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Issue for November 1, 2002

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Career Choices: Passion in the Workplace

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Kathie Sindt

"Did I love science? I was angry about his questioning. Of course I loved science. How dare he question me about my dream."

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Making the Best of Your PI's Sabbatical

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Sibrina Collins

"My PI's sabbatical departure gave me the opportunity to balance research, management, and administrative responsibilities."

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Postdocs Get Primer on How to Survive Abroad

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Dennis Normile,

Andrew Lawler

"The U.S. approach to intellectual property rights is foreign to many Japanese scientists. But ignoring it could mean jail."

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Personalised Development

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Kirstie Urquhart

"It's an opportunity to take a step back from the everyday grind, learn something about your capabilities, try out some different skills ..."

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Forget Teaching; Research is King

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Robert Fulford

"This is a sacred belief [that good researchers make good teachers] in academe, but no one has ever demonstrated it; the only evidence for it is anecdotal, the kind that professors reject when it's offered by students."

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After the PhD, What's Next?

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Carolyn Gramling

"There are good options outside the research laboratory. The biotech, pharmaceutical, and related industries offer a range of non-laboratory-based jobs."

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Kirstie Urquhart

"The Action Plan makes a strong call to train scientists in skills that go beyond their specialist expertise."

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Issue for November 1, 2002

Career Choices: Passion in the Workplace

Making the Best of Your PI's Sabbatical

Postdocs Get Primer on How to Survive Abroad

Personalised Development

Forget Teaching; Research is King

After the PhD, What's Next?

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Issue for November 1, 2002

Career Choices: Passion in the Workplace

Making the Best of Your PI's Sabbatical

Postdocs Get Primer on How to Survive Abroad

Personalised Development

Forget Teaching; Research is King

After the PhD, What's Next?

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