February 03, 2022
Christine Ring, PhD, JD, is the secretary of Nurix and the company’s general counsel. Ring is joining the QB3-Berkeley Professionals in Residence (PIR) program on Friday, Feburary 11th for two in-person events in Stanley Hall on the UC Berkeley campus. Interested graduate students and postdocs may register for Ring’s events here. Ring spoke with graduate…
January 05, 2022
Elise Kikis, PhD, is a professor of biology and chair of the biology department at the University of the South (Sewanee). Kikis is joining the QB3-Berkeley Professionals in Residence (PIR) program on January 12th and 20th. UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley Lab graduate students and postdocs may register for Kikis’ events here. Kikis spoke with…
December 07, 2021
Erin Dueber, Ph.D., a Senior Principal Scientist in the Early Discovery Biochemistry Department at Genentech, spoke with graduate student Samvardhini Sridharan about her science career and how being unafraid to try things played a fundamental role along the way.
October 01, 2021
Faith Dukes, PhD, is the director of K-12 STEM Education and Outreach programs at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. Dukes is joining the QB3-Berkeley Professionals in Residence (PIR) program on October 7th, 12th, and 14th. UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley Lab graduate students and postdocs may register for Dukes’ PIR events here. Dukes spoke with graduate…
April 27, 2021
Rachel Bernstein, PhD, is a the editor of Science Careers. Bernstein is joining the QB3-Berkeley Professionals in Residence (PIR) program on May 6 and May 13. Graduate students and postdocs may register for Bernstein’s PIR visit here. Bernstein spoke with graduate student Kaydren Orcutt about her journey from science writing to writing about the scientific community, and how her experiences at UC Berkeley helped shape her career.
April 06, 2021
Mike Holmes, PhD, is the Chief Scientific Officer at Ambys Medicines and is joining the QB3-Berkeley Professionals in Residence (PIR) program on April 16th and 23rd. He spoke with PhD student Diana Aguilar Gómez about his career from being a graduate student to industry and his pioneering work in genome editing techniques in gene therapy.
March 01, 2021
Tracy Teal, Ph.D., the executive director of Dryad, speaks about her transition from doing basic research to working in a nonprofit setting.
February 03, 2021
Gary Lee, Ph.D. is the Chief Scientific Officer at Senti Biosciences and former VP of Cell Therapy at Sangamo Therapeutics. Read about his experience in the biotechnology sphere and how graduate students can prepare for a career in industry.