Thermo Fisher Scientific

This RSVP does NOT guarantee your attendance to the company. We will NOTIFY everyone by email whether or not they are selected or placed on a waiting list around 1 week before the event. For those selected, that email will also include all relevant details for the site visit. Please be reminded that if you do not have a BIOSKETCH submitted before the closing date, you cannot be considered for this site visit. Space is very limited for this visit!

DATE

Friday, November 14, 2014

TIME

11:50 am - 5 pm

AGENDA

11:50 am Transportation from UC Berkeley to Thermo Fisher Scientific

12:30 pm Arrival and check in

12:45 pm Company introduction with boxed lunch

1:45 pm Lab tours

2:35 pm Panel discussion

3:25 pm Networking

4:25 pm Departure

ABOUT THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an international biotechnology product development company, with revenues of $17 billion and 50,000 employees in 50 countries. They have four premier brands: Thermo Scientific, Life Technologies, Fisher Scientific and Unity Lab Services. To learn more, please visit the website: http://www.thermofisher.com

Thermo Fisher Scientific’s South San Francisco site is staffed by around 650 employees, working primarily on R&D. The areas of R&D focus include Human Identification, Capillary Electrophoresis, qPCR and Ion TorrentTM semiconductor sequencing. They are hiring scientists and engineers at various level.

This site visit provides great opportunity for postdocs and graduate students to learn more about the corporate culture and environment of Thermo Fisher Scientific, to meet with current employees, and to learn various career paths in the company.

REGISTRATION

People interested in this visit, please note that in addition to register here, you should also

(1) Complete this 2 minute survey: http://goo.gl/AEmhWg

(2) At the end of the survey, you will receive the link for submitting your 2014 biosketch in the PIEP database.

The biosketch is very important, as when the number of people who are interested exceeds the space limit, the biosketch is the sole basis for selection. Some tips on writing biosketch and site visiting are available here: http://bit.ly/biosketch-tips. An overview of biotech careers can be found here: http://bit.ly/biocareers-book.

Have questions about PIEP RSVP for Thermo Fisher Scientific site visit (11/14/2014)?

Contact Postdoc Industry Exploration Program (PIEP) at ucb.piep@gmail.com