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  • Upcoming Events

    Fundamentals Alumni Social - Sept. 22nd!

    September 12th, 2016
    The Alumni Network Executive Committee (ANEC) is organizing a Happy Hour - join them in New York City on Thursday, September 22nd to reconnect. Happy Hour prices available all night. Details below. Please let us know you'll be there: http://goo.gl/iH3XsE Thursday, September 22, 2016 - 6pm Woodrow's 43 Murray Street | New York, NY (Between Church and West Broadway) Hope to see you there!

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    2016-2017 Executive Committee Members

    May 23rd, 2016
    Meet the six members of the 2016-2017 Alumni Network Executive Committee (ANEC). These individuals are dedicated to helping strengthen the connection of program alumni to the Center for Biotechnology’s Fundamentals of the Bioscience Industry Program. Scott Callahan Yamuna Gangadharan, PhD Chendi Gu Yang Liu Denise R. Minton, PhD Kurt Vrancken Below is each new member’s statement of interest. In their own words, they express their vision for the alumni network during their tenure. Scott Callahan I am a fourth year graduate student at Memorial Sloan Kettering and a recent graduate of the Manhattan FOBIP 2016 class. I am very interested in getting involved in ANEC and helping to organize events to continue bringing our great community together. I thoroughly enjoyed the class and I feel one of the biggest strengths of the class was the diversity of experiences and expertise offered by my classmates and the terrific network of recent graduates that have remained involved with the class. I hope to continue these great discussions and many more now that my time in the class has come to a close through informal happy hours and networking events. Yamuna Gangadharan,

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    2017-2018 Executive Committee Members

    May 23rd, 2017
    Meet the new members of the 2017-2018 Alumni Network Executive Committee (ANEC). These individuals are dedicated to helping strengthen the connection of program alumni to the Center for Biotechnology’s Fundamentals of the Bioscience Industry Program. Sailee Chavan Prajna Shanbhogue Bin Sun Below is each new member’s statement of interest. In their own words, they express their vision for the alumni network during their tenure. Sailee Chavan There were days when I sat and pondered, where do I see myself in the next ten years? I was not very content by picturing myself working in a lab. Something was missing. Hence, I felt the need to explore other aspects of the healthcare industry. Participating in the Fundamentals of Bioscience Industry program at Stony Brook University helped me channelize my desires. With time, I learned how new emerging techniques have translated from basic science research to commercially viable technologies. In addition, by taking up the role of a Market analyst in the group project, I was able to look at the industry from a more strategic point of view as well as understand how different factors influence strategy and decision making pr

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  • News

    2017-2018 Executive Committee Members

    May 23rd, 2017
    Meet the new members of the 2017-2018 Alumni Network Executive Committee (ANEC). These individuals are dedicated to helping strengthen the connection of program alumni to the Center for Biotechnology’s Fundamentals of the Bioscience Industry Program. Sailee Chavan Prajna Shanbhogue Bin Sun Below is each new member’s statement of interest. In their own words, they express their vision for the alumni network during their tenure. Sailee Chavan There were days when I sat and pondered, where do I see myself in the next ten years? I was not very content by picturing myself working in a lab. Something was missing. Hence, I felt the need to explore other aspects of the healthcare industry. Participating in the Fundamentals of Bioscience Industry program at Stony Brook University helped me channelize my desires. With time, I learned how new emerging techniques have translated from basic science research to commercially viable technologies. In addition, by taking up the role of a Market analyst in the group project, I was able to look at the industry from a more strategic point of view as well as understand how different factors influence strategy and decision making pr

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  • Jobs

    Career Opportunity: Scientist at Enzo

    June 20th, 2016
    Enzo Life Sciences is a leading life sciences and biotechnology company focused on harnessing genetic processes to develop research tools, diagnostics and therapeutics and provides reference laboratory services to the medical community. The company looking for an R&D Scientist with a background in Molecular Biology or related scientific field. Full position description below. A PhD in Molecular Biology of related scientific field is required. Ideally candidate will have 3-5 years of related experience – postdoctoral work may be considered related experience. Interested candidates should submit resume and cover letter to Jill Zweigbaum, Human Resources Manager at jzweigbaum@enzo.com. Major Responsibilities: This position is responsible for leading efforts to develop new assays for clinical diagnostics, as well as improving existing platforms. The Scientist develops reagents and kits utilized for flow-cytometer, immunohistochemistry, in situhybridization, microplate cytometry, nucleic acid amplification and detection that can be used as readouts for diagnostics. This position will be responsible for developing assay kits suitable for clinical samples (i.e. Blood or

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    2017-2018 Executive Committee Members

    May 23rd, 2017
    Meet the new members of the 2017-2018 Alumni Network Executive Committee (ANEC). These individuals are dedicated to helping strengthen the connection of program alumni to the Center for Biotechnology’s Fundamentals of the Bioscience Industry Program. Sailee Chavan Prajna Shanbhogue Bin Sun Below is each new member’s statement of interest. In their own words, they express their vision for the alumni network during their tenure. Sailee Chavan There were days when I sat and pondered, where do I see myself in the next ten years? I was not very content by picturing myself working in a lab. Something was missing. Hence, I felt the need to explore other aspects of the healthcare industry. Participating in the Fundamentals of Bioscience Industry program at Stony Brook University helped me channelize my desires. With time, I learned how new emerging techniques have translated from basic science research to commercially viable technologies. In addition, by taking up the role of a Market analyst in the group project, I was able to look at the industry from a more strategic point of view as well as understand how different factors influence strategy and decision making pr

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  • Events

    Career Development Networking Event - April 7 in NYC!

    March 30th, 2017
    If you are interested in learning about all the different fields in healthcare and the biotech industry, join the 2016-17 ANEC in New York City on April 7th for a “speed networking” event. You’ll get the chance to meet with FOBIP alumni working in the fields of IP management, consulting, regulatory affairs, and business development. Space is limited! RSVP online by April 1st. Careers in Biotech: A Speed Networking Event April 7, 2017 6pm – 9pm Juniper Bar – 237 W 35th St, New York, NY 10001 RSVP HERE by April 1st. https://goo.gl/LxGVhF Questions? Contact Yang Liu (yang.liu.5@stonybrook.edu) or Zhen Huang (zhen.huang@stonybrook.edu) Speakers Perry Woo, JD, PhD, Intellectual Property Associate, Hoffmann & Baron, LLP Perry is currently an Intellectual Property Associate at Hoffmann & Baron, and working as a patent practitioner in the chemical, pharmaceutical, and biotechnological arts. Prior to joining Hoffmann & Baron, Perry received his PhD from the department of chemistry, Stony Brook University. Before going to pursuing a PhD degree, Perry had received a JD from Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center and a master’s degree in b

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  • Career Development

    Career Opportunity: Scientist at Enzo

    June 20th, 2016
    Enzo Life Sciences is a leading life sciences and biotechnology company focused on harnessing genetic processes to develop research tools, diagnostics and therapeutics and provides reference laboratory services to the medical community. The company looking for an R&D Scientist with a background in Molecular Biology or related scientific field. Full position description below. A PhD in Molecular Biology of related scientific field is required. Ideally candidate will have 3-5 years of related experience – postdoctoral work may be considered related experience. Interested candidates should submit resume and cover letter to Jill Zweigbaum, Human Resources Manager at jzweigbaum@enzo.com. Major Responsibilities: This position is responsible for leading efforts to develop new assays for clinical diagnostics, as well as improving existing platforms. The Scientist develops reagents and kits utilized for flow-cytometer, immunohistochemistry, in situhybridization, microplate cytometry, nucleic acid amplification and detection that can be used as readouts for diagnostics. This position will be responsible for developing assay kits suitable for clinical samples (i.e. Blood or

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  • Articles

    Recommended Readings

    June 10th, 2016
    Recommended Readings - Recent Articles Clinical Trials Series [NEJM] by Janet Woodcock…Jeffrey Drazen Assessing the Gold Standard — Lessons from the History of RCTs [NEJM] by Laura Bothwell…David S. Jones The Changing Face of Clinical Trials: Integrating Randomized Comparative Effectiveness Research with Patient Care [NEJM] by Louis Fiore and Philip Lavori Visualizations That Really Work [HBR] by Scott Berinato Biomarker Tests for Molecularly Targeted Therapies — The Key to Unlocking Precision Medicine [NEJM] by Gary Lyman and Harold Moses Reining in the supersized Phase I cancer trial [Nature Reviews Drug Discovery] by Asher Mullard Pursuit of a perfect insulin [Nature Reviews Drug Discovery] by Alexander Zaykov, John Mayer & Richard DiMarchi Ten years of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy [Nature Reviews Drug Discovery] by  Napoleone Ferrara & Anthony Adamis Convertible visceral fat as a therapeutic target to curb obesity [Nature Reviews Drug Discovery] by  Antonio Giordano, Andrea Frontini & Saverio Cinti Drugging DNA repair [Science] by Stephen Jackson and Thomas Helleday Global Oncology Trend Report - a Review

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