Afternoon of science and careers Scotland

The Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) Scotland Group with the University of Strathclyde will showcase a diverse set of careers around the biotechnological and chemical  sciences from the central belt of Scotland. We will be hearing from early career people, providing networking possibilities and a look at the skills required for kick starting your career.

This event will be of interest to undergraduates and postgraduate students from the biological and chemical sciences.

Ingenza

Dr Alison Arnold is Head of Fermentation and Microbiology at Ingenza Ltd. Alison originally did an undergraduate in chemistry at University of Aberdeen and became a fermentation scientist during her PhD at University of Strathclyde where she was looking at near infrared to monitor fermentation production processes for Eli-lilly. Following on from this Alison did a post doc on a project with DSM, Delft on continuous culture of fungi. Alison joined Ingenza in 2003. Alison has vast experience in developing and scaling up fermentations from 1 to 2.6 million litres in a variety of different microorganisms. This work has taken her to many manufacturing sites in different continents around the world.

Scottish Association for Marine Science, Scottish Marine Institute

David is a classically trained microbiologist (University of Otago, NZ), who’s initial focus was on public health microbiology and virology. He secured a postdoctoral fellowship (from New Zealand Govt) in Scotland to study the role bacteria found with dinoflagellates have on dinoflagellate neurotoxin production. He was then appointed as lecturer and subsequently, senior lecturer, in marine and molecular microbiology. He currently divides his research activity between bioprospecting for new marine bacterial polysaccharides; investigating symbioses between bacteria and algae; applying genomics and metagenomics to investigate the functional role of marine bacteria, especially those found with algae; and working to develop the Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa’s genetic resource base. He teaches on a variety of undergraduate courses including Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Marine Pollution, Marine Biotechnology (as module leader), and postgraduate course ACES+ and IBioIC Blue Biotechnology, as well as supervising MRes and PhD students.

Monday 24 May 2021 14:00 Welcome and introduction
Dr Sarah Walker, SCI Scotland Group 14:15 Hunting the snark and other microbiological tales from the world of marine biotechnology
Dr David Green, Scottish Association for Marine Science, Scottish Marine Institute14:45 Medical communications: what do we do?
Dr Tony McCluskey, CMC Connect, Glasgow15:15Panel discussion and networking: Embarking on a career in research and science communication 
15:45 Closing remarks
Dr RuAngelie Edrada-Ebel, SCI Scotland 

Tuesday 25 May 2021 14:00 Welcome
Dr RuAngelie Edrada-Ebel, SCI Scotland Group14:05The Unintentional Microbiologist
Dr Alison Arnold, Ingenza Ltd, Roslin Innovation Centre14:35 My GSK Journey – 24 years and counting!
Gordon Shearer, GSK15:05 Panel discussion: Building a career within Industry 
15:25Taking the next step: Career management and support
Dr Emma Compton-Daw, University of Strathclyde16:05Closing remarks
Dr RuAngelie Edrada-Ebel, SCI Scotland