Kellen WEF Events
The Kellen WEF Events bring biotech leaders to campus to discuss the industry, demystify therapeutic development, and reflect on the varied paths to leadership positions in biotech and pharma.
Upcoming Events
February 27, 2024
ADVENTURER’S GUIDE TO BIOTECH
Interactive Workshop for Early-Career Rockefeller Researchers
Co-Hosted by Rockefeller University’s Robertson Therapeutic Development Fund and Traverse Biotech
Previous Events
July 11-13, 2023
Managing Science & Scientists: A Workshop for Early-Career Researchers at Rockefeller University
This career development workshop will teach management best practices in academic science through the utilization of case studies, discussions, and hands-on exercises. Applications will be accepted until Thursday, June 1, 2023. Open to Rockefeller University later-stage graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and research associates.
Co-Hosted by Rockefeller University’s Dean’s Office.
April 11, 2023
Startup Summit @ The Rockefeller University
An afternoon of presentations and discussions that showcased leading edge researchers from Rockefeller labs.
Co-Hosted by Rockefeller University’s Office of Technology Transfer
March 1, 2023
A GUIDE FOR THE BIOTECH ADVENTURER:
Interactive Workshop for Early-Career Rockefeller Researchers
Co-Hosted by Rockefeller University’s Robertson Therapeutic Development Fund and Traverse Biotech
September 29, 2022
CANDID CONVERSATIONS: ILLUMINATING THE TENURE-TRACK PATHWAY
Shruti Naik, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pathology and Medicine
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Rockefeller Postdoctoral Fellow, 2013–2018
Ekaterina V. Vinogradova, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
The Rockefeller University
December 2, 2021
PATHWAYS IN BIOSCIENCE: FOUR PERSPECTIVES BEYOND THE BENCH
Host:
Karen Akinsanya, Ph.D.
EVP, Chief Biomedical Scientist, and Head of R&D
Schrödinger
Rockefeller University Trustee
Panelists:
Leigh Baxt, Ph.D.
Associate Director of Biology
Tri-Institutional Therapeutics Discovery Institute
Jeanne Farrell, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President
Office of Technology Transfer
Rockefeller University
Jessica Hopfield, Ph.D. ’91
Healthcare Strategist and Investor
President, J Hopfield Consulting
March 24, 2021
Demystifying the Therapeutic Development Ecosystem: A Roadmap of What You Need to Know
Speaker:
Brandy Houser, Ph.D.
NYC Site Head, Celdara Medical
Co-Founder
Traverse Biotech, Women Accelerators and Fiddlehead Foundation
Hosted by:
Agata Smogorzewska, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Laboratory of Genome Maintenance
Rockefeller University
December 2, 2020
CONVERSATIONS WITH WOMEN LEADERS IN BIOSCIENCE
Inaugural Speaker:
Karen Akinsanya, Ph.D.
EVP, Chief Biomedical Scientist, and Head of R&D
Schrödinger
In Conversation with:
Elaine Fuchs, Ph.D.
Rebecca C. Lancefield Professor
Robin Chemers Neustein Laboratory of Mammalian Cell Biology and Development
Rockefeller University