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PhD Summit - A Virtual Conference
August 12, 2020
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Uncover the habits, performance strategies and life hacks from World-Class Scientific Leaders!
Talks start at 9: 00 am Eastern Time/ 2pm GMT
Schedule maybe subject to change.
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Day 1
November 18, 2020 - Times in ET
9:00 - 9:35
Life Optimization Hacks for PhD Students
Philip Hemme
Co-founder of Labiotech.eu
Fane Mensah, PhD
Founder & Head of Community at the Computer-Aided Biology Community
09:35 - 10:30
How to Work 9 to 5 and Publish in Nature!
Tríona Ní Chonghaile, PhD
Cancer Biologist & Lecturer at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI)
Anthony Letai MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine at Harvard University
10:35 - 11:15
Stress in biomedical research: 6 impossible things.
Douglas R. Green, PhD
Peter C. Doherty Endowed Chair of Immunology in St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Seán Mac Fhearraigh, PhD
CTO at Reagent Genie
10:45 - 11:15
What every Post-Doc needs to know about becoming a PI!
Eileen Parkes MD, PhD
Group leader, Medical oncologist at University of Oxford
Sheeba Irshad MD, PhD
CRUK-clinician scientist & Breast Cancer Medical Oncologist at Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Trust
11:20 - 11:55
Combining the Career Advice of 100's of Nature & Science Articles!
Jack Leeming
Careers Editor at Nature
John S Tregoning, PhD
Reader in Respiratory Infections at Imperial College London
11:15 - 11:45
How to Raise a Million Dollars for a PhD Biotech Start-Up
Brian Naughton, PhD
Founder and Head of Data at Hexagon Bio
Bill Liao
Venture partner with SOSV, Founder of RebelBio, Co-founder of CoderDojo
11:15 - 11:45
#BLACKandSTEM for the next gen!
Stephani Page, PhD
Community Engagement Manager at ARC Network, #BLACKandSTEM creator
Joanne Kamens, PhD
Executive Director of Addgene
12:00 - 12:30
YouTube, Twitter & becoming PhD Entrepreneurs!
Ciara Feely
PhD Student & YouTuber
Stefanie Ginster
Founder of Career Conversations
11:45 - 12:15
Post-Doc Skills for Founding your First Biotech!
Elizabeth Wood, PhD
Director & Co-Founder at JURA Bio
Julie Norville, PhD
Director & Co-Founder at JURA Bio
12:35 - 13:15
Founding a Biotech company post-PhD
Nora Khaldi, PhD
Founder and CEO, and Acting CSO at Nuritas
Colm Ryan, PhD
CEO at Reagent Genie
12:15 - 12:30
PhDing during a pandemic
Annabelle Nwaokorie
PhD Student at Systems Biology Ireland - @thephdstudent
Meenakshi Suku
PhD Student
12:45 - 13:15
Strategies for Grant Application Success!
Geraldine Canny, PhD
Head of the Irish Marie Sklodowska-Curie Office, Irish Universities Association
12:45 - 13:15
How to become an MSL after your PhD
Martijn Bijker, PhD
Founder of From SCIENCE to PHARMA
13:20 - 14:20
Performance, Habits & Strategies from World Leading Researchers!
Mike Murphy, PhD
MRC Mitochondrial BIology Unit, University of Cambridge
Luke O’Neill, PhD
Chair of Biochemistry, Trinity College Dublin
14:25 - 15:05
Creating a Supportive Environment for Personal Growth
Olivera Finn, PhD
Chair and Professor, Department of Immunology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Aideen Ryan, PhD
Foundation Research Lecturer and Research group lead in Tumour Immunology at National University of Ireland, Galway
Day 2
November 19, 2020 - Times in ET
09:00 - 09:55
The Scientific Journey of a Pop Idol Winner!
Colm Ryan, PhD
CEO at Reagent Genie
Damien Leith
Australian Idol Winner 2006
9:30 - 10:00
Essential Skillsets for Successful Research!
Tomás J. Ryan, PhD
Associate Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Seán Mac Fhearraigh, PhD
CTO at Reagent Genie
10:00 - 10:35
Illustrating Research, someone has to joke about it!
Pedro Veliça, PhD
Scientific Illustrator - Pedromics
TwistedDoodles, PhD
Scientific Illustrator
10:00 - 10:40
PhD students to Tech CEOs!
Richard Price, PhD
Founder and CEO of Academia.edu
Lenny Teytelman, PhD
Founder and CEO of Protocols.io
10:40 - 11:10
Mental Strength, Habits & Life Balance to 10X your Research!
Jennifer Polk, PhD
From PhD to Life - Academic, Life, and Career coach
Susanna L Harris, PhD
Founder of PhD Balance
10:30 - 11:00
Hacking #Scicomm on Instragam for 10k+ followers!
Lauren Callender, PhD
Founder and Chief Illustrator at Science Scribbles
Sophie Arthur, PhD
Soph Talks Science Blog
10:30 - 11:00
How to become a Scientific Editor
Nick Oswald, PhD
Founder of Bitesize Bio
Harmony Turk, PhD
Senior Scientific Editor at Cancer Cell
11:00 - 11:30
PhD Skills for the Entrepreneurial Journey!
Fane Mensah, PhD
Founder & Head of Community at the Computer-Aided Biology Community
Jason Mellad, PhD
CEO and co-founder of Start Codon
11:00 - 11:30
How to become a global scientific communicator!
Ivvet Modinou
Head of Engagement/British Science Festival Director at British Science Association
Elodie Chabrol, PhD
Founder and Director of Pint of Science, France
11:15 - 11:45
Traits of Highly Successful Researchers!
Simon Cook, PhD
Senior Group Leader & Head of Knowledge Exchange & Commercialisation at The Babraham Institute, Cambridge
Paul Coffer, PhD
Professor of Cell Biology, University Medical Center Utrecht (UMCU)
11:30 - 12:00
Mental Wealth Habits!
Declan Treanor
Health & Wellness Coach and Presenter
Mark Swaine
Co-founder of Mental Health charity ‘Warriors of the Light’
12:00 - 12:30
Post-Docing during the Pandemic
Cathal Harmon, PhD
Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Ana S. Almeida, PhD
Marie Curie Research Fellow
12:00 - 12:40
Everything you need to know to become a Scientific Writer!
Seán Mac Fhearraigh, PhD
CTO at Reagent Genie
Kevin Mitchell, PhD
Author of International Best Seller - Innate
12:30 - 13:00
What multidisciplinary labs can teach us about research!
Michael Monaghan, PhD
Professor in Biomedical Engineering at Trinity College Dublin
Andreas Schaefer, PhD
Group Leader, Sensory Circuits and Neurotechnology Laboratory at The Francis Crick Institute
12:45 - 13:20
Leadership & Motivation in Research!
Prof. Karen Vousden
Royal Society Fellow & The Francis Crick Institute
Tríona Ní Chonghaile, PhD
Cancer Biologist & Lecturer at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI)
13:25 - 14:05
Nobel Habits for Success in Research!
Cormac Taylor, PhD
Professor of Cellular Physiology, University College Dublin
Sir Peter Ratcliffe, MD
Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 2019