The LEADERs Program at Northeastern University

Quentin Meslier reminds us there's more than one path to a LEADERs fellowship. He was the one to find the startup where he wanted to work, LifeCanvas Technologies Inc., and with help from his advisor Sandra Shefelbine, he pursued a supplemental National Science Foundation (NSF) grant. Then he turned to the LEADERs program to make it all happen.   Read the full story to learn how Meslier is using 3D-imaging to investigate the forces that trigger how bones strengthen and weaken and change shape over time--first at a startup out of Kwanghun Chung’s Massachusetts Institute of Technology and now as a postdoc in the lab of Associate Professor Erica Scheller at the Washington University in St. Louis. https://lnkd.in/edRBZYCM Northeastern University College of Engineering. Northeastern University. #bioengineering #orthopedics #boneadaptation #phdeducation #research

Professor or Pharmaceutical Sciences Stephen Hatfield worked with Ryan Murray, PhD and biotech company Beam Therapeutics to advance a new wave of gene-edited CAR-T cell therapy to fight solid tumors. We sat down with Hatfield to discusses Northeastern's Industry PhD program, which allows working professionals to earn their PhD without leaving their full-time job. https://lnkd.in/dgzug2vf Northeastern University. KiraGen Bio. Northeastern University PhD Network. Northeastern University School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Michail Sitkovsky. Jason Sidman. #genetherapy

What an incredible visit to Amgen last week! The LEADERs Program at Northeastern University team, along with twenty students, had a chance to visit Amgen at its Cambridge, MA, location and learn more about the work they do. It was an energizing morning filled with the enthusiasm surrounding Amgen's mission and partnership with the LEADERs Program. Our students left with a renewed sense of excitement about the options in industry and the incredible work being done at Amgen. Plus, it's always fun to slip into a lab coat and safety glasses! Thanks to my colleagues Terry Marroquin and Anne Grieves, and our Amgen partners, Tiffany Thiel and MaryBeth Rockett for organizing such a special day for our students. #phdeducation #northeasternuniversity #phdexperience #doctoralstudents #doctoralstudents #biotechnology

Ryan Murray, PhD’24, cut his own path to developing an emerging gene-edited cell therapy that could one day personalize treatment for disease. After completing his Industry PhD in Stephen Hatfield's lab, he co-founded KiraGen Bio. “I never thought I’d be an entrepreneur. I wanted to be in early science discovery, but through the LEADERs program I learned there’s other things you can do with your PhD that are still very scientifically focused in early-stage research,” says Murray, who worked at Northeastern University Center for Research Innovation (CRI). “You don’t have to be the one sitting there pipetting.” https://lnkd.in/eZRFFSEK Northeastern University. Northeastern University PhD Network. Fifty Years. #biotech #startup #entrepreneurship #industryphd #phdeducation #geneediting Northeastern University School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Congratulations Maria Khalid on all your success as a Sanofi fellow within the LEADERs program! Northeastern University PhD Network #phdeducation #biotech

Last week, Northeastern University welcomed its largest PhD class in history... Nearly 400 new doctoral candidates flooded into the #ISEC building on campus for their orientation, run by the Northeastern University PhD Network. The day's highlights included a current-student panel moderated by Dr. Jason Sidman, director of partnership relations, with Bliss Cui, Sepideh Fouladzadeh, and Nithesh Javvaji, who offered the new class words of wisdom on everything from time management to joining the LEADERs program, becoming a subject matter expert, and even navigating the City of Boston. What piece of advice would you give to these new PhD students?

So much goes into finding the best match for our LEADERs' students and partner organizations. That makes it even more exciting when a placement happens. We're thrilled for you, Chao Xu... Congratulations!

Roee Shraga moved across the world to work in the Khoury College of Computer Sciences' lab of Distinguished Professor Renée J. Miller, using machine learning tools to comb through and easily view data sources. Of the many decisions he made as a postdoc, one profoundly impacted his quality of life: Taking the Northeastern University PhD Network's LEADERs “Leading Self and Others” course. Shraga is now the mentor... as assistant professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Read his full story on finding a community in LEADERs... Northeastern University. #dataintegration #datascience #machinelearning #phdeducation #fellowship #AI https://lnkd.in/dxEVE4dE

We thank you and appreciate all that you do for LEADERs, Liz Myers, MS, PCC.

Amgen Principal Scientist Dylan Riggs hired LEADERs fellow Nicole Langlois, PhD'23, to make sure potential new cancer and rare disease drug proteins were safe. He was so impressed that he helped find her a full-time job as senior scientist at Amgen. His third Amgen fellow starts this fall. We sat down with Riggs to learn about his formative experience working with Langlois and what he calls “really good synergy” between Amgen and LEADERs. Read on for the whole story... #phdeducation #biotech #drugdevelopment #pharma #fellowship #research Northeastern University. Northeastern University PhD Network. https://lnkd.in/eyAQJiUZ