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Bring home the (scientific) troops!
Read related entries to this post: Pitching solutions: Transition awards and Targeted Hiring The Problem: A lack of faculty positions at top-tier Canadian Universities and Research Institutes Making the Case for Increased Federal Support of Biomedical Research Repatriating young Canadian … Continue reading
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Tagged biomedical research, Budget 2010, business, Canada, CIHR, degrees, doctors, education, Employment, Faculty jobs, fellowship, funding, Government, Graduate Student, Health Canada, industry canada, Leona Aglukkaq, PDF, Policy, Post Doc, postacademic jobs, Science, SSHRC, Stephen Harper, Training, University
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Pitching solutions: Transition awards and Targeted Hiring
Read Jonathan’s earlier related entries to catch up on the series: Making the Case for Increased Federal Support of Biomedical Research and The Problem: A lack of faculty positions at top-tier Canadian Universities and Research Institutes One approach, in which Canada is … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, degrees, doctors, education, Employment, fellowship, funding, Government, Graduate Student, K99 Transitional Award, life choices, PDF, PhD, Post Doc, scholarship, Science, Training, University
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Identifying good scientists and keeping them honest
In a February 2011 interview with Lab Times, Cambridge scientist Peter Lawrence1 reflects on his own career and complains that “the heart of research is sick” as he charts the changes in the way in which science is pursued. Briefly, … Continue reading
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Tagged Cambridge, CMAJ, doctors, education, fellowship, funding, Graduate Student, grantsmanship, Journals, Lab Times, life choices, Medical Research Council, Nature, non-academic jobs, PDF, Peer Review, Peter Lawrence, PLoS ONe, Policy, Post Doc, postacademic jobs, Retraction Watch, royal society, Science, science and society, scientific ombudsman, Training, University
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Quarterly Summary: Black Hole 2.0
Happy 2011 everyone – we hope you’ve all enjoyed 2010 and are looking forward to engaging you on many new (and old) issues in the coming year. It’s been a great quarter for us with increased traffic despite a slightly … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, degrees, doctors, education, Employment, fellowship, funding, Government, Graduate Student, knowledge translation, life choices, media, money, non-academic jobs, PDF, PhD, Policy, Post Doc, postacademic jobs, science communication, science literacy, Summary, Training, transferrable skills, University
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New Metrics for Assessing Scientists: Collaboration Networks
Two of the most common complaints heard over coffee in medical science labs and the source of much mental anguish are 1) “Is there any hope in getting a Cell, Science or Nature paper” followed by 2) “Does my career … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, collaboration, collaboration networks, Counting Collaboration, Daniel Cressy, degrees, doctors, education, Employment, falsely constructed consensus, funding, MCAT fever, Nature retraction, non-academic jobs, Peer Review, Policy, publication record, Science, scientist metric, transferrable skills, University
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To MD or PhD: That is the Question
I almost entitled this post, When I grow up, I want to be “what all my friends are”. Indeed, almost everyone around me, apart from a few sane friends whom I treasure dearly, currently holds the title of either MD … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, degrees, doctors, education, Graduate Student, life choices, Masters in Public Health, MD, non-academic jobs, PhD, Science, Training, University
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So you want to be “What my parents wanted” when you grow up…
This is the penultimate entry in our So you want to be a “____” when you grow up series and we have received some really good feedback on it – one final one to come from Beth later this week. … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, degrees, doctors, education, Employment, Graduate Student, Jobs, lawyer, life choices, MBA, MD, money, non-academic jobs, patents, PDF, PhD, Post Doc, postacademic jobs, Science, Training, transferrable skills, ubaka Ogbogu, University
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So, you want to be a Researcher in Industry…
QUICK HITS: 1. If you were interested in previous posts of mine about how well science information is distributed and received in the UK, then you might also want to have a gander at a recent post that I made … Continue reading
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Tagged BIOTECanada, business, Canada, Canadian Biotechnology Strategy, Careers in science, degrees, doctors, education, Employment, Graduate Student, Industry, life choices, MBA, money, non-academic jobs, NSERC, PDF, PhD, Policy, Post Doc, postacademic jobs, Research scientist, Science, Staff scientist, Student Biotechnology Network, Training, transferrable skills, UBC Therapeutics Intitiative, University
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Quarterly Summary: Guest bloggers and the road to solutions
Over the first six months of this site’s existence, a lot of virtual ink has been dedicated to highlighting the major concerns about the way we train scientists and how scientific information is communicated to the public and government. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, CAPS, career mobility, CIHR, Council of Canadian Academies, degrees, doctors, Employment, fellowship, funding, Government, Graduate Student, knowledge translation, life choices, media, money, non-academic jobs, PDF, PhD, Policy, Post Doc, postacademic jobs, Science, science blogs, science communication, science literacy, Summary, Training, transferrable skills, University
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Doctors of Philosophy? I fear not…
Quick Hit: I now write for the Stem Cell Network’s blog and have published two entries for them. The first is on stem cell resources and organizations in the UK, and the second is of broader interest regarding a New … Continue reading
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Tagged BC Cancer Agency, biomedical, Cambridge, Canada, degrees, doctors, education, engineer, Graduate Student, life choices, off campus, PDF, PhD, Policy, Post Doc, research institute, Science, SickKids, Training, transferrable skills, UBC, University
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