Career progression in science – options beyond the bench June 9th 2011- Auditori Antoni Caparrós, Torre D, Barcelona Science Park
Baldiri Reixac, 4 - 08028 Barcelona
Many scientists follow a career in research without considering alternatives. This course of action often ends up being unsatisfactory, as it leads them to take up unsuitable jobs or to abandon science altogether. This session will provide researchers at any point in their careers with the opportuniy to look beyond the bench and to discover new and exciting career options.
Programme:
9.15 - 9.30 h - Registration
9.30 - 10.30 h - Speaker introductions
10.30 – 10.45 – General questions
10.45 - 12.00 h - Informal discussion and mid-morning snack
Speakers:
 | Susanna Baqué, Director Support & Market Development - EMEA at AB SCIEX.
Susanna is an experienced executive with more than 12 years of experience in the private sector of Biotechnology & analytical instrumentation companies. She started in Applied Biosystems as a commercial specialist in Catalunya, moved to a wider role in Spain and Portugal as a product and sales specialist, and has progressed leading commercial teams in different countries in Europe, until her current role as Director of Technical Support and Market Development for EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa). She is also a member of the executive and leadership team in EMEA for AB SCIEX. She holds a degree in Chemistry (1991) and a PhD in Biochemistry (1996) by the University of Barcelona, and has conducted several leadership and management courses in the past 8 years. |
|  | Antonio Párraga, Director of Target Product Profile (TPP) and Target Formulation Profile (TFP) Management at ESTEVE.
Antonio has extensive experience of more than 11 years in the pharmaceutical industry,after a research career in protein and DNA crystallography with post-doc positions at Rockefeller University (New York) and at the Molecular Biology Institute of Barcelona (CSIC). He joined ESTEVE in 1999 and has held different positions, including as R&D Project Manager, Director of Research Coordination and Director of Knowledge Management and Modelling. Currently he is Director of TPP & TFP Management, and aims to manage the projects objectives and to integrate its information in R&D+i ESTEVE’s Portfolio scorecard. He holds a Degree in Chemistry (1991), a PhD in Chemistry (1995) and a Masters in Science Leadership and Management (2009). |
|  | Paula García , Scientific Project Manger of AROMICS
Paula holds a MSc degree in Biochemistry from the University of Salamanca (Spain) and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in the Neuroscience field from the same University (2002). Afterwards, she was awarded a Industry-Host Marie-Curie Fellowship to work at the Molecular Pharmacology group of the Functional Genomics Department at Sanofi-Aventis in Frankfurt (Germany) as a Postdoctoral Research Scientist. In 2005 she returned to Spain to join the Pain Physiology and Management Research Group at the Barcelona Medical Research Centre (IMIM) as a Junior Scientist. She then joined AROMICS S.L. in 2006 where she is the Scientific Project Manager and coordinates the scientific development of ongoing R&D projects and proposals. |
|  | Johanna K. Scheper, R&D Project Manager at CIBER-BBN.
Johanna holds a PhD in Biochemistry (UAB). Her postdoctoral work focused on the development of biosensors and inhibitors capable for probing and targeting protein kinases and phosphatases involved in coordination of cell cycle progression that constitute relevant biomarkers and established pharmacological targets for cancer therapeutics, applying a rational and multidisciplinary approach at the interface between biochemistry, biophysics, cell biology and life science nanotechnology (CRBM-CNRS, Montpellier, France). She joined the CIBER-BBN in 2009 as R&D Project Manager of the Nanomedicine area. She manages 9 intramural projects of the center. She is currently studying the Executive MBI at the UPC. |
|  | Xavier Rubies, Head of Technology Transfer in the CRG.
Xavier is an experienced executive with more than 12 years in pharmaceutical companies and 4 years in public organizations. In private companies Xavier has been Project Manager in a research and development department, Director of Diagnostic Service and also Director of the R&D Department. In public organizations he has been Director of Business and Projects of Biocat and he is currently the Head of the Tech Transfer at the Genomic Regulation Centre (CRG), a world class research institute. He holds a Degree in Veterinary Medicine (1990) a PhD in Veterinary Medicine (1996) and an MBA (2007). |
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Sarah Sherwood, Head of Communications and External Relations at IRB Barcelona.
Sarah has been actively involved in science communications for the past 15 years. She started her career in a small research lab at the University of Rome, managing the editorial activities of the journal Cell Death and Differentiation. Firmly bitten by the science communications bug, she later left for EMBL in Heidelberg where she helped set up the lab’s Office of Information and Public Affairs. She spent 7 years immersed in a complete range of communications activities, from writing about science, to designing websites and publications and organizing numerous outreach events. In 2006, she moved to Barcelona to head up communications activities at the then newly-founded Institute for Research in Biomedicine. Sarah holds a degree in English Literature and Italian Studies from Wesleyan University (1993). |
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