By Eric J. Perkins
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Before I started writing for the Addgene blog, sharing Chemistry Cat memes was how I used social media as a scientist. I mean, I had a LinkedIn page and a Twitter handle, but I wasn’t using them to my professional advantage. It wasn’t until I wrote a blog post about a research ...
Updated Apr 6, 2021. This post was contributed by Laura Desrochers, a postdoctoral scientist at AstraZeneca. Why I chose an industry postdoc I’m currently doing an industry postdoc in neuroscience at AstraZeneca’s Waltham site after doing a brief academic postdoc. Why did I ...
This post was contributed by Erik Snapp, the Director of Student and Postdoctoral Programs at the Janelia Research Campus of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Today's postdoctoral fellows (PFs) face a number of challenges ranging from long periods of training to limited job ...
Why is choosing the right lab such a big deal? It’s actually something you CAN choose and it will make a huge difference for your future career and life. You might see a lab head as choosing you, but in reality, you are giving your hard work and talent for many years (at a very ...
This post was contributed by guest blogger, Gary McDowell, executive director of Future of Research. On December 1st 2016, many postdocs working more than 40 hours per week could expect to see their salary raised to at least a new legal minimum of $47,476 per year, under updates ...
This post was contributed by Future of Research Executive Director, Gary McDowell. On Dec 1st, the threshold at which salaried workers receive overtime payment for working more than 40 hours per week will increase from $23,660 to $47,476 per year, under updates to the Fair Labor ...
This post was contributed by guest blogger Sean Mac Fhearraigh, co-founder of www.assaygenie.com. No matter what facet of academia you are in, grant writing can be the lynch pin that results in your success or failure and demands attention, practice, and honing of your skills ...
