Careers in Bioinformatics


45 minutes
Demand for experts who can merge biochemical knowledge with mathematical insights and programming expertise is growing. What do colleges and universities need to know in order to improve curricula to educate this new class of scientists? How can we alert students to the idea of merging these two fields of study into an exciting and valuable career? How should hiring managers and recruiters weigh a candidate’s relative experience and interests in these different, but complementary, fields?

Speakers

Brandon Satinsky - Computational Biologist, Microbiology, Indigo
Chaoyang Ye - Head of Computational Biology & Bioinformatics, Blueprint Medicines
Charlie Whittaker, Ph.D. - Leader of Bioinformatics & Computing Core Facility, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research
Enoch Huang, Ph.D. - Vice President, Simulation and Modeling Sciences, Pfizer
Marcel Inghilterra - Director of IT & Informatics, SAGE Therapeutics
Shuba Gopal - Senior Scientist, People Analytics, The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard