Episodes

Yoni Bhonker was a talented PhD student, and as one, he asked important questions, about his work at lab of course, but moreover, about his career path. Yoni took his acquired skill school from a PhD in human genetics, all the way into tech and acts as a product manager at Contentsquare ... yes he is in tech. We got to go with Yoni through his course of decision making and more important his course of pursuing his career ambitions. Yoni had given us a glimpse at to a long reach transition from l...

Being a good scientist isn't enough to cut it as a good teacher, in order to stand in front of a classroom of teenagers you need to WANT to be there with everything you got. Yair Pozniak took the leap from benchtop to teaching a high school science class. He had shared with us the internal dilemmas he faced early on, how he sought advice, devised a plan, and acted upon it on the course of several years. Warning, you would either want to go back to high school or go teach after hearing Yair's pas...

Dan G. Blumberg is a VP and professor at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in the Department of Geography and Environmental Development. He currently serves as Vice-President for Regional and Industrial Development after serving five years as Vice President and Dean for Research and Development. We had an honest talk about academia, industry and bridging between them. EPISODE IS IN HEBREW * We had some sound issues so the volume is a bit low, bear with us you won't regret it * Episode music: "D...

Gabriella went through 15 years at the bench with every intention to become a PI in academia. She looked for the impact the coincide with her core values. From being in charge of the MIND course at UCSF, she is now acting as Assistant Dean for Postdoctoral Scholars at UCSF, a world leading biomedical research institute with over 1100 postdocs and many more grad students. How did her PhD prepare her for this career? What is policymaking? and of course how her job affects the training of many many...

Adi Zief-Balteriski is a behavioral science expert in the field of community, technology and consumer behavior. She is a researcher in the field of well-being and holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology, L.L.B in Law and B.A in Business and IT. Adi states that making a positive impact on people’s lives has been her life-long passion. She spent the past few years building products to increase people’s well-being and positive experiences. She has been advising startups in well-being sphere and recent...

Yair had started early on and had a very successful Ph.D. experience. Yair was drawn towards the private sector, translating his scientific skills to industry requirements while enhancing his toolkit along the way. Yair is the Director of Research at SpacePharma. Yes ... Space ... Pharma. Listen in to learn more about the transition and what it is like going to space. 3... 2... 1... lift-off! EPISODE IS IN HEBREW Episode music: "Dream Catcher", Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Cr...

Thomas Teffri‑Chambelland is a biologist by academic training, a former science teacher, and today one of the world leaders in bread baking. He is bringing new concepts into baking. As a specialist in natural fermentations, he has been putting biology at the service of baking for almost 20 years to try to popularize the biological phenomena at work in the making of bread. The international school website https://ecoleinternationaledeboulangerie.fr/en/index.php The school Instagram (be strong) h...

Efrat Tal, PhD was done with the academia after her PhD in Molceular Human Genetics at Tel-Aviv University at 2018. Since than she expanded her skill set, to become a project manager at ATVIO. She shared her drive to explore the non-academical route and what exactly does a project manager and specifically what they do at ATVIO. EPISODE IS IN HEBREW Episode music: "Dream Catcher", Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. http://creativecommons.org/lic...

Arielle is a PhD Candidate at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) by day and VP of consulting at Bio Connections Bay Area by night. Don't wanna spoil your fun listening to her. Enjoy! EPISODE IS IN ENGLISH Episode music: "Dream Catcher", Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/macademia/message

Arik Eisenkraft is the Chief Medical Officer, Biobeat Technologies. With vast experience in the IDF medical corps and IMOD R&D, he granted me a fresh view on both the importance of human resource development and the central role of the Cheif Medical Officer in the biotech/biomed operation. EPISODE IS IN HEBREW Episode music: "Dream Catcher", Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ --- Send in a voice mes...

In our first episode ever we share why we wanted to do this. Both of us, Lena and Ofer, are off to hear people who bridge the gap between academia and industry. Starting with our own story and motivation, a conversation about being on this bridge, in real-time. Link to Genomeweb piece: https://www.genomeweb.com/sequencing/israeli-consortium-launches-patient-sequencing-study-uncover-covid-19-genetic-risk#.XqJxLchKiUk Episode music: "Dream Catcher", Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed un...