A life science careers blog for early career researchers
This blog aims to inspire early career researchers exploring different career options. We provide interview-based profiles of life scientists working in diverse science-related careers and articles on a broad range of career-related topics, with new content added on a regular basis.
The blog was established to support the work of the EIPOD career development service in providing careers information for EMBL Interdisciplinary Postdocs and the broader community of PhD and postdocs at EMBL and beyond. It is run by the EMBL Fellows’ Career Service, in collaboration with the EMBL International PhD and Postdoc programmes and with support from EMBL’s Alumni relations office.
Ami S. Lakdawala shared details of her career in pharma Research & Development, which has taken her from computational chemistry to overarching roles in strategy and operations
Tobias Maier talked to us about how a blog he started during his postdoc led to his career in science communication.
This post includes top tips for your job application and interview, based on the advice provided by recruiters and hiring managers at EMBL career events.
Ilaria Ferlenghi tells us about her career in industry, and her thoughts on how research in industry compares to academia.
We talked to David Jackson about his career, which has taken him from a wet-lab PhD at EMBL to leading bioinformatics innovation in biotech.
Anne Nielsen tells us about her role as a scientific editor at The EMBO Journal, including how she made the transtition from a postdoc to EMBO.
“Informational interviews” are one of the best tools to get insights into different career areas. In this article, we provide 5 tips that can help you use this tool effectively.
We summarize some of the main themes and advice from our 2018 Career Day.
