Posts

December 07, 2012

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8:00 AM | Big Data, Better People: Mabogo’s story

Bobak Tavangar is twenty-four year-old who, after studying management at Cambridge, started Mabogo, a company that quantifies the systemic risk financial companies face to help them mitigate that risk. It ...

December 06, 2012

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8:00 AM | Global Health: Innovation’s new frontier

Last Monday, a remarkable panel of global health professionals and academics convened in a University of Cambridge lecture hall filled to capacity with an attentive audience of students, healthcare professionals, ...

December 05, 2012

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5:00 AM | Stem Cells: Applications and Ethics – OBR Manchester

On Tuesday November 20th, OBR-Manchester gathered a group of experts to discuss the current and future applications of stem cells including the ethical implications of their use. The panel of ...

December 04, 2012

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1:52 PM | Ready? SET? Go!

Are you an early career researcher? Do you have a poster for your research? Do you want to enter a competition to win some much needed cash? In which case.....have a look at the SET for Britain event being run in March 2013. "The overall aim of SET for BRITAIN is (and has always been) to encourage, support and promote Britain's early-stage and early-career research scientists, engineers and technologists who are the "engine-room" of continued progress in and development of […]

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2:19 AM | How Much Biotech is on our Plate?

On Wednesday 14th November, King’s College London and sponsors the Lion’s Den Challenge hosted a unique OBR-London event on Agrobiotechnology. The event took the format of a panel discussion, moderated ...

December 03, 2012

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7:53 PM | ORS – Building a business: multiplatform project for Oxford-based startup focused on neurodegenerative diseases

The project will be conducted during the period: 17th December 2012 – 28th February 2013, excluding Christmas break. The deadline for applications is Wednesday the 12th of December 2012 and ...

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4:59 PM | Science Video: Life on Earth

See this entertaining and concise video spanning the 3.8 billion year history of life on earth. Note the use of the virtual white board method.

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12:30 AM | ENCODE: big data to deal with human complexity

Scientific communities were recently stunned with the latest results from 30 simultaneously published high-profile research articles, all reinforcing the idea that the human genome is more complex and “intelligent” than ...

November 30, 2012

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3:24 PM | Science, It’s Your Thing: Winners Announced

Previously, I described the amazingly clueless video put out by the European Commission called, “Science, It’s a Girl Thing!”, which included an inordinate number of sexist stereotypes to paradoxically attract girls to science (go here to see that video and … Continue reading →

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8:02 AM | My time in Manchester

Morning folks, Although today I am in Wales on our final day of our final careers hub of the year I spent the first four days of this week in Manchester. I learnt some interesting things about the local area that might be useful to you. 1. Local job sites: www.mymanchesterjobs.co.uk www.northwestjobs.co.uk - this has a graduate section www.graduateadvantage.co.uk - vacancy information all the way to Staffordshire www.northwestworkplace.com 2. Local newspapers Manchester Evening […]

November 29, 2012

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8:39 PM | More Gender Bias Uncovered: Conference Symposia Organizers

Think about the last scientific conference you attended. Did the speaker roster reflect the composition of your science society? At a recent meeting I attended, several of us (women) were discussing the fact that there seemed to be a preponderance of male speakers, a proportion that did not reflect the gender makeup of our society. When we pointed this out to the (mostly male) organizers, they basically pooh-poohed our concerns and waved their arms at all the female […]

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12:20 AM | Lab to Launch Workshop Dec 8: Transition to industry

According to the most recent surveys done by the NSF, only 23% of U.S.-trained PhDs go on to get tenure-track academic positions. On our tens of thousands of graduate school ...

November 28, 2012

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8:00 AM | Chip-based organs: Surpassing the in vitro bottleneck

For decades, the gold standard for pre-clinical trials has involved testing drugs on animals – the in vivo model. Animal models are often used in preference to cell culture (in ...

November 27, 2012

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9:36 AM | Lone wolf or running with the pack: OBR-Oxford event on Nov. 28 promises a jam-packed night

The pharmaceutical industry today faces a series of significant challenges: looming ‘patent cliffs’, cost-constrained national healthcare systems, the exorbitant costs of bringing drugs to market and an increasingly rigorous regulatory ...

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9:34 AM | A Business Model Crisis in Pharmaceutical Research

Wednesday’s OBR-Oxford event and its relevance to a member’s MBA research project Along with the other members of the Oxbridge Biotechnology Roundtable, no doubt, I am looking forward to the ...

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8:31 AM | What's new?

I thought I would blog about a few new things we are working on in the Careers team at the moment. The first thing that is new is that I'm back from having a year off on maternity leave. Well when I say it has been a year 'off' it might be the case that I haven't been commuting, working regular hours or having to use my brain in quite the same way, but I have certainly learnt lots of new skills. I would have described myself as quite a good multi-tasker before but […]

November 26, 2012

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6:15 PM | Inside IP Winter Edition 2012

The latest edition of Inside IP magazine is out now containing a round up of the latest IP news, views and case reviews. Click here for the online version

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12:30 AM | Tech Coast Angel’s Quick Pitch Competition: Two minutes with Angel Investors

Ever wanted just two minutes to pitch your business idea to a room full of Angel Investors and biotech bigwigs? Recently ten lucky San Diegan entrepreneurs got just that chance ...

November 25, 2012

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9:21 PM | Using Science Networking Sites to Increase the Online Visibility of Women in Science

In this series of posts, I'm talking about various ways women in science (as well as other minorities) can increase their online visibility. In case you are wondering why this is important, see this post, this post, and this video. In brief, male scientists tend to have a greater online presence than female scientists. I'm talking about personal websites, profiles on science networking sites (e.g., ResearchGate, Google Scholar Citations, Epernicus), science blogs, Twitter […]

November 22, 2012

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12:30 AM | How do I start blogging?

Writing seems like a daunting task. If you were one of the attendees at the recent OBR-San Diego writing workshop, chances are that you have been convinced about the importance ...

November 21, 2012

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9:14 PM | How to Increase Visibility of Female Scientists

In this series of posts, I'd like to focus on how women in science can increase their online visibility. This strategy was a topic of discussion at the SpotOn London 2012, held November 11. In the last post, I listed some of the resources SpotOn was gathering to assist women in improving their online science profiles, which are here, in case you missed it. One of the simplest ways to create a professional online presence is to develop profiles on websites such as ResearchGate, […]

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8:00 AM | Many parents. One embryo. Are we designing babies?

Our view of the traditional family structure is rapidly changing – it is not uncommon for children to have a mom and a dad, two moms, or two dads. How ...

November 20, 2012

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11:12 AM | are you an ECR?

I thought I would pass on this information which has been sent on behalf of Professor Alison Rodger, University of Warwick, about a training initiative for early career researchers. Dear Early career researcher (especially female post docs) Following the very successful October conference targeted at female postdocs wanting an independent career in chemistry (with the handful of brave men who came really helping make the event work), we shall be running a training […]

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12:30 AM | Male contraception: Condoms are so 1930s

Our planet is currently home to seven billion people. That number continues to rise, and is expected to top more than 9 billion by the year 2050. Part of the ...

November 19, 2012

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5:19 PM | OBR Oxford Discusses Biofuels

On Wednesday November 7th, OBR Oxford brought together an expert panel to discuss the future of biofuels. Framed around two intimately related challenges, climate change and food insecurity, the event ...

November 16, 2012

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1:53 PM | How can a patent attorney add value to your university collaborations?

Whether you are a lone entrepreneur, or acting on behalf of an SME or a large multinational company, having the right patent attorney to help you navigate your way ...

November 15, 2012

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8:00 AM | A new era of Paediatric Medicine

Children are especially vulnerable to illness, with 59% of common conditions such as asthma and lower respiratory infections occurring in children [1]. The paediatric population covers the age group of ...

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3:19 AM | Visions of a fictional #foodchem future

As Thanksgiving approaches, I know I’m not alone in having an intensely nostalgic view of food. Certain foods will always be strongly associated with memories of my childhood and inextricably linked to my family as my children grow. Or rather, now that they are grown. As I look fondly to the past, I also wonder [...]

November 14, 2012

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8:34 PM | Mr. President, Are You Listening?

MinutePhysics recently posted a video entitled, Open Letter to the President: Physics Education. This video is a good example of how to use an electronic white board to create a video about science, or in this case, science education. Previously, … Continue reading →

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12:05 AM | Ion Torrent by Life Technologies: Making Genetic Sequencing More Accessible

Ever since the Human Genome Project (HGP) was finished in April 2003, scientists have heralded the era of personalised medicine. Having a complete human genome to work with has allowed ...