Achievement

In the February 2010 we organized a working lunch at the University Incubator. The incubator houses several startup companies as well as an R&D lab for BASF. We were joined by the director of the incubator and three senior researchers (two from startups, one from BASF). The researchers shared their thoughts and experiences with working in industry and, in particular, for a startup company. This working lunch was organized after one of the trainees suggested at a monthly meeting that preparation for careers should include information on working in industrial research settings. Similarly, the trainees had a working dinner with a Pharmacological Science alumnus who now works as a lawyer for a pharmaceutical company.