News and Congratulations
On Thursday, June 13th, 2019, come see CTSC alumnus Jonathan Bourne, PhD ’13, who will be a featured speaker at the Alumni Career Talks (ACT) event. Jonathan is the Director of Biophysics at Serometrix LLC, a small virtual biotech located just outside Rochester, NY. He earned his CTSC MS in Clinical Translational Investigation (’12) and his PhD (’13) with the PBSB program studying collagen nanoscale biomechanics in Peter Torzilli's laboratory at HSS.
Bourne’s work with orthopedic and muscular skeletal research at the CTSC correlated with the research he was conducting at HSS for his PhD; encouraged by his mentors he was able to obtain the Clinical and Translational Investigation Master’s Degree. Bourne is a great example of how the CTSC encourages research that can work well in both the clinical and scientific community and help students’ research areas that need passionate investigators. He was awarded the TL1 research award to help fund his work on "Altered Tendon Mechanical Response and Catabolic Susceptibility by Glycation" which he completed in January of 2012.
Bourne’s dedication to research has allowed him to branch out in the scientific community, fully embracing the CTSC’s mission to integrate translational science successfully; he is co-inventor to 4 US patents with multiple pending patent applications. At his presentation Bourne will discuss the aspects of joining a “startup” and entrepreneurship in a smaller city setting.
When: Thursday, June 13th, 2019
Where: 1300 York Avenue, Room A-126
To RSVP for ACT, please contact Sharon Meiri Fox, Director of Alumni Relations and Giving, at shm2056@med,cornell.edu. When you RSVP, please write “ACT” in the subject line, and be sure to include your program, PI and entering class year.
*The CTSC TL1 Training Core Program supports early career development among pre- and early post-doctoral trainees by providing salary support, protected time, advanced degree training and practical skills necessary to conduct interdisciplinary Clinical and Translational Investigation in a team research environment.