Sentences with phrase «as a postdoc helps»

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So I kept looking for things I felt would make an impact that would help people.I ended up working as a postdoc with Judah Folkman, a surgeon at Boston Children's Hospital.

The current document observes that, especially since the 2000 report, a number of positive steps have occurred, such as establishment of postdoctoral offices at many universities and increased use of individual development plans to help postdocs clarify their career options.

Any funding you can get as a postdoc gives you more leverage — and helps you cultivate independence more effectively — than if you are paid out of your PI's grant.

Gaining independence as a postdoc is a critical factor for future academic success, and dedicated fellowships and junior investigator programs may help young scientists make the leap.

I had zero computer experience; in fact, I could barely type, but a postdoc in the lab helped me do a BLAST search using my gene's protein sequence as a query.

This type of offering is a «win - win» for the postdoc, TTO, and university, says Susalka, because the intern / postdoc can then serve as an «ambassador» in his or her home department and share their experience to help peers in their own patenting and commercialization pursuits.

As a postdoc, she helped discover a key cell - cycle protein as part of a Nobel Prize — winning research teaAs a postdoc, she helped discover a key cell - cycle protein as part of a Nobel Prize — winning research teaas part of a Nobel Prize — winning research team.

For most postdocs, «a lot of the skills and techniques and expertise that you need for that project to succeed are already established [in the lab], whereas if you start off as an independent postdoc, it may be that you want to do something that you don't have very much experience with, so you then need to either seek outside help or get these things set up on your own,» Stolt - Bergner says.

A Bridge to Independence 3 February 2006 Despite a tight budget, NIH is moving forward with a plan to help as many as 200 postdocs each year establish their own labs.

As career statistics are sure to show, only a minority of postdocs will ever have the chance to run a university lab — but skills such as budgeting, project planning, and personnel management would help in almost any career a scientist might pursuAs career statistics are sure to show, only a minority of postdocs will ever have the chance to run a university lab — but skills such as budgeting, project planning, and personnel management would help in almost any career a scientist might pursuas budgeting, project planning, and personnel management would help in almost any career a scientist might pursue.

«Working as a postdoc and a staff member helped,» he says.

I can't help wondering why, if only 15 % to 20 % of grad students and postdocs go on to academic careers, do we describe the career choices of the other 80 % as «alternative»?

Despite a tight budget, NIH is moving forward with a plan to help as many as 200 postdocs each year establish their own labs.

Glimcher, who remembers her struggle 2 decades ago to cope with child - care responsibilities as an NIH postdoc, recently lobbied successfully for a program at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to help scientists with early parenting.

Their program includes a number of components, such as an interdisciplinary training initiative that is designed to help postdocs cross-train in clinical, epidemiological, or basic research.

In this installment, we'll talk about a widely available resource that can help postdocs, as well as other members of the research community, deal with conflict at an informal stage — the ombudsman.

Although committee members did not say there are plans to include evaluations as supportive documentation in federal fellowship grant submissions, the committee did suggest postdocs sit «virtual exit interviews» to help determine «the quality of a postdoc experience and to identify problems.»

For example, in the 2006 survey only 16 percent of postdocs polled noted help for spouses or partners to find jobs as a key factor.

Of a dozen characteristics that the survey provided, 96 percent of respondents regarded good mentoring — including availability when postdocs need advice, the provision of career guidance, and help in resolving problems — as the most critical factor.

«You don't want to be forgotten; you have to go back a couple of times a year,» she says, noting that the travel bursary she received from the French Government as part of the Postdoc Initiative was very helpful in helping her maintain professional ties with France.

As you get the internship you are looking for and then go out and get the job you've been wanting, don't forget to help the other students and postdocs following in your footsteps.

«Bumblebees use what is known as an optic flow to help them avoid crashing into surrounding objects,» said Christine Scholtyssek, Postdoc at the Department of Biology at Lund University.

Senior Special Investigator Brian Baudendistel interviewed Harran, as well as the postdoc who was said to have demonstrated the transfer to Sheri, the two postdocs who tried to help her and her boss at Norac Pharma, where she worked before UCLA.

Because so few postdocs can depend on their mentors for solid help in starting such careers, Clifford emphasized, every postdoc must take the initiative and responsibility for his or her own future and must work as diligently at career development as at bench research.

If the number of postdocs drops as a result of raising postdoc salaries, staff scientists could fill the gap, which should help attract talented scientists to these positions.

Sources for help with these and other aspects of career planning and job hunting include the postdoc offices and career centers at some universities, campus postdoc associations, and professional societies, as well as publications like Science's Next Wave.

As a group we initiated the first divisionwide survey to help us better understand the postdoc experience.

In Ireland, Donnelly helped to set up the Trinity Research Staff Association, which aims to support the growing number of postdocs who have faint prospects of tenure - track jobs by encouraging the university to provide courses in such issues as research management and policy development.

When Reiser joined the Carnegie Institute after her postdoc in 1999 to help launch TAIR, «I wanted to create something that as a graduate student I would have loved to have,» she says.

During her time as a postdoc studying immune response to cancer at NCI, she met the other founders of NPA and helped build the organization.

As the new SURPAS Social Media Chair, Daniel is passionate about dialoguing with postdocs to understand (and help overcome) the variety of challenges we face, as well as building a sense of community both in and out of the University settinAs the new SURPAS Social Media Chair, Daniel is passionate about dialoguing with postdocs to understand (and help overcome) the variety of challenges we face, as well as building a sense of community both in and out of the University settinas well as building a sense of community both in and out of the University settinas building a sense of community both in and out of the University setting.

As a postdoc, Nunnari was among the first to use GFP to visualize mitochondria in yeast, and helped establish the field of mitochondrial dynamics.

Ms. Miller helps with MinorityPostdoc.org activities by researching potential postdoc candidates, taking notes, attending diversity conferences, and serving as a liaison with the LGBTQ community.

This resource has been created to help postdocs think and assess prospectively about what they are seeking from mentors; shift from thinking about good and bad mentors to the core attributes of effective mentoring relationships; recognize that effective mentoring is not just about mentors guiding mentees, but also about mentees guiding mentors — mentoring up; Learn more about recent theoretical, practical and research advances to guide their development of effective mentoring relationships; and become familiar with key resources to continue building their skills as mentees and mentors.