Biocuration in industry

This webinar,part of the biocuration series, will provide an insight into biocuration in industry.

We will be joined by Rachael Huntley, Senior Scientific Curator at SciBite and George Georghiou, Information Manager at Novartis. Both will provide an insight into their role and the projects they work on. In addition they will shed light on how biocuration tasks and projects may differ in industry from a more academic setting and which skills are helpful for moving into industry.

In particular, Rachael will highlight the major differences between working in her previous biocurator roles in non-profit and academia, with her current role in a commercial company. She will provide examples of services that SciBite provides to customers and of community projects that SciBite has been involved with.

George will be discussing how his role as a biocurator helped him transition into an information scientist. Using his experience working with ontologies, data annotation and his knowledge of biology, he helps deliver custom data solutions and consulting services for his colleagues at Novartis.

This webinar is the final one in our series of webinars on the topic of biocuration. In asurveyin 2019 which aimed at identifying training needs in biocuration, the most commonly indicated were programming, development and use of ontologies and database management. In addition skills like programming and extracting data from literature were mentioned as decisive for a successful biocuration career. The speakers will also point to helpful tools and resources they use.

Outcomes

By the end of the webinar you will be able to:

• Explain the role of biocuration and related tasks in industry
• List skills that are helpful to move from a more academic setting into industry