8th Annual Drug Discovery Technology World Congress focddt_50203 The 8th Annual Drug Discovery Technology World Congress in August will provide opportunities to gain new knowledge and understanding, network with fellow professionals, and seek out career prospects. As it has every year since 1996, the 8th Annual Drug Discovery Technology World Congress will provide a global forum for academic, gov...
Success Factors for Postdocs: Ensuring a Fruitful Fellowship ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In this year's survey sponsored by Science Careers, principal investigators pinpoint the characteristics of postdocs and their supervisors that make for fertile fellowships. by Peter Gwynne --------------------------------------------------------------------...
Biogen Idec - http://www.biogen.com Cell Signaling Technology - http://www.cellsignal.com Isis Pharmaceuticals - http://www.isispharm.com Johnson & Johnson - http://www.jnj.com National Postdoctoral Association - http://www.nationalpostdoc.org The majority of postdocs carry out their fellowships at universities, but large numbers find their first job in industry. The transition can prove difficul...
Carnegie Mellon University http://www.cmu.edu McGill University http://www.mcgill.ca Stanford Medical Centerhttp://www.stanford.edu/home/medcenter University of Chicago Hospitals http://www.uchospitals.edu University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill http://www.unc.edu University of Victoria http://www.uvic.ca Modern research in universities, as well as industry, increasingly involves interdiscipl...
foc_033106 Affymetrix (http://www.affymetrix.com) Amgen (http://www.amgen.com) Abbott (http://www.abbott.com) AstraZeneca (http://www.astrazeneca.com) Merck Research Laboratories Boston (http://www.merckboston.com) Promega (http://www.promega.com) Wyeth (http://www.wyeth.com) Scientists who start their corporate lives in the research laboratory don’t have to spend their entire careers at the benc...
foc_052606 Translational medicine facilitates the rapid, effective application of results in the research laboratory to patients in the clinic. To work in the field, individuals need both a broad understanding of basic life science and a passionate interest in human health. Children’s Memorial Research Center (http://www.childrensmrc.org) National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (...
AusBiotech http://ausbiotech.com Australian Research Council http://www.arc.gov.au Australian Stem Cell Centrehttp://www.stemcellcentre.edu.au Centre for Immunology and Cancer Research http://www.cicr.uq.edu.au Department of Education, Science and Training http://www.dest.gov.au Garvan Institute of Medical Research http://www.garvan.org.au Griffith University http://www.griffith.edu.au Institute ...
foc_50903.jpg Genomics brings together concepts and skills from several different disciplines. Succeeding in the field demands flexibility, skill in communications, and an understanding of informatics. Affymetrix | Merck & Co. | Myriad Genetics National Human Genome Research Institute | Northwestern University | Rosetta Inpharmatics Created in the fervent effort to sequence the genomes of humans ...
foc_021006 Postdoctoral fellowships for many life scientists have become marathons that delay their entry to their first “real” jobs by some years. To counter the problem, potential employers in government, industry, and universities have started to set term limits to the postdoctoral experience. Affymetrix, Inc. ( http://www.affymetrix.com) Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center ( http://www.msk...
Amgen http://www.amgen.com Serono Research Institute http://www.serono.com Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution http://www.whoi.edu Yale University School of Medicine http://www.yale.edu It's no coincidence that researchers know the Boston-Cambridge area as "Genetown." Its combination of research universities, research institutions, biotechnology firms, and pharmaceutical companies' research arms...
AAAS http://www.aaas.org Duke University http://www.duke.edu National Postdoctoral Association http://www.nationalpostdoc.org New York State Department of Environmental Conservation http://www.dec.state.ny.us Trinity College, Dublin http://www.tcd.ie University of California, San Diego http://www.ucsd.edu University of California, San Francisco http://www.ucsf.edu University of Colorado http://ww...
foc_100705 Although Germany has a rich scientific tradition, German universities have fallen behind in global research rankings. A new initiative by the federal government aims to change that perception and offer thousands of job opportunities to young scientists. Berlin Charité Medical University | Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH | Federal Ministry of Ed...
foc_042806 H. Lundbeck A/S (http://www.lundbeck.com) Invest in Denmark (http://www.investindk.com) LEO Pharma A/S (http://www.leo-pharma.com) Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (http://www.vtu.dk) Novo Nordisk A/S (http://www.novonordisk.com) Prime Minister’s office (http://www.stm.dk ) Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University (http://www.kvl.dk) Technical University of Denmark (h...
hotjobs Industry analysts and human resources specialists predict which subjects and sectors will provide the best opportunities for life scientists next year — and give advice on how best to gain employment in those areas. Bay Area Bioscience Center ( http://www.baybio.org ) Burrill & Company ( http://www.burrillandco.com ) California State University Program for Education and Research in Biotec...
For the first time in its six years of existence, Science’s survey of Top Employers in the biotechnology, biopharmaceutical, pharmaceutical, and related industries has produced a winner not named Genentech. In a desperately close contest, last year’s No. 2, Germany-based Boehringer Ingelheim, just beat out Genentech and another California biopharma, Amgen. This year’s survey also marked the arriv...
This year’s survey of top employers features a familiar winner. The survey also points out the critical importance of flexible, innovative leadership and responsible behavior toward employees, customers, and potential customers in maintaining a company’s high reputation. In this year’s Science survey of top employers, the industry sees the return of a past winner. For the sixth time in the survey...
TopEmp_LOGO_06 Editor's note: To view full-size charts and figures, click on each to open a PDF version. Showing the winning consistency of a Rocky Marciano or an Annika Sorenstam, Genentech, Inc., once more takes top place in the annual survey sponsored by Science's Office of Publishing and Member Services. The Northern California company has now gained the No. 1 position in each of the five yea...
foc_021706 Brain Mind Institute, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne ( http://www.epfl.ch) F. Hoffmann-La Roche ( http://www.roche.com) Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich ( http://www.ethz.ch) Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research ( http://www.fmi.ch) Institute of Cell Biology, University of Berne ( http://www.izb.unibe.ch) Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research ( ht...
For the first time in its six years of existence, Science’s survey of Top Employers in the biotechnology, biopharmaceutical, pharmaceutical, and related industries has produced a winner not named Genentech. In a desperately close contest, last year’s No. 2, Germany-based Boehringer Ingelheim, just beat out Genentech and another California biopharma, Amgen. This year’s survey also marked the arriv...
foc_093005 Another year, another top employer position for the company that has dominated the rankings in surveys sponsored by Science's™ Office of Publishing and Member Services. But events of the past 12 months have given survey takers an increasingly negative perception of the biopharmaceutical industry. For the fourth straight year, respondents to the survey to identify top employers sponsore...
