Career Paths

Kate
Sleeth

Do you dread giving presentations?

I know that I do.  Unfortunately, as scientists the medium through which we often present our findings is through either a poster or seminar presentation.  Either way, it involves standing in front of a group of people and telling them the story of your research.  Easy, right?  W...


Clement
Weinberger

Get it write….

PhDs in science all spend many hours at the bench doing research to get results that will either confirm or reject their research hypothesis. They write, defend and revise a thesis. On the way, and as soon as possible afterward, they publish their research and its significance. Staying in academia h...


Darren
Lafreniere

New Blog on Consulting Careers

Hello – my name is Darren Lafreniere. I am a Management Consulting Recruiting expert and former Management Consultant (A.T. Kearney) focused on helping B.Com, MBA and Advanced Degree students successfully navigate through the complex and challenging consulting application and interview process.&nb...


Virginie
Adam

Inspired

“I am among those who think that science has great beauty. A scientist is not only a technician: he is also a child placed before natural phenomena which impress him like a fairy tale.”These words by Marie Curie resonate with me, as they accurately describe my feelings of awe and curiosity which...


Kate
Sleeth

Science Fairs

I was recently given the opportunity to judge a few middle school science fairs, and I jumped at the chance.  Not only because I have never been to one (as I am English I have never participated in one before, either as a contestant or a judge) so I was curious to see what it was like, but also...


Jason
Sherwin

Ah, the rocket scientist from the Upper West Side

“Ah, the rocket scientist from the Upper West Side!” That was the greeting I got when I was called in for the voir dire with the attorneys. They knew this from the questionnaire all jurors had to complete on arrival at the courthouse. I had jury duty last week – the infamous jury duty of New Y...


Dr
27

27 and a PhD

Greetings dear reader. My name is Stephanie (not my real name). I’m a 30 year old scientist in NYC. Originally I started my blog (twentysevenandaphd.wordpress.com) two months prior to my thesis defense. I was 27 at the time, hoping that I’d defend before turning 28. My defense happened that summ...


Sarah
Owen

Who are Those People in the Suits?

So why consulting?  What is consulting?  If you’ve seen the movie “Keeping the Faith,” Jenna Elfman’s character is a consultant and has a great quote: “I’m like a plumber, but I fix leaky companies.”  While clients who are not in trouble also hire consultants, in a basic...


Sarah
Owen

Finding My Way Out of the Lab

I was post-qualifying exam and officially a third-year.  Allegedly the “third year” status means that you have more time to focus on your research projects and that you’re almost done teaching.  It also seemed to mean that you were in this “gap” period in grad school: post-qualif...


Sarah
Owen

Still a Geek, Just without the Acid Holes

Hello!  This is my first blog post here at Bio Careers, so let’s start off with a few random factoids.  I graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a PhD in Chemistry, where I dabbled a bit with sugar chemistry at the bench and studied aberrant glycosylation associated w...