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PharmaCamp 2024
From Laboratory Findings to Industry Innovations
Compete with other young professionals and students in a pharmaceutical case challenge. Show your skills to leading pharmaceutical companies in Switzerland and win the award!
11th-13th September 2024
Location: Bern
Registrations will open soon!
ABOUT
PharmaCamp bridges top young talents and pharmaceutical companies, providing the opportunity to showcase your creative problem-solving and presentation skills. This competitive platform will be the perfect place for companies to meet the most prospective young minds and their potential future coworkers.
Who can participate ? Students, PhDs, PostDocs and recent graduates
Three days event:
· Day 1: Open for the public, giving you a chance to learn more about new trends such as the personalised & precision medicine field. As attendees, you will gain valuable insights into the evolving landscape of the pharmaceutical industry and the intersection of technology and medicine.
· Day 2: Selected participants will engage in a realistic case challenge from pharmaceutical companies. Register via the Google form in the "Apply now" button, to have the opportunity to gain valuable insights, into the pharmaceutical field and to enhance your public speaking abilities.
· Day 3: Teams will be given time to brainstorm and prepare their presentations. Each team will have the chance to convince an expert panel that their solution is the most impactful and promising.
Awards:
Winning Team
2 000 CHF
The Best Presenter
Award
250 CHF
The Social Media
Engagement Award
250 CHF
Industry Visit
Current and former participants of the PharmaCamp can sign-up for an industry visit to Roche. More information will follow soon.
Schedule
DAY 1 (September 11)
Schedule TBA
DAY 2 (September 12)
Schedule TBA
DAY 3 (September 13)
Schedule TBA
Special Workshop
Exclusive workshop to come, details to be announced soon!
Speakers
Details to be announced soon!
Expert Panel
Details to be announced soon!
Organising Team
Carlos is President and Head of Events Management of PharmaCamp. Prior to joining Pharmacamp, he was an elected student representative at the Friedrich Miescher Institute in Basel, where he completed his doctoral studies with Nico Thomä. Carlos holds a BSc in chemistry, a MSc in molecular biology and a PhD in biomedicine. In his free time, he is a competitive athlete and enjoys learning about business operations and strategy.
Carlos Pla Prats
President
Sara is a PhD Candidate at the University of Bern and Inselspital and works in the field of hemostasis and inflammation with a focus on septic disorder. In her free time, she enjoys playing volleyball, tennis and connecting with people.
“Where others see limits, I see exceptional opportunities to unleash my innovative spirit.” https://www.linkedin.com/in/sara-caku22
Sara Caku
Vice-President & Treasurer
Gabriela is part of a selective dual degree program from the University of Strasbourg, which allows her to do her MSc at the same time of her pharmacy studies. Gabriela holds a MSc in Biomedicine and her master’s thesis was done in Li Tang’s lab at the EPFL. She will become a Doctor in Pharmacy in September of this year. In her free time, she practices fit-training and boxing and learning more about sciences! www.linkedin.com/in/maria-gabriela-kirsch21
Gabriela M. Kirsch
Marketing Manager
Asma is completing her master's thesis at the University of Bern on Zebrafish heart regeneration. In addition to having a great interest in therapeutic approaches and translational sciences, I am passionate about swimming and cooking, as well as having an insatiable thirst for knowledge and a love for learning new things.
Asma Laleh
Media designer
Mina Hanna holds a Bachelor's degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences and a Master's in Molecular Biology. With a thriving five-year career in the biopharmaceutical industry across various departments, Mina transitioned to academia in 2021. Currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Life Sciences at the University of Lausanne, his research focuses on ion channels pharmacology, with a particular emphasis on developing ion channel-based biosensors.
Mina Hanna
Communications Manager
Ali is a PhD candidate at EPFL, studying computational and quantitative biology. He applies statistical methods on genomics data to understand the underlying mechanisms of biological systems. Last year, he joined Roche as a summer intern to work on novel drug discovery using machine learning. In his free time, he enjoys dancing, hiking, and watching anime.
Ali Sadaat
Event Manager
Antonia is a last-year pharmacy student at Strasbourg University, following a Master's Degree in Pharmacology and Toxicology and undertaking her graduate traineeship at the regional pharmacovigilance center in Geneva. Alongside her interest in drug safety and regulatory affairs, she enjoys spending her free time reading, hiking, playing guitar, learning new languages and bouldering.
Antonia Horea
IT manager
Andraž has finished his PhD in organic chemistry at the University of Pavia, Italy. During his doctoral and master’s studies, he was able to gain more experience in organic synthesis and methodology with research visits in Germany, the United States, and Japan. He obtained his MSc and BSc at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. In his free time, he enjoys running and spending quality time with his friends. Andraž Oštrek | LinkedIn
Andraž Oštrek
Event Organizer
Ksenia Kapitanova is a PhD student at UNIGE, exploring the role of S100A4-expressing smooth muscle cells in atherosclerosis
Ksenia Kapitanova
Advisor
Anastasia Sveshnikova is a recent PhD graduate in computational systems biotechnology. Currently, she is working as a software developer in the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics.
Anastasia Sveshnikova
Advisor
Camilla Calastra
Marketing Manager
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