Finding your first job in biopharma industry Yingxia Wen Head of Laboratory Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics

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CURRENT POSITION Head of Laboratory Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics Protein Biochemistry, Research US Center of Excellence in Virology, Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Cambridge, MA, USA Leading the development of live/inactivated, VLP, vector-based and recombinant subunit viral antigens Leading the development of new platforms for vaccine development, including DNA/RNA vaccines and conjugated vaccines EDUCATION B.S. Biological Sciences and Biotechnology Tsinghua University 1996 Cloning and characterization of telomere-associated DNA, with Lihuang Zhu, Ph.D. Ph.D. Molecular Genetics and Microbiology UMDNJ/Rutgers University 2000 Mechanism and modulation of mRNA cap forming enzymes, with Aaron J. Shatkin, Ph.D. EXPERIENCE Postdoctoral Fellow CABM 2000-2001 Aaron Shatkin Laboratory of Molecular Virology, CABM, Piscataway, NJ Postdoctoral Fellow Harvard University 2001-2003 Tom Maniatis Laboratory, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Senior Research Scientist I-II Wyeth 2004-2008 Protein Biochemistry, Structural Biology and Computational Chemistry, Wyeth Research, Cambridge, MA | Presentation Title | Presenter Name | Date | Subject | Business Use Only