Bioinformatics Career Mentoring 2024

Bioinformatics Career Mentoring 2024
Friday, October 25, 2024
The Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience 

Agenda
8:00-8:15am = Arrival/Check-in
8:20-8:30am = Welcome, Professor King Jordan
8:35-9:05am = Internship Panel
9:05-9:15am = Break
9:20-9:50 = Job Search Panel
10:00am-12:00pm = Table Topics – Students to switch tables every 20 minutes
12:15pm-1:55pm = Lunch for Internship and Job Search Panelists

Table Topics:
Peter Audano = Academic Careers in Bioinformatics (non-tenure track)
Anneke Augenbroe = Data Science Job Search for Bioinformatics Graduates
Adam Dabrowski = Careers in Consulting
Kristne Lacek = Interview Tips
Karan Uppal = Job Search Strategies & Keeping Up with the "in-demand" Skills
Lu Wang = Preparing your Elevator Pitch 

Internship Panel (GT Bioinformatics Students)
Biswajit Banerjee, Data Science Research Intern at Extrahop
Palak Chaudhry, Computational Biology Intern, Functional Genomics Group at Ionis Pharmaceuticals
Anna McKee, Computational Biology Intern at Foundation Medicine
Anagha Mohana Krishna, Bioinformatics Software Engineering Intern at Moderna
Hrishikesh Patil, Bioinformatics Intern at Zymo Research Corporation
Meenakshi Somadasan, Graduate Intern in Neuroscience Group at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

Job Search Panel (GT Bioinformatics Alumni)
Peter Audano, Computational Scientist at The Jackson Laboratory
Anneke Augenbroe, Senior Data Scientist for Bacardi Limited
Adam Dabrowski, Ankura Consulting - Director, Data Scientist
Kristine Lacek, Health Scientist, Informatics at CDC
Karan Uppal, Ascendis Pharma (Director of Data Science)
Lu Wang, Data Scientist at Apple