TY - JOUR
T1 - An Opportunity for Industry–Academia Partnership
T2 - Training the Next Generation of Industrial Researchers in Characterizing Higher Order Protein Structure
AU - Bain, David L.
AU - Brenowitz, Michael
AU - Roberts, Christopher J.
N1 - Funding Information:
There is an old challenge for the newly minted PhD commencing an industrial research career—independence must be tempered by the ability to work within a team on projects whose creation and termination resides in the hands of individuals higher up the chain of command. Recognition that these skills are essential to PhDs regardless of their career path has resulted in communication, management, and career training becoming available in many graduate programs. Indeed, the NSF, and more recently the NIH, mandate career skills training as a component of their support of graduate research study. Although these general career development programs are clearly an important step, there is more that can be carried out to teach students skills specific to pharmaceutical biotechnology research. We highlight below possible changes from both the academic and industrial sides of the equation regarding how to train the next generation of researchers in understanding, characterizing, and studying higher order protein structure.
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PY - 2016/12/1
Y1 - 2016/12/1
N2 - Training researchers for positions in the United States biopharmaceutical industry has long been driven by academia. This commentary explores how the changing landscape of academic training will impact the industrial workforce, particularly with regard to the development of protein therapeutics in the area of biophysical and higher order structural characterization. We discuss how to balance future training and employment opportunities, how academic-industrial partnerships can help young scientists acquire the skills needed by their future employer, and how an appropriately trained workforce can facilitate the translation of new technology from academic to industrial laboratories. We also present suggestions to facilitate the coordinated development of industrial-academic educational partnerships to develop new training programs, and the ability of students to locate these programs, through the development of authoritative public resources.
AB - Training researchers for positions in the United States biopharmaceutical industry has long been driven by academia. This commentary explores how the changing landscape of academic training will impact the industrial workforce, particularly with regard to the development of protein therapeutics in the area of biophysical and higher order structural characterization. We discuss how to balance future training and employment opportunities, how academic-industrial partnerships can help young scientists acquire the skills needed by their future employer, and how an appropriately trained workforce can facilitate the translation of new technology from academic to industrial laboratories. We also present suggestions to facilitate the coordinated development of industrial-academic educational partnerships to develop new training programs, and the ability of students to locate these programs, through the development of authoritative public resources.
KW - analytical biochemistry
KW - biopharmaceuticals characterization
KW - biotechnology
KW - physical characterization
KW - protein structure
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U2 - 10.1016/j.xphs.2016.08.007
DO - 10.1016/j.xphs.2016.08.007
M3 - Comment/debate
C2 - 27671238
AN - SCOPUS:84994509660
SN - 0022-3549
VL - 105
SP - 3483
EP - 3486
JO - Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
JF - Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
IS - 12
ER -