BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:Events Booking BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69dd41581d376 SUMMARY:Higher Education CoP - Project Management in a Biotech Startup Sett ing: a Year in Review DESCRIPTION:In a quickly growing start-up environment\, project management tools are essential for success and need to be developed early. Within a y ear\, the research &\; development (R&\;D) team at Variant Bio tripl ed from five employees to fifteen. When Alyson joined Variant Bio as R& \;D employee number five\, she was given full creative liberty to establis h tracking systems to organize genome-wide associated studies (GWAS)-backe d associations\, triage new genetic targets\, and note cross-functional te am communication. These tools currently are used across teams\, by leaders hip\, and contribute to a competitive R&\;D pipeline. After the develop ment of these tracking systems and tools\, the data needs to be maintained and managed on a weekly\, if not daily basis. Expanding beyond data organ ization and tracking\, a fast-paced drug discovery role requires project m anagement skills to facilitate internal and external collaborations\, lead projects in the lab\, generate data by ambitious timelines\, manage clini cal research organizations and external data generation\, and communicate scientific results to leadership. The early establishment of these project management tools have contributed to the success of individuals\, teams\, and the company over the past year. DTSTART:20230516T160000Z DTEND:20230516T170000Z DTSTAMP:20230323T221949Z ORGANIZER;CN=PMI North Carolina Chapter:MAILTO:bounce@ncpmi.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR