Profile: Penny Coggill – Protein Domain Family Database annotator, Sanger Institute

Posted on January 24, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Cambridge AWiSE Steering Group member – PENNY COGGILL

I currently work at the Sanger Institute, on the Wellcome Trust Genome Campus at Hinxton, as an annotator for a database of protein domain-families. 

I have been there since I decided to return to work after nearly 30 years of living abroad, bringing up three children and a lot of voluntary work. 

Hindsight is a wonderful thing, and if I had known in 1999 what I know now about all the opportunities for re-training in Cambridge that AWiSE has encouraged and championed …well, I might not be at the Sanger and I do love my job and its a great place to work. 

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Profile: Dr Tennie Videler – Programme Manager at Vitae

Posted on January 19, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Cambridge AWiSE co-Chair - DR TENNIE VIDELER

I currently work as a programme manager for a national careers organisation specialising in careers and development of researchers (called Vitae: www.vitae.ac.uk).  How did I get here from a science background and is it still of use?

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A very personal report on Professor Dame Sandra Dawson’s talk in November

Posted on January 5, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Professor Dame Sandra Dawson is a Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, professor of Management Studies at Judge Business School (which she pretty much founded and led for 10 years), and was the first female Master of Sidney Sussex College. She has previously worked in the civil service and as a researcher, lecturer and professor at Imperial College. She is now non-executive director of the UK Financial Services Authority as well as Oxfam.
I like to try and distill a talk I’ve listened to/ report I’ve read into a few ‘learning points’ (for historical reasons this has crystalised into 9, but I find it is just useful to have a number to whittle down to/ group into).  So here are my favourite 9 points….
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“New Year New You, Building Confidence in the Workplace” with Kate Atkin (25th Jan)

Posted on December 12, 2011 by | Leave a comment

We start 2012 with an energising masterclass in building confidence and productivity in the workplace, with Kate Atkin, author of The Confident Manager.  Kate was a popular speaker at our last Career Development Day and we are pleased to welcome her back.
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Profile: Kate Atkin, ACIB AAMET

Posted on December 12, 2011 by | 1 Comment

Kate Atkin

An inspirational speaker and expert facilitator and author with extensive experience; supportive and motivating with energy, drive, and passion.

Based in Cambridge Kate works with a wide variety of organisations, teams and individuals. Since starting Aspire 2 in 2000, over 95% of work has come through networking and personal recommendations. In her speaking, training and coaching Kate inspires change, instils self-belief and encourages confidence. She uses her own experiences as a manager and from life, bringing the theories alive. Kate is a published author on the subjects of confidence and networking and her latest book The Confident Manager is receiving wide acclaim for its practical lessons and readable style. Continue reading →

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Professor Ann Dowling “Towards a Silent Aircraft”

Posted on November 30, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Thursday 10th November 2011
Ann Dowling made her talk about the design of a ‘silent’ aircraft accessible on many different levels. Although she apologized to sound specialists in the audience, I am sure they would have got a lot out of her talk and I found myself wishing I had brought my 12 year old daughter along, such was the breadth of the appeal.
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Profile: Dr Madhuri Warren – CEO and Founder, Pathology Diagnostics Ltd

Posted on November 21, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Dr. Warren graduated from Clare College, University of Cambridge with a first class honours degree in Medicine, and after UK board certification in histopathology and a CRUK PhD Fellowship in molecular biology at the ICR, London, pursued an extensive career in academic medicine and cancer research in London and Cambridge, including authorship of over 30 papers and articles in high ranking journals. She established an academic pathology research lab in Cambridge before founding Pathology Diagnostics Ltd. She has led this company from start-up to a high growth business which has won several awards over the last 3 years including ERBI Best Biotech/Medtech Start Up Company.

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