Sentences with phrase «such as the postdoc»

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So Kozlowski suggests that candidates should «get involved in things outside the lab, such as your institution's grad student or postdoc associations, where you can gain leadership and organizational skills.»

How does the experience of doing a postdoc at a company such as MedImmune compare to doing one at a university?

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.

As O'Reilly told the Boston Globe, these cases are about «recognizing the contributions of students and postdoc researchers at institutions such as HarvarAs O'Reilly told the Boston Globe, these cases are about «recognizing the contributions of students and postdoc researchers at institutions such as Harvaras Harvard.

These different title codes are significant not only because they make it very difficult to identify and track postdocs but, more importantly, they define attributes such as benefits offered and salary ranges.

In addition to serving as apprentices, postdocs should be offered the same training and opportunities provided doctoral students in programs such as IE.

But it actively «encourage [s] the formation of local associations» that transcend single institutions and already «a couple of alliances are forming» in such postdoc - rich locales as New York City and the North Carolina research triangle.

But such people contact could be several years down the line, and as a postdoc you might find that you only discuss your work routinely with one person — your supervisor.

Alas postdocs are also not immune to such periods of unpaid work or even career interruptions, because even though the starting date for a new position tends to be close to the allocation of the grant, the FJI reports delays as long as 8 months before the names of the grant - holders are actually announced.

Some of the excellent new teachers the nation needs, Vasquez noted at a Washington, D.C., briefing, could be postdocs attracted into the classroom partially by a desire to pass on the excitement of science but also by new programs that could provide incentives such as higher pay and opportunities for continued participation in research.

That can cause mix - ups, such as the day at Berkeley when «you have the fire drill in the building, and the postdoc breaks his ankle.

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.

Will they suggest changes in incentives, such as requiring grant recipients and institutions to track and report on the progress of their postdoc «alumni» and to consider them part of the university's and principal investigator's scholarly production?

These include the career counselor at your university, your postdoc office, online resources such as Science Careers, and the library.

I found myself in such a situation between 2001 and 2004, as an MIT postdoc supported by a Fulbright fellowship.

To fund workshops geared to students, postdocs, and young researchers, the group draws on resources from regional and international government funding agencies [such as the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)-RSB-, and international agencies including UNESCO and the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics.

Such training best prepares young scientists to fill specialist positions, such as technician, permanent postdoc, and staff scientist — not necessarily to perform all the tasks needed to conduct studies of their own and eventually become aSuch training best prepares young scientists to fill specialist positions, such as technician, permanent postdoc, and staff scientist — not necessarily to perform all the tasks needed to conduct studies of their own and eventually become asuch as technician, permanent postdoc, and staff scientist — not necessarily to perform all the tasks needed to conduct studies of their own and eventually become a PI.

Morris sees the clarification as a positive sign because it «shows that NIH knows this is an issue, that postdocs and grad students are not getting specific instruction in soft skills such that they can transition successfully to their next jobs» — whatever those jobs may be.

Given the risks involved, international students and postdocs experiencing workplace conflicts may want to start with services that ensure confidentiality, such as the ombudsman office, says Margaret Hellwarth, an international scholar adviser at the University of California, Davis.

According to Spohrer, postdocs are more likely than doctoral students to match the company's ideal employee hiring profile: a so - called «T - shaped» professional, with both depth of training in one area and a breadth of experience, such as having worked in different countries or having both scientific and business skills.

Although you can not force someone to care about what they are doing, there are ways — such as giving postdocs as much choice as possible over what projects to pursue and ownership over the work — to encourage productivity.

«The foreign students and postdocs that have joined my lab — including those from such places as Iran, Palestine, Japan, Korea, and China — have not struggled in our environment,» says Summers.

Postdocs feel that, in a highly competitive academic system that values research output above all other factors, it is difficult to devote time to other academic duties such as supervising students.

Interviews with postdocs include statements such as: «Really everything depends on how you perform in the postdocs,» and «It feels like I have to publish this next paper to still have bread to eat tomorrow.»

Those who favor such changes, including forward - looking policy makers, administrators, and postdocs themselves, need a strong advocate — such as the NPA — to pressure these organizations to push these changes through.

Obviously, health policies need to extend to postdocs in situations such as this one.

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 exchange, though, postdocs can enjoy student perks, such as deferment of student loans, eligibility for campus housing, health care, and student discounts.

In the absence of an office of postdoctoral affairs, postdocs should identify sympathetic senior administrators, such as departmental chairs, the vice provost of research, or institute heads.

Qualifying neither as faculty, staff, nor students, postdocs across the country escape ready categorization, bearing diverse titles such as «research associate» or «nonmatriculated graduate student.»

As a postdoc in the tokamak turbulence theory group, I am currently involved in further developing our numerical methods, and I continue my work on the influence of magnetic field shape in tokamaks such as ASDEX UpgradAs a postdoc in the tokamak turbulence theory group, I am currently involved in further developing our numerical methods, and I continue my work on the influence of magnetic field shape in tokamaks such as ASDEX Upgradas ASDEX Upgrade.

Within the lab I bounced ideas off a colleague and chatted to other postdocs who were expressing similar feelings and doubts about their future career and investigating such alternatives as patent work, investment banking, and technology transfer.

Other issues, such as getting a campus e-mail account or using interlibrary loan services, seem simple but often must be dealt with by postdoc offices simply because of gaps in policies or procedures.

I was fortunate in that the JHPDA was already well established and had a record of success in petitioning the university administration for changes, such as adopting minimal salary guidelines and providing basic health insurance for all postdocs.

Additionally, once postdocs arrive on campus, their inclusion in other university systems such as grants and contracts or accounting databases can not happen before the office processes their paperwork.

The article, authored by Linda Wang, tackles important questions such as whether it is a good strategy to apply for jobs that require lower qualifications; what doing multiple postdocs says to an employer; how you can improve the visibility of your resume in computer databases; and how an applicant's social media presence can backfire.

All of these activities can be viewed as benefiting the postdoc in some way, such as gaining experience in teaching or grant writing, but the benefits to institutions and their faculty contributed by postdocs can not be disregarded.

Coming to the United States to do a postdoc presents a variety of unexpected challenges, such as getting a credit card and navigating unfamiliar social customs.

McDowell will also be «continuing efforts to collaborate with other groups,» such as the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, which proposed at its Sustainability Summit in February a project to catalog, categorize, and clarify the titles that universities use for postdoc positions.

Even as a qualification for faculty jobs at some liberal arts colleges, a postdoc might be a better choice than a VAP, because many such colleges expect you to establish a productive research program.

Some postdocs, such as those at the University of North Carolina's Bowles Center for Alcohol Research, are paid wholly or partially with state money — in this case, from a trust fund supported by drunk driving fines.

Freeman has another idea: The way to attract young American talent is by providing much higher incomes for graduate students and postdocs, but with the explicit understanding that, as in such other highly prestigious, highly competitive fields as acting, music and professional sports, only a few of those who enter the competition will win the jackpot of a successful long - term career.

Companies in the consortium locate postdocs at universities and offer them funding to work on industry projects in such areas as nanobiotechnology, marine biotechnology, and vaccine development.

«We receive complaints from some institutions in which postdocs have to go through conflict of interest hoops without having such benefits as the ability to obtain access to employer - matched retirement programs.»

Staver and former Yale postdoc Julie C. Aleman, now at the University of Montreal, used traditional sources such as early 20th - century European maps to estimate the extent of African forests in 1900.

In addition there is the possibility of obtaining a discretionary award for a specific purpose such as hiring a postdoc.

Whereas other programmes, such as Ramón y Cajal, also aim to give postdocs the opportunity to lead their own research team within a public research centre, they often have to apply for grants independently to fund their research.

With most permanent researchers in the survey having a tenured position and most researchers on temporary contracts being postdocs, many factors, such as experience and age, could explain these differences in productivity, Siobhan Phillips, a senior science officer at ESF who was the survey methodology adviser and lead author, says in an email to Science Careers.

Such a role might compensate for what is perceived, by at least a third to half of the respondents, as inadequate departmental or adviser expertise and mentoring concerning postdocs» career - development needs.

In 2000, 9 years and three postdocs later, Wellington earned a position as assistant professor at the University of British Columbia, where she studies genes that regulate cholesterol metabolism and examines their role in neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's.