Career conversation with Radha Desai & Timothy Wai: cross-vision of academia and the private sector
The CARE team is pleased to invite you to a cross vision career interview inside and outside academia with Radha Desai, associate principal scientist at MSD and Timothy Wai, head of mitochondrial biology's unit at Institut Pasteur.
With 10 years' experience in pharmaceutical R&D and over 10 years' academic research in neuroscience, pharmacology and biophysics, Radha Desai is a in private sector.
Today MSD is a global healthcare leader working to help the world be well. MSD is a tradename of Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ., U.S.A. Through our prescription medicines, vaccines, biologic therapies, and consumer care and animal health products, we work with customers and operate in more than 140 countries to deliver innovative health solutions. We also demonstrate our commitment to increasing access to healthcare through far-reaching policies, programs and partnerships. For more information, visit www.msd.com
Timothy Wai was recruited to the CNRS and obtained an ATIP-Avenir grant in 2015 to establish his independent research group “Mitochondrial dynamics and metabolism in health and disease” at the Institut Necker Enfants Malades in Paris beginning in 2016. Following his recruitment to the Institut Pasteur in 2017, he moved the laboratory in 2018.
👉 Take this opportunity their inspiring career paths, the valuable advices they got, and the obstacles and difficulties they had to overcome.
🍕 Pizza will be provided for lunch.