Biopharma Research
Lamar
Blackwell
First year on the job: Making a good impression
It has been said that the first 90 days are particularly important in making a good impression on your manager. The closer your skill set matches the job tasks, the easier this will be. However, there are other things that you can do to get your new job off to a good start.
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Andrea
Habura
Literature Review
If you’re trying to make your products better, it’s nice when your customers almost have to fill out a user feedback form. “Publish or perish” is nothing but upside if you want to figure out what scientists are doing in the lab. One of the things we do here at my scientific-instruments co...
Judy
Lytle
For-Profit, Non-Profit, & Government Sectors
Once I was conferred my doctorate, you could have clocked my departure from academia with a stopwatch. That’s not to say that there’s anything wrong with academia; it’s just not my cup of joe. In considering the “why” of the career decisions I’ve made, I’ve come to the conclusion ...
Renda
Hawwa
Are you using your PhD?
With so many options for PhD scientists these days, it is easy to feel like taking certain career paths means you won’t be “using your PhD”. As anyone who gets their Doctorate comes to realize, there are many ways it will be used throughout life.Before starting graduate school, I had a BS...
Holly
Brevig
Day to Day Life
So what’s it like working outside of lab? Let’s start with my experience working in lab as a graduate student. I stood for long periods of time, and moved around a lot, from working under the hood, to the cell culture room, and maybe then to another building to use a specialized piec...
Andrea
Habura
Rolling Out the Robot
It’s a very busy time at my company: one of the kids is about to leave for college. We’ve been planning this for a while, as you’d expect, but there’s always a last-minute flurry of activity before you get the youngster out the door. And you always worry about the kids doing well when t...
Lamar
Blackwell
When transitioning from academia to pharma, academic scientists need their C.R.E.A.M!
Every day, young academic scientists are motivated to start careers in pharma. A few years ago, I was one of them. After working for over a year in pharma, I would like to share some of my thoughts about this transition. In this post, I will discuss some helpful qualities that I co...
Debojyoti
Dhar
Synthetic Biomarkers – a new buzz word in the area of modern diagnostics
Biomarkers are the Holy Grail for detecting diseases. Natural biomarkers are sought after molecules for effective screening of patients. Biomarkers include detection of proteins, RNA, DNA to now even micro RNAs. However, detection of natural biomarkers is fraught with issues of specificity, fea...
Shu Chin
Ma
Pros and cons of working remotely
When you hear the words “working remotely,” does it conjure up an image of someone sloppily dressed in their ratty pajama, hair unkempt, with a huge mug of coffee cradled in one hand, while sitting in front of the television with a computer, haphazardly propped on their lap? How about someo...
Christiana
Davis
Acquiring Grant Writing Skills Early in Your Career
There are many opportunities in industry for life scientists with grant writing skills. As a Medical Writer, you may choose to include grant proposal writing as one of the services you offer. I was recently asked to write a technology grant proposal for launching an iOS App. Although I did not ...