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María Pascual has influenced European policy from her perch in regulatory affairs at an adult stem cell drug development company in Spain.

There are no fail-safe recipes for success, but some basic, tried-and-true principles can be counted on.

"I think there is an increased awareness of the contributions postdocs make."

Cultivating and nurturing your mentoring relationships are essential, particularly in the complex landscape of clinical and translational research.

Two new initiatives seek to prepare postdocs for off-campus careers.

These days, postdocs need to demonstrate their independence early, which they can do by negotiating with advisers, seeking individual fellowships, or obtaining a junior-PI position.

Nenad Ban made a name for himself by finally cracking the crystal structures of complex macromolecules.

Intent on starting a business, Loleta Robinson (who has a medical degree and an M.B.A.), enrolled in ACTIVATE, a year-long University of Maryland, Baltimore program for aspiring entrepreneurial women.

Tenured scientists tell stories about how they managed to restart their research careers.

Archaeologist and naturalist Jordi Serrallonga has developed an unconventional career for which research and travel are both adventures.

Speed networking can be an effective way to promote new research collaborations.

State OSHA investigations of a fatal fire at UCLA point to changes needed to make academic labs safer.

A medical doctor and an engineering student are preparing to carry out experiments in microgravity in a student competition from the European Space Agency.

There are restrictions and limitations on doing for-profit science, but there are also many advantages to joining industry.

Like it or not, each of us has only 168 hours a week to spend in whatever way we see fit, and most of us apply at least one-fourth of those hours—about half of our waking hours—engaged in some type of gainful employment.

As science-funding agencies begin to dispense the huge stimulus appropriation, opinions about its ultimate impact on early-career scientists are mixed.

People well versed in environmental topics, or productive in developing methods that lighten the environmental footprint, will be highly sought, key players in the development of the new economy—and well rewarded.

Translational social scientists adapt research for the people it aims to serve and carry the lessons they learn in the community back to the lab.

Blending a passion for the arts into a scientific career can greatly enrich both experiences.

While today's economic conditions are brutal, the forces shaping the drug industry's downsizing and restructuring have been at play for some time.