I investigate how brain drains and demographic time bombs are forcing some countries to rethink the postdoc.
After a brief stint as a general surgeon, and a PhD in translational cancer research from the MRC Cancer Cell Unit, University of Cambridge, UK, Bali Muralidhar changed career direction to venture capital investment. Finding job satisfaction as a venture…
Her job is to get scientific expertise into the heads of decision-makers. Trade Talk: Policy Analyst, published on 12 November 2015, is an interview with Catherine Ball, as part of the Nature Careers Trade Talk series. In the interview, Catherine…
Opportunities abound in the non-profit sector for researchers who seek to follow their passions. Non-profit organizations: Scientists on a mission, published in Nature Careers on 12 November 2015, explores what it's like working for various different types of science-focussed non-profit…
Working in science policy is all about taking complex science from experts and translating it into something accessible, to be used in key decision making. Finding job satisfaction as a policy analyst is a Q&A with Catherine Ball, a policy analyst with…
Friendly mathematician describes scientists' natural advantages for meeting new colleagues.</2> Turning Point: Alaina Levine is a Q&A in Nature Careers about Alaina's career path from mathematician to science-careers consultant and author.
Short-term upheaval can yield widespread collaborations and long-term resources. Mobility: A strategic move is a feature article in Nature Careers about how being mobile during your early career as a science researcher can benefit you in the longer term. Many…
A microbiologist dispenses career advice for his postdocs, but they had better bring their own funding. Roberto Kolter has been hiring postdocs for 3 decades. In that time, he's seen which postdocs do well and which don't. With the way…
Core facilities: Shared support is an insight into what core facilities are and how they run. As the traditional academic career track is becoming more and more difficult to pursue, this article gives researchers an alternative science research-related career path that…
My first piece for Nature Careers, Mental health: Stressed students reach out for help, explores how graduate students struggling with the stresses of their work and lives can tap into multiple avenues of support. These avenues include those grass-roots initiatives set…