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| This feature highlights various opportunities at Promega, as evidenced during the recent "Science Day." |
In early May the employees of Promega put down their pens and pipettors for a day to engage in the first ever Promega Science Day at corporate headquarters in Madison, Wisconsin. Getting to Promega.
Activities included talks by company scientists, a scientific advisory board member and President/CEO William A. Linton. Scientific posters and demonstrations in the on-site labs interspersed throughout the day encouraged interactivity and cross-departmental discussions.
A Little More About Promega
Promega is a privately held, worldwide provider of reagents and assay systems for leading biotechnology research. The company has branch offices throughout Europe, Asia and Australia, with many distributors completing the global (international) presence. About Promega is a good starting point online for additional information.
Moreover, Promega enjoys an excellent reputation in the life science research market and offers products for genetic analysis, industrial diagnostics, and high-throughput systems. Customers therefore include top-quality academic and industrial institutions around the world.
Science Day Activities
Bill Linton kicked off Promega's Science Day by prefacing the talks with a quick look at the company's 20+ year history and a vision of where Promega is headed, continuing to grow and develop new and better products and services for its international clientele. Linton introduced Science Day coordinator, Jeff Kelly, Protein Expression Group R&D Leader. Jeff next gave a pep talk to a relatively enthusiastic crowd (it was a Monday morning after all) ready to learn what their colleagues---whether neighbors in adjoining cubicles or lab mates down the hall---are working on.
BioPharmaceutical Technology Center.
The Promega campus consists of multiple buildings spread over a 50+-acre area that includes natural prairie grass, hiking/cross-country ski trails and multiple wooded areas. Operational facilities include corporate headquarters, the BioPharmaceutical Technology Center (BTC), The Faraday Center, as well as the Guest House and the Earth House.
Morning talks ranged from recent developments of the READIT™ DNA interrogation technology, presented by Dan Kephart, Scientific Applications Leader, to how Promega has earned and maintains its strong customer loyalty through extensive technical support of the global Technical Services Department, by Pat Burke, Technical Services Leader. Much work of the Scientific Applications Group goes into Promega Notes and eNotes as applications articles (hence readers of Promega Notes and eNotes applications articles will recognize Dan Kephart's name!).
Scientific
Applications Group Leader Dan Kephart.
Promega's Technical Services Department offers top-notch technical support for all Promega products as well as general information to support a broad range of research applications. Technical Services hosts the Technical Resources, a resource of protocols, guides, online assistants, calculators and more.
Posters were presented by
all research teams, some with multiple presentations throughout the day. Poster
discussions focused on new products in development, expansion of existing product lines
and efforts at improving current products. Many support labs, such as the oligonucleotide
team and the
scientific applications
group, presented technology demonstrations during the afternoon. Scientists and
nonscientists were able to see first hand how their friends
and colleagues spent their days at work and exactly how they contributed to the overall
success of Promega.
Career Opportunities with Promega
As the preeminent provider of reagents and assay systems for the life sciences and other key research sectors, Promega boasts an impressive number of important positions, and we often look to our customers and those savvy and knowledgeable about the exciting industry to help us grow. If you are looking for an opportunity to expand your career---in research and development, marketing, production---let us know. Our Career Opportunities page offers a breadth of positions that just might match your qualifications with our needs.
Looking for a career opportunity outside the U.S? Promega has Branch Offices in Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, Switzerland and the U.K., as well as opportunities in Shanghai. Open positions at Promega GmbH (Mannheim). Or, consult the specific Branch web page for openings.
Not a scientist? Not a problem. We also have nonscientist positions available.