Academic Engagement Night brings life science leaders and students from across the state for an interactive event that showcases the full spectrum of life science careers available in NC. Students will also hear from leaders during a panel discussion on the introduction to drug development.
3:30 to 4:00 p.m. - Check-in & Networking
4:00 to 5:00 p.m. - Intro to Drug Development
Lauren Drowley, Ph.D., head functional genomics, Element Genomics
Daoying Hu, Ph.D., head of strategic feasibility, UCB
Becky Malone, development solutions communications lead, UCB (moderator)
Dave Wilson, senior director, delivery, THREAD
5:00 to 6:30 p.m. - Engagement EXPO
Beam Therapeutics
BioAgilytix
BioCryst
Biogen
BioLabs NC
Element Genomics
FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies
G1 Therapeutics
GRAIL
Lindy Biosciences
Parexel
Precision BioSciences
THREAD
UCB
6:30 p.m. - Jeopardy
Mitch Herndon, head of clinical trial patient engagement, UCB
7:30 p.m. - Closing Remarks
Rick Lawless, workforce development director, NCBiotech
Thanks to the event co-hosts and sponsors: Element Genomics, FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies, NCBIO, NC Biotechnology Center, THREAD and UCB.
