This results in high turnover within the postdoctoral association
as postdocs move on to the next step in their career.
As postdocs move from one short - term contract to another, they can find it increasingly difficult to find posts that offer funding to more experienced researchers.
Not exact matches
I noticed that after your
postdoc appointment, you
moved to industry, where you have held several roles of increasing responsibilities, and your work focuses on [same research topic
as me].
«It's definitely important to reduce the
postdoc period to get people
moving on to their next career spot, especially if they're doing a
postdoc as a default.
Her main focus has been studying how the central nervous system develops in embryos: in frogs
as a graduate student, then in mice
as a
postdoc at Duke University starting in 1997, and later at U.C. San Francisco when her lab
moved to the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center there in 1999.
But for the thousands of
postdocs employed on NIH PI grants, prospects under the CR looked much less certain
as NIH announced plans to fund grant renewals below their original amounts, «generally up to 80 % of the previously committed level,» according the NIH Web site — a
move that would put intense pressure on principal investigators to economize.
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.
«We had high - school and college - age students with grad students and
postdocs in the lab, and they were each sharing experiences, educating each other
as to how to go from that specific part of their lives and
move on to the challenges of the next phase, both scientifically and personally,» she says.
Odds are, however, that things will
move slowly, so an early start to the job search will serve to minimize the number of weeks you spend cooling your heels
as a «
postdoc» in your graduate adviser's lab.
After a few years
as an Assistant Professor, someone told me about a free book «Making the Right
Moves: A Practical Guide to Scientific Management for
Postdocs and New Faculty».
Despite a tight budget, NIH is
moving forward with a plan to help
as many
as 200
postdocs each year establish their own labs.
In 2002, he
moved to Edmonton, Canada, to serve
as a
postdoc at the University of Alberta.
«The big thing about the act,» says Sethna, «is that it takes away a lot of the anxiety over the
postdoc's immigration status
as he or she
moves toward the permanent visa, or green card.»
As they plan their
move, students and
postdocs «should familiarise themselves with the regulations in the discipline in that country» by looking at relevant websites, seeking information from mentors, or even getting in touch with the local consulate, Nath suggests.
Clues
as to my next
move came during my editorial career;
as the well - known editorial assistant in the biology department, I had often been approached by PhD students and
postdocs to look over their CVs and application letters to check the grammar and spelling.
For Clark, doing one or two
postdocs and then
moving on to something else «needs to be seen
as healthy and productive,» not a failure
as it is so often perceived at present.
Investment in personal development and career enhancement while individuals are in
postdoc positions will clearly benefit a university if an individual stays in academia — but it should also be seen
as a university's contribution to national well - being if a
postdoc chooses to
move out of academia to pursue other opportunities.
There are so many spectacular examples of individuals
moving on to industry, government, teaching, start - up companies, the media, and elsewhere after a 2 - or 3 - year
postdoc «leavening» following their Ph.D. that it is surprising that others do not see this
as a most attractive route for career enrichment.
«In the US I could have tried to apply for grants while still working
as a
postdoc, and I would have
moved to an independent position once I had some money secured.
She joined HHMI in the spring of 1995
as a program officer and has since
moved through the ranks to senior officer in charge of several fellowship programs for graduate students and
postdocs.
I first met Thomas 2 years earlier, during my Midwest
postdoc from hell, and
as soon
as I knew where I was
moving, I sent him an e-mail.
Following her
postdocs, she worked
as a Senior Research Scientist at Clark Atlanta University before
moving to the Department of Pharmacology at Howard University College of Medicine
as an Assistant Professor where she is currently on tenure track.
As I wrote in my first Next Wave article, I was deciding between continuing along the academic path — doing a
postdoc and applying for faculty positions — and
moving over into industry and accepting a research or management position there.
However, IF they decide to
move forward (most
postdocs will be getting the minimum; there are only a few colleges / institutes left), UMich will provide some bridge funding
as an incentive.
After her
postdoc, Chefetz
moved to the University of Michigan to work
as a research fellow with oncologist Ron Buckanovich.
After that I
moved to Innsbruck
as a
Postdoc at the Medical University, from 2004 to 2006.
After a
postdoc with Thomas Graf and a junior faculty position at the EMBL Heidelberg, he was recruited
as research director on the associate professor level by the French national research agency CNRS and
moved to the Centre d'Immunologie de Marseille - Luminy (CIML) in Marseille, where he has been a principle investigator since 1999 and was promoted to research director on the full professor level in 2009.
He stayed there for another 18 months
as a
postdoc before
moving to Zurich, Switzerland, to continue his
postdoc with Konrad Basler.
As with many
postdoc positions, is a fixed - term, temporary assignment, after which she plans to
move back to her «real» home (outside California).