Career Paths
Xiaoli
Du
Make Your Dream Come True
Different people have different views on the life of being a postdoctoral fellow. Some people consider it as a very rare opportunity to develop their ability to become an independent member of faculty in the future. Some people take the advantage of the fellowship to dig out what they re...
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Farhan
Ahmad
Chat with Me about Environmental Engineering and Technology
Hello World! Welcome to my blog at Bio Careers. My name is Farhan Ahmad. I’m a final year Ph.D. student in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Michigan State University (MSU). I have been working on the development of microfluidics-based molecular assays and optical tools for ...
Sarah
Pick
The Science of Comedy
The American Academy for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) held their annual meeting, and one of the most popular sessions might have been Brian Malow’s talk on “The Science of Comedy: Communicating with Humor.” It was held twice (one of the few repeated sessions) and there was standing-room-o...
Jennifer
Reineke Pohlhaus
Tricks to communicating your science
According to Brian Malow, the best way to communicate your scientific results is to tell a joke. And if your joke fails, you can always say, “that joke was endothermic – it required some input from you to make it work!
William
Johnson
Transitions from Academia to THE REAL WORLD
As I was winding down my Ph.D. studies, I found it necessary to start looking for employment. Since the economy had hit an all time low in Michigan in 2006-2007 due to auto industry decline and overall recession, I found it necessary to start looking about 1/2 year to 1 year before my Ph.D. de...
Jason
Sherwin
Moving Around and Following One’s Nose
I’ve gotten some requests on this blog to go a little more into my research. Don’t worry! It’s coming. But, for now, I want to focus on a “career-related” issue, since this is a bio career related blog. In particular, this entry is a response to an article that recently appeared in the Wal...
Clement
Weinberger
Looking for a change?
I was. I had too. I was an assistant prof. teaching stimulating courses to good students. We passed some good times in the classroom, lunchroom and, of course, the local bars. There were even a couple of grad students whose research was working out. What’s wrong with this picture? Teaching is grea...
Jennifer
Reineke Pohlhaus
Should you learn another language so you can do a postdoc somewhere interesting?
Sure! But maybe there is a better reason for learning another language. Read more details below…At the Annual AAAS Meeting of 2011, I attended a seminar on Bilingualism. During the introduction to the session, we were reminded that two questions about language were part of the Top 125 questions to...
Marielena
Mata
Letter to Andre
Just a few weeks ago, my little brother defended his Ph.D. thesis (OK, so he is not so little and technically he is not my brother). I wanted to write him a note with some words of wisdom, but decided to actually share that letter with all of you, who perhaps might find value in the learnings ...
Xiaobang
Hu
A Bit About Me
Hello, everyone! I am very glad to have this opportunity to join Bio Careers and interact with so many great people here. I never have written a blog before, so I think the easiest way for me to get started is to give a brief self-introduction. My name is Xiaobang. In Chinese, Xiaobang means, “Kno...