E10 #CareerJourney "Exciting Scientific Risk Assessments of GMOs" with Agnieszka Podolska-Charlery, Senior scientific advisor at the National Food Institute, DTU FOOD

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗸 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗠𝗢𝘀: 𝗔 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱-𝘁𝗵𝗲-𝗦𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲” In this episode Agnieszka Podolska-Charlery, Senior scientific advisor at the National Food Institute, DTU FOOD shares her career journey and offers an insider's perspective on scientific risk assessment for novel therapeutics such as GMO vaccines, cell therapies, gene therapies, and enzymes. In this episode Agnieszka shares her perspectives on: ▶ Agnieszka's career story and journey to her current role. ▶ The responsibilities involved in science-based risk assessment of GMO-derived products, including vaccines, cell therapies, gene therapies, and enzymes. ▶ The concept of "zero risk" and why it doesn't exist in the vocabulary of scientific risk assessors. ▶ The tasks that energize and drain Agnieszka in her work as a scientific advisor. ▶ Tips and advice for transitioning into careers in science-based risk assessment. 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺: We want to build a community to inspire life science professionals and leaders through talent talks and organized events. Share knowledge across the life science community through personal stories of their journey. We encourage you to take part in shaping this community by sharing your feedback, questions or ideas. This you can do through our LinkedIn ⁠community page⁠⁠. 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗯𝘆 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗼𝗿 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗜𝗻: Feel free to share your ideas and your feedback using our voicemail that you can access⁠ ⁠here⁠⁠: (no voicemails will be published without your explicit approval). 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘂𝘀: ⁠⁠Nehar Mortuza⁠⁠ and ⁠Søren Spanner Bach⁠⁠ Also, thanks to our podcast editor ⁠Shahnam Jilan⁠⁠ Logo design inspired by ⁠⁠Rafa⁠⁠ This episode was recorded on 23 February 2023