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There and back again...

Posted by , on 26 June 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 ...

Bullying in the lab

Posted by , on 14 May 2013

The lab can be one of the greatest places in the world to make live long friends. Spending countless hours in a tissue culture room late into the middle of ...

The Post-Doctoral Treadmill

Posted by , on 11 March 2013

Like most things in life, research requires funding. This becomes increasingly apparent as researchers progress through their career. At some point, everyone has to jump on the funding treadmill. For ...

Becoming a confident scientific speaker

Posted by , on 9 March 2013

Like needles in a haystack, interesting speakers that bring charisma and rock n’ roll to their talks are hard to come by. No matter what the research interests of the ...

A website for PostDocs and PhDs

Posted by , on 8 March 2013

After a life in science, some of those years getting paid, some of those years not, I decided to set up a website to help PhDs and PostDocs with decisions ...

myIDP (Individual Development Plan) by Science Careers

Posted by , on 21 February 2013

The myIDP (Individual Development Plan)  is career aptitude test and career planning site for scientists developed by Science Careers. I recently changed careers, starting my own scientific writing company after ...

Would you like to work for the Node?

Posted by , on 13 December 2012

As you may have spotted, we’ve just posted a job ad for community manager for the Node. That is currently my job, but I will be leaving at the end ...

Editorial opportunities at the Company of Biologists

Posted by , on 6 November 2012

Here at Development, and at our sister journal Disease Models and Mechanisms, we are currently advertising two editorial positions. Within the Development team, we are seeking to recruit a new ...

Research Technician – Cell and Developmental Biology – MRC-NIMR

Posted by , on 12 September 2012

Applications are invited for a Research Technician position in the research group of James Briscoe at the MRC National Institute for Medical Research, London. The lab studies the embryonic development ...

Grand Challenge PhD in Rihel Lab at UCL

Posted by , on 11 September 2012

PhD Position University College London Department of Cell and Developmental Biology PhD Supervisor: Dr. Jason Rihel Application Deadline: Oct. 15, 2012 Funding Availability:  Funding PhD Project (Grand Challenge; European/UK Students; ...

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