Nexxus Scotland

Nexxus Bioscience Club - Career Paths in Life Sciences

The purpose of this event is to highlight the range of career options which are open to you with a life science qualification and to generally broaden your awareness of future prospects in life sciences.

Many people are unsure what to do with their life science qualification, but whether you are an undergraduate, postgraduate, PhD student, PostDoc or a young scientist in industry, there are a whole range of career paths you can pursue. Ten speakers from a range of life science professions will demonstrate the diverse range of paths open to you and explain what they do and how they arrived at their chosen occupations.

The evening will commence with an introduction by the Chair, Rosaleen McNeill, Director of Scientia Career Consulting Ltd, followed by a brief talk from each speaker, aimed at providing you with valuable insight into their different roles.

Speakers:

Shirley Appelbe, SMART Executive, Scottish Enterprise (Innovation Funding)
Athol Haas, CEO & Entrepreneur, Pharmacells, (Start-up Company)
Andrew Ingram, Development Technologist, Biofilm, (Commercial Research & Development)
David Irvine, Clinical Research Fellow, University of Glasgow (Clinical Research)
Donald Lawrie, Patent Attorney, Murgitroyd & Company (Intellectual Property)
Susan Livingston, Global Marketing Manager, BioReliance Ltd (Marketing)
Karen Macdonald, Head of Operations, Biopta Ltd (Laboratory Management)
Eileen McBride, Research Associate, University of Strathclyde (Academia)
Soryia Siddique, Higher Education Lecturer, Forth Valley College (Teaching)
Paul Taylor, Head of Business Development, Scottish Health Innovations (Business Development)

Programme:

5.45 - 6.15pm      Registration, tea and coffee
6.15 - 6.20pm      Welcome - Rosaleen McNeill
                            (Director, Scientia Career Consulting Ltd)
6.20 - 7.20pm      Presentations - 'Career Paths in Life Sciences'
7.20 - 7.30pm      Question and answer session
7.30 - 8.30pm      Networking buffet

Please see Bioscience Club Event Flyer
Please see Speaker Biographies

For location of venue please see University of Glasgow Campus Map

To register online for this free event, please click the orange Book Online button, top right.

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