If you had asked me near the end of graduate school what I would be doing as a postdoc, I might have answered, "Toiling away at the bench." This flippant answer could come from any postdoc wearing "publish or perish" blinders. At the time, much of what I thought was important to postdocs reflected my graduate student naïveté. Now, although I have toiled mightily at the bench, I have also taken th...
Editor's NoteThis is the second in a three-part series about the organizing efforts of the Biological Sciences Division Postdoctoral Association (BSD-PDA) at the University of Chicago. In the first article, Stephen Gasior wrote about his own reasons for seeking to establish the BSD-PDA. In this installment, we learn why the group believed it was necessary to survey postdocs and what they learned ...
E ditor's Note: This is the final article in a three-part series about the University of Chicago Biological Sciences Division Postdoc Association (BSD-PDA). Earlier articles told of the inspiration to found the association and the process of developing, conducting, and analyzing a survey of the UC BSD postdoc population. In this article, we learn how survey results can be used to advocate for cha...
