March 25, 2026
Eldora Ellison is an accomplished patent attorney and director at Sterne Kessler. Throughout her career, she has demonstrated expertise in patent challenging and prosecution, most recently serving as the lead strategist for CRISPR technology. Prior to her Professional in Residence discussion, Ellison discussed her career trajectory and how she has taken charge of her professional…
February 18, 2026
Sarah Smaga, PhD, is the 2025-2026 Biophysical Society/AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow in the Office of Congresswoman Madeleine Dean (PA-04). She previously served as executive director of the NSF Center for Genetically Encoded Materials (C-GEM) and coordinating editor at Biochemistry. Sarah received her PhD in molecular biophysics and biochemistry from Yale University. Sarah joins…
November 20, 2025
Ahead of his Professional in Residence visit on December 3, I connected with Bill Burkholder, science program director at Chan Zuckerberg Biohub San Francisco (CZ Biohub). We chatted about his journey through science, staying motivated in the face of adversity, and what excites him about his work. Graduate students and postdocs can register for Burkholder’s…
October 09, 2025
Lenny Teytelman, PhD, is the founder and president of protocols.io, a platform created to make scientific methods more accessible, transparent, and reproducible. Acquired by Springer Nature in 2023, protocols.io has grown from a small startup into a global community used by thousands of researchers worldwide. Teytelman completed his PhD in genetics and computational biology at…
March 31, 2025
A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to meet with Suzanne Baker, head of Cellular and Tissue Imaging at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, ahead of her Professional in Residence at QB3-Berkeley on April 9th. Graduate students and postdocs can register here for Baker’s visit. We had a wonderful time chatting about science, hobbies, and…
March 04, 2025
Lee Bishop, the Biotech and Design Lead at the Lawrence Hall of Science, has built a career bridging the worlds of science, education, and communication. Ahead of his Professional in Residence on March 20th, he shares insights into his role, the challenges of designing educational experiences, and advice for those considering a similar career path.…
January 29, 2025
Abe Anderson, PhD, is a Computational Biology Scientific Associate Director in Precision Medicine at Amgen. He is joining QB3-Berkeley’s Professional in Residence (PIR) program in February 2025 and will be leveraging his background to host a virtual program on career development; trainees are invited to register for this PIR program. Anderson spoke with graduate student…
April 12, 2024
On a sunny Friday morning graduate students and postdocs gathered in a conference room in Stanley Hall to have an intimate and frank conversation with Annie Tsong, PhD. Tsong is the chief strategy and product officer at Amyris, a company based in Emeryville, CA, and founded out of UC Berkeley’s Jay Keasling’s lab. She obtained…