«I am a geneticist but I am also a veterinarian and having the ability to eliminate a disease as painful and debilitating as IVDD is the most satisfying
result of my scientific career,» Bannasch said.
Not exact matches
Careers attract careerists, in Feyerabend's words: «devoid
of ideas, full
of fear, intent on producing some paltry
result so that they can add to the flood
of inane papers that now constitutes «
scientific progress» in many areas.»
Choosing a
career in industry may seem risky at a time when the pharmaceutical industry has shed many
scientific jobs as a
result of the global recession and looming restructuring
of the drug - development process.
«Studies like this one are extremely important to better understand
scientific career [s],» notes Geuna, who recently edited a book on the global mobility
of research scientists, although the study's
results «might not be generalized to the population as the sample includes only «stars»» and excludes postdocs.
The consensus prevailed among the members
of the Ringberg Circle that the quality
of teaching should be evaluated in standardized terms and that the
results of this evaluation should contribute to the
career of university teachers in the same way as
scientific success in terms
of publication numbers.
But this major
scientific work was not published until 1704, as a
result of one
of the most protracted personality clashes
of Newton's tempestuous
career: he was unable, and never learned, to cope with criticism
of any kind, and he did not suffer fools gladly.
«In the
scientific community, we all know that scholarly conferences are important,» she said, «but we needed to demonstrate that through clear - cut examples
of how conference attendance has advanced someone's
career, promoted international collaboration, or
resulted in amazing discoveries to benefit society.»
The contributions and impact
of Oehmen's early
career research in data - intensive analytics applications have already
resulted in 17 peer - reviewed publications in the open
scientific literature, 3 book chapters, invited oral presentations at
scientific conferences, and the release
of the ScalaBLAST software.
Prof. Goffeau was a highly praised mentor and published hundreds
of scientific papers
of which many
resulted from large collaborations; he also served on journal editorial boards, organized meetings, and performed many other valuable services to the
scientific community over his
career.
Another fact: The idea that a layman somehow knows something about climate trends that literally thousands
of climate scientists who have spent their
careers working with the subject (and who have published their
results in peer - reviewed journals and at
scientific conferences) is ludicrous and the height
of arrogance.