Word: biochem
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Concentration: Biochem...
Biotech companies are notorious for moving ahead with tests too quickly. But, Weisbrod notes, "that still doesn't account for this huge discrepancy." His top picks, too, expect to have drugs approved within two years: Biochem Pharma (hepatitis) and Centocor (blood clots). Another fan of companies with late-stage drugs is Evan Sturza, editor of Sturza's Medical Investment Letter, whose top picks are Aviron (flu), Gilead Sciences (HIV, hepatitis) and Sepracor (side effects from Prozac, Claritin and others...
...fact, the tutorial staff in the biochem department recognized the need for mentoring more than 70 years ago and instituted the senior scientist program. Under this program, Faculty volunteers, as well as post-docs and scientists in the biotech industry, act as tutorial leaders for a group of no more than eight undergraduates for a period of three years. Senior scientists sign study-cards, assist their tutees in finding a lab in which to work and often act as thesis advisors...
...meetings, and if a particular student doesn't attend the meetings, the staff go out of their way to find out if that student needs additional help or advice. This system is the result of a firm commitment on the part of the department to undergraduate education, and the biochem tutorial staff as well as the Dean of the College express great pride in the program. The fact that students are also enthusiastic about the program, as seen by the high ratings the biochem department received in the annual Harvard survey on advising, suggests that other departments can learn from...
...Felix E. Diehn '98, a biochem concentrator who is also applying to medical school, says he is doing hands-on research. The 20 to 25 hours he spends a week in the lab are spent "all at the bench...