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30 Apr 2018 | 13:00 BST

From academia to Silicon Valley — and back

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: Academia, Career paths, Research, Scientists on the move, Technology

From academia to Silicon Valley — and back

Although faculty members transition from industry to academia (and vice-versa), it’s rare to go back and forth. How does each setting help a researcher grow, and what skills are critical in both environments? Sam King offers his insight.  Read more

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  • aacdemia to industry
  • academia
  • California

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17 May 2017 | 13:00 BST

Meditation on a Caltrain: Understanding where to travel to next

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: Academia, Blog, Business, Career paths, Collaboration, Communication, Industry, Mobility, Perspectives, Scientists on the move, US

Meditation on a Caltrain: Understanding where to travel to next

This piece was one of two winners of the Science Innovation Union writing competition, Oxford.  Read more

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  • author
  • business
  • California
  • caltrain
  • career paths
  • george busby
  • meditation
  • Move
  • options
  • papers
  • publishing
  • research
  • science
  • scientific research
  • silicon valley
  • start up company
  • start-up

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03 May 2017 | 13:00 BST

Lost in translation

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: Academia, Blog, Career paths, Collaboration, Communication, Diversity, Europe, Mobility, Perspectives, Postdoc, Postgraduate, Research

Lost in translation

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  • #PhD
  • California
  • communication
  • elena blanco-suarez
  • english
  • language
  • message
  • post graduate
  • postdoc
  • practice
  • Science Communication
  • spanish
  • study
  • talk
  • undergraduate

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15 Feb 2017 | 17:00 GMT

Finding job satisfaction as a humanitarian researcher

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: #ScientistOnTheMove, Academia, Ask the expert, Career paths, Collaboration, Faculty, Funding, Mobility, Research, US

Finding job satisfaction as a humanitarian researcher

Panagiotis Vagenas left Yale University to advise a non-profit on research design and quality.  Read more

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  • AIDS
  • applied research
  • basic research
  • California
  • developing world
  • development
  • health
  • HIV
  • K01
  • medical school
  • new york
  • panagiotis vagenas
  • panos vagenas
  • PCI
  • population
  • project concern international
  • public health
  • san diego
  • social
  • US
  • yale
  • yale university

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03 Feb 2017 | 13:00 GMT

Successful vs. effective research presentations

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: Academia, Ask the expert, Blog, Career paths, Communication, Multimedia, Research, US

Successful vs. effective research presentations

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Tags:

  • argument
  • better conferences
  • biomedical
  • biomedicine
  • California
  • communication
  • conference
  • David Rubenson
  • information
  • narrative
  • Paul Salvaterra
  • presentation
  • presentations
  • research
  • science
  • scientific presentations
  • US

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30 Nov 2016 | 16:26 GMT

Recognising mentoring in science: Reflections from southern California

Posted by Mark Staniland | Categories: Events, Nature Research

Recognising mentoring in science: Reflections from southern California

Professor Forsburg was presented with the award in Los Angeles on 28 November by Sir Philip Campbell, Editor-in-Chief of Nature. These annual awards are hosted by Nature to champion the importance of mentoring and inspiring early-career scientists scientists. You can read the full announcement here.  Read more

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  • California
  • nature awards for mentoring in science
  • USC

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03 Oct 2016 | 13:00 BST

Uncertain Airspace: Changing career paths is disorienting and exhilarating

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: #ScientistOnTheMove, Academia, Blog, Career paths, Communication, Mobility, People Management, Perspectives, Research, Social media

Uncertain Airspace: Changing career paths is disorienting and exhilarating

Sometimes I ask people, “if you weren’t studying biology, what would you do?”  … Read more

Tags:

  • #PhD
  • blogging
  • California
  • career
  • career paths
  • communication
  • communications
  • goose
  • graduate
  • guest contributor
  • immunology
  • jonathan wosen
  • journalism
  • news
  • newspaper
  • podcasting
  • report
  • science
  • scientific
  • Stanford
  • STEM
  • study
  • Thesis
  • writing

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06 Sep 2016 | 15:00 BST

What’s different in your day to day (from graduate school)?

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: #NJCESanFrancisco, #ScientistOnTheMove, Academia, Ask the expert, Careers articles, Events, Faculty, Multimedia, Perspectives, Research, Scientists on the move, Tenure, US

We ask academics at the Naturejobs career expo, San Francisco, what’s changed.  Read more

Tags:

  • academia
  • after my phd
  • California
  • career expo
  • changes
  • graduate to academic
  • lecturer
  • mobility
  • movement
  • Naturejobs
  • NJCE
  • phd to academic
  • postdoc to academic
  • San Francisco
  • should i work as a lecturer
  • USA
  • what changes
  • whats different
  • working in academia

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30 Aug 2016 | 15:00 BST

What do you dislike about your job?

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: #NJCESanFrancisco, Academia, Ask the expert, Career paths, Faculty, Multimedia, People Management, Research, Tenure, US

We ask academics at the Naturejobs career expo, San Francisco, what they dislike about their jobs.  Read more

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  • academic
  • academics
  • bad part
  • California
  • career
  • dislike
  • dislike about jobs
  • expo
  • hard part
  • Naturejobs
  • NJCE
  • paper
  • paperwork
  • research
  • San Francisco
  • science
  • sf
  • USA
  • writing

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23 Aug 2016 | 15:00 BST

What jobs are in demand?

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: #NJCESanFrancisco, #ScientistOnTheMove, Ask the expert, Career paths, Careers articles, Events, Industry, Mobility, Multimedia, Perspectives, Research, Scientists on the move, Technology, US

We ask speakers at the Naturejobs career expo, San Francisco, to talk over some of the jobs that are most in demand in industry, in California.  Read more

Tags:

  • California
  • career expo
  • career gap
  • discussion
  • high demand jobs
  • industry
  • jobs needed
  • Nature
  • Naturejobs
  • NJCE
  • panel
  • positions needed
  • research
  • San Francisco
  • science
  • scientists
  • skills gap
  • speakers

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