by: Dharm Patel

By: Maria Qadri

“…one person’s rose-tinted view of their own idiosyncratic story does not constitute “advice,” especially not in an endeavor where we value reproducibility.”

This year’s American Society for Cell Biology Early Career Life Scientist, Vladamir Denic, wrote a brief and honest essay about his journey from average high school student to a successful Principal Investigator at a name-brand university.

By Chris Lowe

Some of our iJOBS participants have been able to complete an industrial internship during their PhD studies. In this post we sit down with Kathryn Drzewiecki, a 5^th year PhD student in biomedical engineering, to learn about her internship experience and see what advice she would offer other students looking to transition into industry.

By: Fatu Badiane Markey

The theme of storytelling is often emphasized in the field of science. However, it is easy to forget the significance of presenting a clear and compelling story once all the experiments are complete and the hypothesis has been proven. What good are the hours spent in the lab if no one can understand the end result?

The INet NYC is an international social group that aims to provide support and professional guidance for all international graduate students and research fellows in STEM fields. On August 18^th, a networking and social event was organized by the INet NYC. Most of the people at this event were PhD students from different universities in NYC who were eagerly networking, especially with those considered to be the “big fish” in the “industry pond”.

By: Maria Qadri

“This feels like a high school career placement survey.” I heard a peer mutter this indignantly after finishing part one of their Individual Development Plan (IDP).

[caption id="attachment_522" align="alignright" width="308"] There are many directions for the future. An IDP can help you figure out which direction is best.[/caption]

For many graduate and post-graduate students in scientific fields, a career at the bench seems to be the only option.  From our earliest exposures to science, we have been taught the scientific method of identifying a problem, developing a hypothesis, designing an experiment to test that hypothesis, and finally examining and interpreting our results.  To many, science is synonymous with experimentation.  This can range from exploratory science in academia to the development of pharmaceuticals in industry and clinical settings.  What we often overlook, however, is that behind the hours and h