This post was written following the iJOBs Workshop: From Bedside to Bench and Back: regulatory requirements for collaborations between pharma industry and academia, on February 27 by Damir Hamamdzic, PhD. Throughout the past decades, expansion of academic-industry partnerships has become a more prominent feature in the broader landscape of partnerships within biomedical innovation.

This past month, Rutgers once again hosted Dr. Randall Ribaudo and Larry Petcovic, the co-founders of SciPhD. SciPhD is a 36-hour training for scientists who are interested in the transition from academic careers to non-academic careers. The course typically takes place over two weekends during the month of February. During this workshop, attendees go through different workshops, team/business building experiences, networking experiences, and much more!

By Huri Mücahit Edited by: Tomas Kazsa, Maryam Alapa, and Eileen Oni   The following blog post was written after attending the iJOBS Seminar: How to Prepare for the Industry Job Market For many Ph.D. students, a career in the pharmaceutical industry is considered to be the ultimate goal. However, the job search and application process can be more daunting and lengthy than we would like.

Interview 3: Science Education at High School

In September 2017, Michael Roach and Henry Sauermann examined the declining interest in academic careers; published in PLOS ONE . One might assume that this decline is due to a difficult job market, however, the authors found that the majority of graduate students who lost interest in academia had other reasons. The question was examined using a longitudinal survey that followed 854 Ph.D. students, in the natural sciences and engineering, from 39 U.S. research universities.

Interview 2: Adjunct at an Undergraduate Institution

Interview 1: Teaching at an Undergraduate Institution

The following blog post was written after attending the iJOBS site visit to the Biotech Incubator: CCIT located in North Brunswick on 7^th Feb 2018. At the event: Janet Alder, iJOBS program director; Lenzie Harcum (host), CCIT manager; Frank Bedu Addo (guest), CEO and President, PDS Biotechnology; Jeremy Pronchik (guest), Scientist, BioAegis, PhD students and Postdoc scholars from the Rutgers University(audience).

By Jennifer Casiano-Matos Edited by Paulina Krzyszczyk and Maryam Alapa This post has been adapted from the seminar, Industry: The Organization of Business, presented by Brad Fackler at NIH, Bethesda, MD. Brad Fackler is the Senior Director of Biohealth and Life Science at The Maryland Department of Commerce since April 2016.

As graduate students, an oft-dreaded question is “When are you graduating?” The pursuit of scientific advancement comes with no roadmaps and the marathon of graduate studies can be particularly challenging in the last leg. When, finally, there is a light at the end of the tunnel, many graduate students discover that there is a more dreadful question waiting for them. What next?