Career Magazine

Issue for December 2, 2005

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Issues and Perspectives

Career Advice

Retraining Scientists: Changing Fields, Gaining Skills

By:

Clinton Parks

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The Job Market

The Job Market

The Job Market

Patient to Retrain in Patent Law

By:

Anne Forde

"You have a lot to learn, but when you can argue the case of your patent application successfully to a patent examiner, it's great," says Sarah Thompson.

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Issues and Perspectives

Career Advice

Physicist, Heal Thyself

By:

Jim Kling

I knew a little molecular biology, but I had no notion of what you could do experimentally. It reminded me of electronics, the idea that you had these tools to splice things together in an ordered way, that you could reengineer things in the cell to do something else. --Mark Goulian

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Diversity Issues

Diversity Issues

Diversity Issues

STEPping Up the Production of U.S. Scientists

By:

Edna Francisco

The bill allowed NSF to develop a new program to increase the number of U.S. citizens and permanent residents with undergraduate degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

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Career Advice

Career Advice

Career Advice

When You Run Into Brick Walls: Coping With Frustrations In The Lab

By:

Irene S. Levine

"Rarely does science run a straight, predictable course. Some of the detours and accidents proved to be the greatest breakthroughs," says Debbie Mandel, stress management expert.

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The Job Market

The Job Market

The Job Market

A Non-Traditional Science Postdoc

By:

Meghan Guinnee

As I leave the familiar world of my doctorate program and return to the real world, I realize that I don’t
need to go down the traditional path. I’ve realized that it's okay to take a less-traveled road.

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Retraining Scientists: Changing Fields, Gaining Skills

Patient to Retrain in Patent Law

Physicist, Heal Thyself

STEPping Up the Production of U.S. Scientists

When You Run Into Brick Walls: Coping With Frustrations In The Lab

A Non-Traditional Science Postdoc

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Issue for December 2, 2005

Retraining Scientists: Changing Fields, Gaining Skills

Patient to Retrain in Patent Law

Physicist, Heal Thyself

STEPping Up the Production of U.S. Scientists

When You Run Into Brick Walls: Coping With Frustrations In The Lab

A Non-Traditional Science Postdoc

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