kara_cerveny, Author at the Node

About: kara_cerveny

Biography:: I'm currently an assistant professor in developmental and cellular Biology at Reed College in Portland, OR. I study eye growth and development in zebrafish, concentrating on cell cycle control and neurogenesis. In my previous lives I've been an editor at Cell, a post-doc in Steve Wilson's lab at UCL, a grad student at Johns Hopkins, and a biology and chemistry teacher at Friends Select School in Philadelphia.
Website:: http://academic.reed.edu/biology/professors/cerveny.html

Posts by kara_cerveny:

There and back again…

Posted by kara_cerveny on June 26th, 2013

We’ve all heard the aphorism that once you leave academia, you can’t go back. A little over two years ago, I wrote about my transition from academic research to scientific editing. Now, after completing my first year as an assistant professor of Biology at Reed College, I’m offering proof that lane changes, U-turns, and detours[…]

My journey to scientific editing

Posted by kara_cerveny on May 24th, 2011

Although I’m no longer working at the bench, I still think of myself as a scientist. During grad school and much of my post-doc, I assumed that I would follow the “grad student to post-doc to professor track” so that I could continue to be paid to learn for the rest of my life. I’ve[…]

About: kara_cerveny

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There and back again…

My journey to scientific editing

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