The 2022 TTBA Annual Symposium is open to register now (ho ray). After two years of virtual meetings, this year we’re finally back to in-person event! The 2022 Symposium will be held at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas on 10/29 (Sat) from 10 am to 6 pm and on 10/30 (Sun) from 9 am to 1 pm (Central time). The theme of this year is “The current status and future prospects for Texas Biotechnology in Precision Medicine.”
Day 1-This year’s symposium will kick off with a special talk from The Biologist, who is not only a Ph.D. candidate studying in immunology at NYU School of Medicine, but also a blogger and a content creator, active in various types of social media. He will elaborate on why the voice of scientists is indispensable in society, and how to make our opinions heard on social media. For our two keynote speech, we’re honored to have Dr. Hui-Ming (Tim) Huang from UT Health Science Center at San Antonio to talk about their novel discovery of a unique population of macrophages harboring prostate cancer cells' characteristics, enabling them to unnoticeably evade immune surveillance and intrude into distant organs. We will also invite Dr. Shih-Kang (Scott) Fan from Kansas State University to share the applications of in vitro diagnostics and tissue engineering on the electric microfluidic (EMF) platform. In the following session, Dr. Hung-Ying Lin, who is a Senior Scientist Translational Bioinformatics at Bristol Myers Squibb, and Dr. Chueh-Yu Wu in Pattern Bioscience, will share their experiences on career transitions. The first day will close with a panel discussion by all the speakers attending today on making the most of every career stage.
Day 2-In the first session of the day, we are pleased to have Dr. Jason Lu, who is the content creator of “Taiwanese Biomedical Scientist in US'', to talk about why and how he decided to devote himself to the research of biomedical science from an engineering background, and why he chose to switch from academia to industry. We will also be having two speakers from the industry of precision medicine, Dr. Kuo-Fu Tseng, who is the Chief Scientific Officer of Aetio Biotherapy, and Dr. Eric Lin, who is a Senior Scientist in FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies. They will share their experiences on working in a start-up and a CDMO company.The symposium will close with another panel discussion by the three speakers mentioned above on how to get hired and move higher.
We hope you will all benefit a lot from this symposium. And don’t worry that there’s not enough time to interact with the speakers during the meeting. We will have a networking dinner after the sessions on the first day, where we encourage participants to connect with both the speakers and fellow participants. Grab this chance to build up and expand your networks!
This symposium aims to direct various career paths in industry and academia so participants can be well prepared for the next stage. We look forward to seeing you at the event!
