GENENTECH GRADUATE STUDENT SYMPOSIUM IN CHEMICAL RESEARCH
Genentech is pleased to share an exciting opportunity for outstanding 4th year Ph.D. graduate students from U.S. universities in the fields of organic synthesis, chemical biology, and computational chemistry.
Our annual Graduate Student Symposium in Chemical Research recognizes promising young scientists while highlighting career opportunities in pharmaceutical research and development.
The two-day program, scheduled for May 2024 will be hosted jointly by the departments of Discovery and Process Chemistry.
Dr. Dan Sutherlin, Senior Vice President, Small Molecule Drug Discovery; Dr. Tim Heffron, Vice President, Small Molecule Discovery Chemistry; Dr. Francis Gosselin, Executive Director, Small Molecule Process Chemistry.
The two-day event will include:
Research award symposium, including talks from award recipients and Genentech scientists
Keynote seminar from a leading early-career chemistry professor
Distinguished Career Lecture from an eminent professor
Tour of the Genentech South San Francisco research laboratories
Social/networking activities
Honorarium for award recipients
Apply Today:
Interested 4th year graduate students from U.S. universities are encouraged to submit a CV and short (1-3 pages) research summary here.
Applications should be submitted as a single PDF document with identifying name and institution in the file description (example: “Surname-Firstname-Institution”).
Applications for 2024 must be received by December 31, 2023 for consideration.
Finalists will be contacted in January 2024 and awardees will be notified in March for the spring symposium (May 13-14, 2024). For more information, please email [email protected].
Congratulations to our 2023 Graduate Student Awardees!
Isaac Yu, University of California, Berkeley
Carter N. Stout, The Scripps Research Institute
Taylor Bednar, The Ohio State University
Shivaani Gandhi, University of California, LA
Eli Ortiz, The University of Texas at Austin
Mikaela DiBello, Yale University
Claire Page, Princeton University
Patrick Kelly, University of Chicago
2023 Distinguished Career Lecturer
Eric Jacobson, Sheldon Emery Professor of Chemistry, Harvard University
2023 Keynote Lecturer
Alison Wendlandt, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
From Left (Top): Alison Wendlandt, Carter N. Stout, Claire Page, Eli Ortiz, Eric Jacobsen From Left (Bottom): Isaac Yu, Mikaela DiBello, Patrick Kelly, Shivaani Gandhi, Taylor Bednar
Past Symposium Participants
2022 Keynote Speaker
Mark Levin, Associate Professor, University of Chicago
2022 Distinguished Career Lecturer
Richmond Sarpong: Professor of Chemistry, UC Berkeley
2022 Graduate Student Awardees
Katherine Forbes, Jacobsen Lab, Harvard
Kerry Jones, Sarpong Lab, Berkeley
Andre Sanchez, Maimone Lab, Berkeley
Elton Kativhu, Morken Lab, Boston College
Holly Vickery, Arkin Lab, UCSF
Jason Ma, Hartwig Lab, Berkeley
Elissa Fink, Shoichet Lab, UCSF
Dylan Holst, Wickens Lab, UW-Madison
2021 Keynote Speaker
Ian Seiple, Associate Professor of Chemistry, UC San Francisco
2021 Distinguished Career Lecturer
Donna Blackmond, Professor of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute
2021 Graduate Student Awardees
Joshua Combs, Herzon Lab, Yale University
Renyu Guo, Brown Lab, Indiana University
Nicholas Hafeman, Stoltz Lab, California Institute of Technology
Jaeyeon Hwang, Miller Lab, Yale University
Sam Lardy, Schmidt Lab, University of California, San Diego
Gen Li, Radosevish Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ishika Saha, Harran Lab, University of California, Los Angeles
Zican Shen, Ellman Lab, Yale University
2020 Keynote Speaker
Prof. Sergey Pronin, UC Irvine
2020 Distinguished Career Lecturer
Prof. Dean Toste, UC Berkeley
2020 Graduate Student Awardees
Yaroslov Boyko, Sarlah Lab, University of Illinois
Sie-Jie Chen, Stahl Lab, University of Wisconsin
Jennifer Crawford, Sigman Lab, University of Utah
Hope Flaxman, Woo Lab, Harvard University
Jackson Gartman, Tambar Lab, University of Texas Southwestern
Emma King-Smith, Renata Lab, The Scripps Research Institute
Hayden Sharma, Jacobsen Lab, Harvard University
Van Tran, Engle Lab, Scripps Research Institute
2019 Keynote Speaker
Prof. Andy McNally, Colorado State University
2019 Graduate Student Awardees
Tim Bumpus, Baskin Lab, Cornell University
Megan Emmanuel, Hyster Lab, Princeton University
Sean Feng, Reisman Lab, California Institute of Technology
Samantha Green, Shenvi Lab, The Scripps Research Institute
Zhen Liu, Engle Lab, The Scripps Research Institute
Lucas Hernandez, Sarlah Lab, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Rory McAtee, Stephenson Lab, University of Michigan
Brian Shao, Nelson Lab, University of California, Los Angeles
2018 Keynote Speaker
Prof. Kami L. Hull, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2018 Graduate Student Awardees
Megan Mohadjer Beromi, Hazari Lab, Yale University
Matthew Condakes, University of California, Berkeley
Masha Elkin, Newhouse Lab, Yale University
Devin Ferguson, Sanford Lab, University of Michigan
Chi “Chip” Le, MacMillan Lab, Princeton University
Stephanie R. McCabe, Wipf Lab, University of Pittsburg
R. David Row, Prescher Lab, University of California, Irvine
Yumeng Xi, Hartwig Lab, University of California, Berkeley
2017 Keynote Speaker
Prof. Robert Knowles, Princeton University
2017 Graduate Student Awardees
Emma L. Baker-Tripp, University of California, Los Angeles
Faben A. Cruz, University of California, Irvine
Stephanie Hare, University of California, Davis
Graham A. Hudson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Zachary A. Kasun, University of Texas at Austin
Matthew Landry, Stanford University
Samantha Shockley, California Institute of Technology
Yan Xu, University of Chicago
2016 Keynote Speaker
Prof. Thomas Maimone, University of California, Berkeley
2016 Graduate Student Awardees
Thomas Brewer, University of California, Berkeley
Zachary Brill, University of California, Berkeley
Lauren Chapman, California Institute of Technology
