Upcoming Speakers

September 23, 2005 - * Special Bioethics Seminar *
William Stempsey (College of Holy Cross)

October 28, 2005 - * Special Bioethics Seminar *
Thomas Shannon (Worcester Polytechnic Institute)

December 2, 2005
Mark Trusheim (Massachusetts Biotechnology Council)

Past Speakers

July 22, 2005
Dr. Paul Mason (Genzyme)
"Drug discovery at Genzyme"

June 10, 2005
Dr. Gyan Bhanot (IBM Life Sciences)
"Systems biology and supercomputing at IBM Life Sciences"

May 20 , 2005
Dr. Damon Demady (Biogen Idec)
"Challenges of drug development: By the book vs. reality"

April 22, 2005
Dr. Jinping Gan (Bristol-Myers Squibb)
"Reactive metabolites in drug discovery"

April 15, 2005
John Essigmann (MIT BE & CEHS)
"De-mystification of the grant application process for new academic investigators"

April 8, 2005
Nancy Briefs (President & CEO of Percardia)
"A long winding road: From patent to PMA"

March 25, 2005
Dr. Can Ozbal (BioTrove Inc.)
"Mass spectroscopy-based label-free ultra-high throughput screening for drug discovery"

March 11, 2005
Dr. Jonathan Gertler (Adams Harkness)
"Market dynamics & financial strategies in life science technologies"

February 25, 2005
Dr. Cindy Xia (Millenium)
"From ABC to SLC: Evaluation of drug transporters in drug discovery and development"

February 11, 2005
Dr. Keith Hoffmaster (Pfizer Inc.)'
"ADME in drug discovery & cholestasis as a mechanism of hepatotoxicity"

December 13 , 2004
Drs. Birgit Schoeberl & Brian Harms (Merrimack Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
"Starting a career in industry as an MIT alum"

November 22, 2004
Dr. Vicki Sato (President of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
"Careers in academia & in industry"

October 5, 2004 (see picture :))
Prof. Michael Lysaght (Brown University)
"After the PhD: Career decisions in biomedical engineering"