Welcome to Season 4! This month's guest is Dr. Stefan Avey. He is a Senior Statistician at Janssen Pharmaceuticals. We dive into life at Pharma, prioritization, and how to work from home effectively.

Gerald Goh (Oncology Segment Manager, Illumina)

Jun 27th, 2019 11m 20s

Welcome to Season 4! This month's guest is Dr. Gerald Goh. He is an Oncology Segment Manager at Illumina. He discusses life as a marketing expert and how to use your postdoc effectively.

Briana Konnick (Assistant Director of Career Dev, UChicago)

Sep 28th, 2018 33m 15s

This month’s guest is Dr. Briana Konnick. She is the assistant director of career development at University of Chicago. She discusses how to transform your career aspirations from "not academia" to a bona fide job. Highlights include resources

Liz Noblin (Research Project Manager, 23andMe)

Aug 20th, 2018 18m 37s

This month’s guest is Dr. Liz Noblin. She is the research project manager at 23andMe, a leading genomics company. She discusses the merits of doing a postdoc before going into industry, how to learn Big Data analysis on your own, finding your “

Evan Bai (Research Scientist, Vertex)

Jul 20th, 2018 30m 21s

This month, we talk to Dr. Evan Bai, bioinformatics scientist in drug discovery at Vertex Pharmaceuticals. He discusses how drug discovery is a team sport and how he was able to grow and demonstrate his teamwork skills as an academic. His story

Kate Krueger (Research Director, New Harvest)

Jun 18th, 2018 18m 42s

Welcome to Season 3 of The Incubator! This month, we talk to Dr. Kate Krueger, who is the research director for New Harvest, a non-profit promoting and funding cellular agriculture research. Highlights: Why join a non-profit? (1:25) What are th

BONUS Episode - Clare McManus (CRUK) - Best Lab Manager

Dec 5th, 2017 5m 30s

This episode we talk to the winner of Proteintech's Best Lab Manager Award: Clare McManus of the Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute. Clare manages a lab group of 32 and has much wisdom to share about how to be a good leader.

Kendra Taylor (Founder, First Immuno-Consulting)

Aug 22nd, 2017 20m 38s

This episode we talk to Dr. Kendra Taylor, who is the founder of First Immuno-Consulting, about entrepreneurship. She discusses her journey to entrepreneurship and strategies for how to get your business off the ground.

Janet Kumita (U of Cambridge) - Best Postdoc Mentor

Aug 7th, 2017 6m 59s

This episode we talk to the winner of Proteintech's Best Mentor - Postdoc Category Award: Dr. Janet Kumita of the University of Cambridge. Janet has mentored dozens of students and has much wisdom to share about how to be a good leader.

S2 Ep2 - Jen Guarino (Associate Medical Director, BGB Group)

Jul 21st, 2017 26m 21s

This episode we talk to Dr. Jen Guarino, who is an associate medical director at BGB Group, a medical communications agency. Highlights: Hardest adjustment to medical writing field (6:46) Tips for entering scientific communication field (23:30

S2 Ep1 - Paulina Strzyz (Associate Editor, Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology)

Jun 27th, 2017 28m 31s

Welcome to the second season of The Incubator! This episode we talk to Dr. Paulina Stzyz, who is an associate editor at Nature Review Molecular Cell Biology. She guides us through getting a job as an editor and the day-to-day life of publishing

See You Summer 2017!

Nov 30th, 2016

Happy Holidays from the Incubator team! Season 1 is officially in the books and we are currently recharging our batteries and whipping up new content for Season 2 in the summer. Thanks for listening!

S1 Ep4 - Dr. Ben Haley (Genentech), Dr. Sean Landrette (LAM Therapeutics)

Sep 22nd, 2016 42m 1s

Welcome to the fourth episode of The Incubator! This episode is focused on biotech and features interviews with scientists representing a big company and a start-up. The first interview is with Dr. Ben Haley, who is a group leader at Genentec

S1 Ep3 - Dr. Nick Chisholm

Aug 22nd, 2016 27m 19s

Welcome to the third episode of The Incubator! Today's guest is Dr. Nick Chisholm. After getting his PhD from Harvard, he worked at a VC firm and is now at video game startup FACEIT. He has a lot of wisdom about the differences between academia

BONUS - Interview with Josh Morgan, U of Delaware

Aug 10th, 2016 11m 5s

Welcome to this bonus edition of the Incubator! Our guest, Dr. Josh Morgan, is a postdoc at the University of Delaware and is the recipient of the Proteintech "Best Mentor: Postdoc Category" award. In this brief interview, he discusses what men

S1 Ep2 - Dr. Jonathan Cornett, Lee University

Jul 22nd, 2016 43m

Welcome to the second episode of The Incubator! We go from teaching at a humongous research university to teaching at a small liberal arts college. Our guest this month is Dr. Jonathan Cornett, who is a biology professor at Lee University in Te

S1 Ep1 - Dr. Beth Luoma, Yale Center for Teaching and Learning

Jun 13th, 2016 36m 26s

Welcome to the first episode of The Incubator! Our guest this week is Dr. Beth Luoma, who is the director of the Helmsley program at the Yale Center for Teaching and Learning. Her focus is on developing aspiring educators on their teaching skil

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