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Across BlueRock, we strive to hire the best talent. To do that, we take an open-minded approach to career trajectory and experience. Look a little closer and you will see a diverse workforce with employees who have transitioned from academia to industry, across industries, or non-linear career paths, in addition to those who have dedicated their professional lives to life sciences companies.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n I have moved around quite a bit, living in Thailand, India, England, where I did my Ph.D., and finally Canada, where I moved for love since my husband is Canadian.<\/p>\n I did my Ph.D. at Oxford where I worked at the intersection of stem cell biology and immunology, focusing on making induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived immune cells. When I moved to Canada, I decided to pursue my post-doc at the Hospital for Sick Children, where I studied adult glioblastoma, taking patient-derived cancer stem cells and trying to get rid of them using small molecules.<\/p>\n I knew that I wanted to work in biotech, particularly to work on iPSCs, which is my passion. When BlueRock was founded, I knew that I wanted to work there.<\/p>\n I left BlueRock for about a year then realized I missed the science we were doing. When I came back, I transitioned from Research to Process Development. If you had told me a couple of years ago that I\u2019d be working in Process Development, I would have said \u2018How?!\u2019 But BlueRock wanted a biologist in this role, and I knew BlueRock was where I wanted to be. In this role, I am tasked with working cross-functionally to look at product quality and how we assess it. What does quality look like? What do safety and efficacy look like for a patient? This is a new area for me, and I learn something every day. I always thought I should become an expert in one area but it\u2019s amazing how all my varied past experiences have all come together in my current role.<\/p>\n Science is humbling. I find that the more I learn, the more there is to discover. It\u2019s a constant quest for knowledge.<\/p>\n My advice for those just starting out or who may be looking for career growth or evolution:<\/p>\n While I am a BlueRock \u2018boomerang\u2019 and the company grew exponentially in just the one year that I was gone, one thing has remained and that is the feeling of passion, motivation, and amazing science.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Across BlueRock, we strive to hire the best talent. To do that, we take an open-minded approach to career trajectory and experience. Look a little closer and you will see a diverse workforce with employees who have transitioned from academia to industry, across industries, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7699,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[54],"class_list":["post-7318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life-at-bluerock","tag-talent"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n