Name: Jill Hesse, PhD Job title and company: Field Application Scientist, GenoLogics Location: Raleigh, NC How long you’ve been in your current job: 9 months Postdoc advisor, IC, and subject: Richard Paules, NIEHS, micro-RNA’s role in damage response What do you do as a Field Application Scientist? We joke that I drink coffee and run my mouth professionally, but basically my job is divided into two parts: on the pre-sale side, I visit customers and give them demonstrations with high-level information on how my company can help them and their science. On the post-sale side, I help coordinate the implementation of their software and provide computer training to get the…
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NIH Alumni: Where are they now? Patent Examiner, United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Last year we had a number of postdocs from the NIH Intramural Research Program leave to start their careers with USPTO, here we interview 3 that started in May of 2012 Names: Sean Barron, PhD; Andrea McCollum, PhD; and Julie Wu, PhD Location: Alexandria, VA Time in current positions: 8 months (all started at the same time) Postdocs: Sean: the affect of nicotine on the hippocampus with Chris McBain at NICHD. Andrea: biomarkers in ovarian cancer with Elise Kohn at NCI. Julie: the role of mTOR for aged related processes with Toren Finkel at NHLBI. What is a patent examiner? A patent examiner reviews applications and determines their patentability according…