Career Paths
Shu Chin
Ma
Sibling Rivalry: The Stupidest Way to Choose Your Career
First things first: Maybe you’re wondering how I can make that claim? Let me tell you a story about a girl and her inability to swallow her pride.
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Lauren
Celano
“How” to find a Mentor(s)
A mentor is someone who shares both wisdom and knowledge. Most often a person that is more senior in a role or specific area of expertise. A mentor can be extremely valuable for advice, insight, and professional and personal development. The importance of having a good mentor cannot be overstated; b...
Kristine
Hennessy
The Stigma of Leaving
When I last wrote, I had been offered a position as a teacher, and jumped at the chance. It has been the most fulfilling job I have ever had. I have the chance every day to make a lasting impact on my students.
Andrea
Habura
BioMaker: Seeing Design, Seeing Usability
“Val, I could build one of these. A better one.”Val’s colleague expertly placed the next mouse on the horizontal spindle of the Rotarod and pressed a button to start the run. The spindle rotated slowly at first, and then faster, and the mouse log-rolled to keep its balance on top of the rod. E...
Amber
O’Connor
The “One Paragraph” method for cohesive writing
One of the hardest parts of writing a compelling document is cohesiveness or flow. When people sit down to write a manuscript or grant, they have a pretty good idea in their head about all of the pieces of information they need to provide to the reader so that he will understand the project.
Terrell
Brotherton
Finding Happiness in my Chosen Career Path
On my first blog for Bio Careers®, I would like to tell you a little bit about myself, my career path up to this point, and what I would like to share with you in future posts. My career path has been anything but straight, with frequent detours to both learn about and experience new roles, f...
Lauren
Celano
How do you know if you are a CEO
At the recent “How do you know if you are a CEO” Google Plus webinar on January 7th as part of The Capital Network and Founders Workbench series, a question was raised regarding whether a technical founder is a good candidate for the CEO role. Specifically, the audience member asked about benefi...
Lu
Huang
Regulatory affairs: A promising career option for researchers in biomedical science
Many people have heard of “regulatory affairs,” but do not know what exactly that means. In my understanding, regulatory affairs is a field where you write, review, edit and submit all kinds of documents required in the process of drug development and clinical trials. The ultimate purpose is to ...
Scott
Jeffers
Lessons in Entrepreneurship: Never stop learning
In my last post, I told you to buy the experience you need by hiring experts. In this post, I’m going to tell you, even if you have the experts, you still need to know the basics.
Kate
Sleeth
Changing your Name
Today, I want to discuss something that I think half the population (at least) will never have considered. The other half will probably think about it at some point in their lives. For some, it is an easy decision, while for others (and that includes myself), it is problematic. I a...