Round-up of alternative careers stories

Posted by on June 8th, 2011

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In December we asked people to share how they moved from research to a career away from the lab bench. Since then, we’ve heard from a number of people, and a few stories are still coming in. Here’s the list so far, with current affiliations:

Keep up and blog on - my route to the Node
Eva Amsen - Community manager for the Node and Online Editor for Development

A career in publishing - a developing story
Jane Alfred - Executive Editor for Development

Educational game designer: where biology, games, and technology meet
Nicole Husain - educational game designer at Spongelab Interactive

From the bench to the science centre
Sarah Gibb - Science and Interpretation Officer at Glasgow Science Centre

A career as editor
Vivian Siegel - Director of the Center for Science Communication at Vanderbilt University, and Editor-in-Chief of Disease Models and Mechanisms.

My transition to patent law
Michael Belliveau - Patent Attorney at Clark & Elbing

My journey to scientific editing
Kara Cerveny - scientific editor at Cell

My journey from bench scientist to clinical ethicist
Michael Szego - fellow in clinical and organizational ethics at the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics

How fate determined my career as a science journalist
Claire Ainsworth - science journalist

Keeping an open mind - a scientist’s quest for positive change
Sobia Hamid - entrepreneur
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