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Jones believes that senior scientists have "lost a sense of accountability to the next generation insofar as all of our interests in them are self interests ... so that
our career can get advanced but not necessarily
their career."

"Listen to everyone who has something to say, file the opinions, and make your own decisions anyway." --Avi Spier

"To me, having a Ph.D. and being a professor is a lifelong learning experience. The degree, to me, is to teach you how to teach yourself later on." --Adil Shamoo

GREAT is now transforming its committee on postdocs into a body that will have its own independent, university-appointed membership, elected leadership, and meetings.

"I had the good sense to have a serious accident when the market was down." --Cynthia Robbins-Roth

"We're visual communicators and the target audience that we communicate with can be very different whether it's a jury in a courtroom or a high school student using a biology textbook, the level of information is very different," says Linda Wilson-Pauwels, Director, Biomedical Communications Program, University of Toronto.

For some applicants, just competing for the Pathways award was a valuable experience.

Protecting human research subjects is hot stuff right now.

Asian scientists are a major presence in U.S. biomedical research labs. So why do so few hold leadership positions?

Transfer students thrived when we brought them together with successful peers and program alumni to form formal and informal peer networks.

Gregory is now nearing completion of his Ph.D. at UCLA so now he has to figure out the next step on his career path.

"I really enjoy that I get to work with my friends, and also get to illustrate the subjects that I love." - Dino Pulerà, biomedical illustrator.

If you don't have a pathway award or a similar fellowship, you'll probably be competing for the positions left over once all the award winners have been placed.

The interview process, she points out, goes both ways: They are interviewing you and you are interviewing them.

Won't call back, part 2 ... Preliminary data and predoc fellowships.

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