Are you a science enthusiast seeking new ways to apply your skills? Unsure of your next move in academia or considering alternative career paths outside the lab?
Look no further! Join us for an insightful event featuring three exceptional speakers who have harnessed their scientific expertise to pursue diverse career paths. Each speaker has a unique story to tell, but they all share a common background: they honed their skills at the prestigious MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge.
Come learn from their experiences, get inspired and network with like-minded individuals. This free event is open to all and includes lunch and networking opportunities. Don’t miss out on the chance to broaden your horizons and unlock new opportunities.
When: Friday 23 June 12-2pm, including lunch and networking
Where: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, CB2 0QH
This event was last held in 2019, so we can’t wait to welcome you back to the LMB.
This free event is open to all and includes lunch and networking after the talks.
Register for free: LMB CamAWiSE Event: What Next For Your Career in Science? Tickets, Fri 23 Jun 2023 at 12:00 | Eventbrite
Speakers
Anne Cooke, previously Chief Executive, British Neuroscience Association
Anne Cooke completed a PhD in Leon Lagnado’s group looking at vesicle cycling in presynaptic nerve terminals. After a short postdoc, she took up a position at the University of Bristol to set up ‘Bristol Neuroscience’, the first of the ‘city neuroscience’ schemes across the UK. Her career has continued largely in research management or science administration. These include working for the Bristol Heart Institute and the British Anaesthetic and Respiratory Equipment Manufacturers’ Association and, for the last 7.5 years, as Chief Executive of the British Neuroscience Association. However, by the time she visits the LMB in June, she will have made a complete career change! Anne will be Head of Learning and Development in an events company, with responsibility for creating a new apprenticeship scheme.
Stephanie Pilkington, Consultant Patent Attorney at Potter Clarkson LLP and Trustee Director at The Earlham Institute
Stephanie Pilkington completed her PhD in 1991 sequencing subunits of mitochondrial Complex I with John Walker. She was a postdoc in the same lab before spending three years in the pharmaceutical industry and then training as a patent attorney at Potter Clarkson LLP. Stephanie’s patent attorney work has spanned a range of biotech and biomedical technologies, from early-stage to established products and litigation. She became the first female (and first part-time) Board member at Potter Clarkson LLP and also contributed to the policy work of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA) through its Life Sciences Committee. Stephanie is a Trustee Director of The Earlham Institute on the Norwich Research Park, bringing experience of knowledge exchange and commercialisation to the role.
Hayley Sharpe, Group Leader, The Babraham Institute
Hayley Sharpe was a PhD student in Sean Munro’s lab from 2006-2010. She was a postdoc in the same lab for a short time before moving to Fred de Sauvage’s lab at Genentech. In 2016, Hayley set up her own lab at the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research as a Wellcome Trust Sir Henry Dale fellow and in 2019, she joined the Babraham Institute as a tenure track Group Leader working to understand the functions of the protein tyrosine phosphatases. She was selected to join the EMBO Young Investigator Programme and was awarded a Lister Research Prize Fellowship. Hayley is now a tenured group leader at the Babraham Institute.
Drop us an e-mail to info@camawise.org.uk if you want to know more information about this event!