Yair Pozniak took the leap from benchtop to teaching a high school science class. He had shared with us the internal dilemmas he faced early on, how he sought advice, devised a plan, and acted upon it on the course of several years. Warning, you would either want to go back to high school or go teach after hearing Yair's passion for this.
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mAcademia - Science, More than Just Academia.#9 (Hebrew) Ben Gurion university of the Negev is leading a Change - Prof. Dan BlumbergDan G. Blumberg is a VP and professor at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in the Department of Geography and Environmental Development. He currently serves as Vice-President for Regional and Industrial Development after serving five years as Vice President and Dean for Research and Development. We had an honest talk about academia, industry and bridging between them.
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mAcademia - Science, More than Just Academia.#8 Making impact through making policy - Gabriela MonsalveGabriella went through 15 years at the bench with every intention to become a PI in academia. She looked for the impact the coincide with her core values. From being in charge of the MIND course at UCSF, she is now acting as Assistant Dean for Postdoctoral Scholars at UCSF, a world leading biomedical research institute with over 1100 postdocs and many more grad students. How did her PhD prepare her for this career? What is policymaking? and of course how her job affects the training of many many others in academia for both careers in academia, and much more, beyond...2020-06-0847 min
mAcademia - Science, More than Just Academia.#7 From clinical psychologist to product manager to founder - she did it all - Adi Zief-Balteriski, Ph.D.Adi Zief-Balteriski is a behavioral science expert in the field of community, technology and consumer behavior. She is a researcher in the field of well-being and holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology, L.L.B in Law and B.A in Business and IT.
Adi states that making a positive impact on people’s lives has been her life-long passion. She spent the past few years building products to increase people’s well-being and positive experiences. She has been advising startups in well-being sphere and recently founded her first startup MyKumbaya.
During the episode, we mentioned these:
Adi's start up w...2020-06-0137 min
mAcademia - Science, More than Just Academia.#6 (Hebrew) Taking science into orbit and back - Yair Glick, Ph.D.Yair had started early on and had a very successful Ph.D. experience. Yair was drawn towards the private sector, translating his scientific skills to industry requirements while enhancing his toolkit along the way. Yair is the Director of Research at SpacePharma. Yes ... Space ... Pharma. Listen in to learn more about the transition and what it is like going to space. 3... 2... 1... lift-off!
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mAcademia - Science, More than Just Academia.#5 Teach them to bake, scientifically - Thomas Teffri‑ChambellandThomas Teffri‑Chambelland is a biologist by academic training, a former science teacher, and today one of the world leaders in bread baking. He is bringing new concepts into baking. As a specialist in natural fermentations, he has been putting biology at the service of baking for almost 20 years to try to popularize the biological phenomena at work in the making of bread.
The international school website https://ecoleinternationaledeboulangerie.fr/en/index.php
The school Instagram (be strong) https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/ecoleinternationaledeboulangerie/?hl=es-la
Previous books https://www.amazon.com/Th...2020-05-1848 min
mAcademia - Science, More than Just Academia.#4 (Hebrew) From bench top to being on-top-of-things - Efrat TalEfrat Tal, PhD was done with the academia after her PhD in Molceular Human Genetics at Tel-Aviv University at 2018. Since than she expanded her skill set, to become a project manager at ATVIO. She shared her drive to explore the non-academical route and what exactly does a project manager and specifically what they do at ATVIO.
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mAcademia - Science, More than Just Academia.#3 Seeking advice - Arielle Shkedi is into consultingArielle is a PhD Candidate at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) by day and VP of consulting at Bio Connections Bay Area by night. Don't wanna spoil your fun listening to her. Enjoy!
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mAcademia - Science, More than Just Academia.#2 (Hebrew) The Chief Medical Officer - Dr. Arik Eisenkraft (BioBeat)Arik Eisenkraft is the Chief Medical Officer, Biobeat Technologies. With vast experience in the IDF medical corps and IMOD R&D, he granted me a fresh view on both the importance of human resource development and the central role of the Cheif Medical Officer in the biotech/biomed operation.
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/macademia/message2020-04-2759 min
mAcademia - Science, More than Just Academia.#1 (Hebrew) The journey starts hereIn our first episode ever we share why we wanted to do this. Both of us, Lena and Ofer, are off to hear people who bridge the gap between academia and industry.
Starting with our own story and motivation, a conversation about being on this bridge, in real-time.
Link to Genomeweb piece:
https://www.genomeweb.com/sequencing/israeli-consortium-launches-patient-sequencing-study-uncover-covid-19-genetic-risk#.XqJxLchKiUk
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