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This common interview question can be dangerous if you don't know how to handle it.

Since 1998, the best career advice for industry-bound scientists.

"When faced with decisions about sharing, scientists should consider seriously the broader impact of their decisions on the fundamental characteristics of the scientific enterprise and, when at all possible, err on the side of openness."

I've also learned that entrepreneurship is not about the pursuit of fast money; it's about achieving a long-sought personal goal.

Though the competition may be stiff, getting into such a high profile field has its own career rewards.

His circuitous route took him through numerous low-paying jobs to community college, a bachelor's degree at the University of Washington, and--eventually--to graduate school at Harvard.

"This is an environment where everyone is considered and assumed to be a responsible, engaged adult until proven otherwise. You do what you have to do to get the job done." -Holly Butler

Stephen James: "As a scientist, you must be willing to work toward making a product." Gaining new knowledge for its own sake it not enough.

Young scientists have to be willing to learn about the commercialisation of new products and the related market if they are to play an important role in developing European biotech into a more mature industry.

"I remember starting out with a simple interest in languages and language acquisition as a hobby. Now it's taken me to looking at how the brain is hardwired, and understanding how the influence of environment can alter this wiring structure." --Edward Ruthazer

Jones believes that senior scientists have "lost a sense of accountability to the next generation insofar as all of our interests in them are self interests ... so that
our career can get advanced but not necessarily
their career."

"Listen to everyone who has something to say, file the opinions, and make your own decisions anyway." --Avi Spier

He has demanded much from himself and his colleagues ever since he was young.

Tony Kouzarides also has a strong commitment to asking what he calls the "right questions" and an unusual willingness to bet on his instincts.

Identifying and addressing self-confidence issues can help early-career scientists make swifter progress.

The best and most popular stories of 2012, as chosen by readers and editors.

The agency has updated its grant proposal guide, but its new use of "products" in the biosketch, in place of publications, is ambiguous.

In almost every work environment the ability to influence others is an essential job skill.