Confessions of a Bioentrepreneur

Oxbridge-London Biotech Roundtable Presents:
Confessions of a Bio-Entrepreneur: Stem Cell Entrepreneurship

WHAT: Serial entrepreneur Dr Yen Choo of Plasticell Ltd and Progenitor Labs Ltd will share his experiences and advice for budding entrepreneurs in biotech and beyond.
WHEN: 19 Jan 2012, 6.00pm
WHERE: Stamford Street Lecture Theatre, King’s College London (Waterloo campus)
Please signup hereUpcoming OBR-London events:
How IP turns scientific breakthroughs into profitable ventures (Feb 9)
Risky Business: The Pharma Game (Feb 21, 22, 24)The biotech debate: “This house believes UK biotech is dead” (Mar 16)

All On Board- Wednesday 7th Dec'

Science, drinks and snacks:
Date: 7 December
Time: 5pm
Venue: Small Cloud.

Amrita Bose (Dentistry) will give a talk entitled "Regulation of Keratin
15 Expression in Keratinocytes".

All postdocs and students are encouraged to come along and help think of tricks or cunning plans to solve their colleague's and their own science questions. And have a drink and get to know colleagues from across the SMD.

Research Degree Administration in the Blizard Institute.

Do you find this confusing; do you know what to do; do you know about your progression milestones; do you know what Vitae is?

Paul Allen will give an overview of research degree administration

Reception in Spikey afterwards organised by your research student representatives

Date: 7th December
Time 15:30hrs
Location: Clarke-Kennedy Lecture Theatre (in the Innovation Centre)

Writing Retreat

Thinking Writing will be running a two day writing retreat for PhD students on 10 -11January 2012 at Dean Rees House, Charterhouse Square. The main aim of the retreat is to get away from everyday responsibilities and dedicate time to making substantial progress on a writing project (e.g. a thesis chapter) in a collegial and supportive atmosphere. The retreat costs £25 for both days, including lunch.

Direct telephone: 020 7882 8242
http://www.thinkingwriting.qmul.ac.uk/

Journal Club- 1st of Dec 2011- Ryan Graves

Date: 1st of Dec (Thursday)
Venue: Large Cloud
Time: 4pm
Journal club will be about a brain machine interfaces. This is a series of papers from the lab of Miguel Nicolelis. Some really revolutionary science, where the brain of a monkey was probed with an array of electrodes. They were able to disseminate the monkey's thoughts, and drive a robotic arm or legs that was on the other side of the world.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSaBOd4pQpM.

Graduate Students Facebook Page

There is a * FACEBOOOK GROUP * called 'Barts & the London School of Medicine & Dentistry Graduate Students' where all event details are posted.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/100797626652264/

This is a closed group meaning that only members can see the page so please send a request via facebook to gain access.

PhD comics - The Movie!

Queen Mary will be screening the PhD Comics Movie
http://www.phdcomics.com/movie/index.php

Date and Time: Mon 14th November from 5:30pm (The film is slightly over an hour long)
Venue: Perrin Lecture Theatre, Whitechapel campus

Places at this event can be booked at www.learninginstitute.qmul.ac.uk/booking - the event is listed as “PhD comics movie screening”.