individuals electing to undergo postdoctoral training have to realize that only a small percentage will obtain the coveted tenure-track academic position. However, this is not the only career option.
"This should be the guiding principle to judge the quality of a postdocs training: Is it providing the scientific and professional skills that will advance their professional career?"
Currently, in Singapore, as in the rest of Asia, there is a shortage of well-trained HPLC analysts in TCHM R&D laboratories and TCHM manufacturing industries.
"With the dramatic need for more research personnel in the Canadian labour force and the increased support that the federal government is likely to provide for research training in response to this need, there is a bright future for young researchers in Canada."
"To resist this crumbling of the position of fundamental research, a small group of universities, all in Europe and all research-intensive with an excellent rating, recently decided to form a league."
"Postdocs should be given space to discover their potential value to a wide array of audiences (and employers), encouragement to make career choices reflecting their passion and expertise, and the knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in their chosen profession."
"The postdoc and the institution/lab have a reciprocal relationship of support and mutual dependence that I would argue is analogous to an employer-employee relationship rather than a mentor-trainee association."
"Early career researchers from anywhere will be able to apply to the EC's programmes for funding, and the quid pro quo for Europeans is that they will be able to take their fellowships to the Americas, Australasia, or Asia."
The biomedical initiative, Yeo explains, is meant to combine these elements into an integrated, goal-oriented approach to develop human, intellectual, and industrial capital in the life sciences