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Posted by sarahgibb, on 15 February 2011
During the first year of my PhD, I undertook a small rotation project in the lab of Dr Kim Dale, doing some work with the chick embryo. I did this ...Posted by Nicole Husain, on 15 February 2011
When Eva approached me about contributing to this series about how one goes from a PhD in developmental biology and ends up in a non traditional academic career path, I ...Posted by Stephane VINCENT, on 1 February 2011
I remember when I was a post doc abroad. Science was great, life in a foreign country was very nice, but there was one huge drawback for a French in ...Posted by Jane Alfred, on 25 January 2011
In a follow up to Eva’s first post in our alternative careers series about how a research background in developmental biology can lead to a career path that lies outside ...Posted by Eva Amsen, on 20 January 2011
A friend of mine went straight from his PhD in computational (pharmaco)chemistry to an investigator position, and I have heard an unconfirmed second-hand story of one other person recently making ...Posted by Linda, on 5 January 2011
But you know he’ll always keep movin’ You know he’s never gonna stop movin’ Cause he’s rollin’, he’s a rollin’ stone ~ Baker Street, by Gerry Rafferty (Link to Song ...Posted by Eva Amsen, on 23 December 2010
This is the first in a series of posts about careers outside of academic research. See here for more information. To start the series on alternative careers, I’m going to ...Posted by Eva Amsen, on 21 December 2010
Some of the most popular posts on the Node have been those about career prospects for young scientists. The category pages for job ads and career posts are among the ...Posted by Vivian Siegel, on 14 December 2010
It’s been a busy time for me at ASCB, held this year in Philadelphia. As a long standing member of the Women in Cell Biology (WICB) committee, I have been ...Posted by Nishal Patel, on 11 November 2010
I’m Nish, a 3rd year PhD student in Kate Storey’s lab at the University of Dundee. Over the past year, I’ve been involved in running PiCLS, the PhD association here ...