"What Next?" Disease - Career Trajectories with Mahrukh Banday, Ph.D.

Mahrukh Banday, Ph.D., is the current vice president of product and marketing at Curiox, but did you know she also was a surgical neurophysiologist? You might be asking, "How is that possible?"Banday is a lifelong believer in being able to pursue any career path as long as you're willing to learn.  Banday shares her incredible story of leaving India to come to the United States to pursue a Ph.D. in molecular genetics, the nerves of being in the operating room for the first time to dealing with what she refers to as the "What Next?" disease. If you are hesitant about taking the first step in pursuing what you've always wanted to do, then this episode is for you!About Mahrukh Banday, Ph.D.:Mahrukh Banday, Ph.D., is an accomplished life sciences marketing leader with 10+ years of commercial experience. Banday first obtained a DVM from Kerala Veterinary University, KAU followed by an M.S. in microbiology, immunology, & pathology from Punjab Veterinary University and finally a Ph.D. in molecular genetics - genomics at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.Stay connected with SLAS:Online at www.slas.orgFacebookTwitter @SLAS_OrgLinkedInInstagram @slas_orgYouTubeAbout SLAS:SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building.  For more information about SLAS, visit www.slas.org.SLAS publishes two peer-reviewed and MEDLINE-indexed scientific journals, SLAS Discovery and SLAS Technology. For more information about SLAS and its journals, visit www.slas.org/publications.Upcoming SLAS Events:SLAS 2022 Americas Sample Management SymposiumSeptember 15-16, 2022La Jolla, CA, USASLAS 2022 AI Data Pipelines for Life Sciences SymposiumSeptember 26-27, 2022Seattle, WA, USASLAS 2022 Bio Entrepreneurship Symposium27-28 October 2022Brussels, BelgiumSLAS2023 International Conference and ExhibitionFebruary 25 - March 1, 2023San Diego, CA, USASLAS Europe 2023 Conference and Exhibition23-26 May 2023Brussels, BelgiumUpcoming Events:SLAS Meet-UpsLeiden, Netherlands (10 September 2026)Tübingen, Germany (20 October 2026)SLAS 2026 Sample Management Symposium (October 21-22, 2026 | South San Francisco, California)SLAS2027 International Conference & Exhibition (January 30 - February 3, 2027 | San Diego, California)View the full events calendar