Elizabeth Silva is the MIND programme manager at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF).

Say hello to our career expert for this month: Elizabeth Silva!

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What is your scientific background?

I trained as a geneticist and developmental biologist in Canada, the UK and the US, working on a variety of biological problems using Drosophila as a model system. Most recently I was a postdoc at UCSF, working in innate immunity.

Why did you decide to leave academia (if at all)?

I currently manage a new and experimental career exploration programme at UCSF called Motivating INformed Decisions (MIND), but I first left the bench in 2011 to work as an editor at PLOS ONE. Continue reading →