Quest for Career Seminars are held the 1st Thursday of every month at 1:00 p.m., beginning September 4th, in NL3.120. Speakers and topics are still being finalized.
Consider academic scientist for a career.
Before you rule out a career as an academic scientist, consider the benefits, as described by Ron Vale, Ph.D., Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Francisco in his inspirational article "It's a Wonderful Life: A Career as an Academic Scientist," Molecular Biology of the Cell 21(1): 11-14.
August 4
Taking Science to the Market: Careers in technology commercialization
Claire Aldridge, PhD
Vice President, Venture development
Remeditex ventures
1pm, NL3.120
(Together with PDA CDC)
September 1
A Rewarding Career in Industry: the dark side isn't that dark after all.
Science at Sigma
Shondra Miller
Sigma
October 27
All things post-doc: Where to do your post-doc and what it takes to get hired
Dr. James Stull, PhD (Chairman, Department of Physiology)
Dr. Ryan Potts, PhD (Asst. Prof., Department of Physiology)
Dr. Deirdre Brekken, PhD (Postdoctoral Affairs Office)
Dr. Daniel Dries, PhD (Postdoctoral Association, vice president)
Dr. Jason Key, PhD (Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biochemistry)
November 10
For the Public Good: Education and Careers in Public Health
Raul Caetano Ph.D.
Regional Dean and Professor
Dallas Regional Campus, UT Southwestern School of Public Health
December 1
Herson Quinones
Astra Zeneca
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