Career Talks 2025

Academia to Industry: Application Scientist
Christiaan earned his PhD in Biology from the University of Göttingen and recently completed his research at the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences. His work centers on advancing super-resolution microscopy, particularly through techniques like STED and MINFLUX. Christiaan has now embarked on a new professional journey as an Application Scientist at CSR Biotech in Heidelberg.

From evolutionary biology to drug discovery - how my academic journey prepared me for a scientific project leadership role in industry
Elisa earned her Doctorate in Biology from the University of Göttingen, where she developed a strong interest in computational biology. This passion guided her career into computational biology within the drug discovery industry. Currently, she works at Evotec as a project lead, specializing in project planning, customer communication, and the analysis of high-throughput omics datasets to support data-driven drug discovery.

From RNA Biology to Drug Discovery: Navigating an Early Career in Industry
Mateusz is a scientist specializing in RNA biology with extensive expertise in RNA modifications and non-coding RNAs. He earned his doctorate from the University of Geneva, where his research focused on the role of RNA methylation in gene regulation and cellular processes. Currently, he works as a Senior Scientist in the Lead Discovery department at Roche, exploring small molecules and their applications in drug discovery. 

How the Molbio program helped me to become a medical writer
Madhobi is a medical writer with five years of experience in the regulatory documentation of clinical trials, including protocols, CSRs, CTD and IND modules, health authority responses, and briefing books. She received her PhD from the Medical University of Goettingen. Currently, she works at Trilogy company. She has years of experience in molecular and preclinical cancer research involving scientific communication in the form of publications and presentations.

What is next, skills and transferable skills, and some networking and how to get started!
Elena, with a PhD in Medical Sciences from the Karolinska Institutet, is dedicated to helping PhDs transition to industry careers. As the Co-Founder and CEO of Alma.Me, she provides resources and guidance to help PhDs recognize the value of their skills beyond academia and navigate diverse career opportunities. Elena's passion stems from her own experience of wanting to work with people instead of remaining in a lab, which led her to create Alma.me and support others in similar transitions.

After completing his PhD in Göttingen, Marc was considering a career in academia, industry, or scientific writing. He decided to do a postdoc in the lab of Tony Kouzarides in Cambridge, UK. He had a great time during his postdoc and still loves science, but he realized that he was more leaning towards an industry career. After 2 years, he decided to join Bayer in and around Leverkusen. Starting as an internal strategy consultant was a great opportunity to get to know industry and how a company works. He decided to focus more on manufacturing & supply of their products and was active in different roles in Germany and France.
  Currently he is working for BioNTech, which is a fantastic possibility to combine his scientific background with the manufacturing and supply expertise that he acquired during the time at Bayer. Does he love working in the pharmaceutical industry? Absolutely — and he’s looking forward to telling you more about it during the career fair.