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By: Deepshikha Mishra Junior Editor: Shekerah Primus Senior Editor: Helena Mello Fatu Badiane Markey graduated from Rutgers University in 2018 with a PhD in Microbiology, Biochemistry, and Molecular Genetics. The focus of her thesis was to study the molecular interactions of a fusion protein in pediatric Ewing’s sarcoma, a type of cancer affecting the bones and surrounding tissue. Additionally, she was a lead blogger for the iJOBS blog and actively participated in the program as well.

  On March 6, 2019, I had the opportunity to visit the Ethicon campus in Somerville, NJ, which was built in 1956. Our visit began with a warm welcome from Denise Fuzak, Senior Director of Strategy Development and Deployment, who is also a Rutgers engineering graduate! Ethicon is a subdivision of the Johnson & Johnson company that was incorporated in 1949.

By: Jennifer Casiano-Matos Edited by: Paulina Krzyszczyk and Brianna Alexander It is no secret that organizations with high-quality managers are more aligned to be successful and more likely to outperform their competition, as has been mentioned by LinkedIn and Forbes. But what are those “high-quality managers?” What does it take to be a good manager?

By Deepshikha Mishra On January 15^th, 2019, I got the chance to attend the Bayer/Rutgers iJOBS meeting. It was a wonderful opportunity to meet and interact with global team leaders and to feel the work culture inside the Bayer company. The global team is comprised of Dr. Libia F Scheller, Global Head of Cooperative Groups and Strategic Alliances and Global Medical Affairs Oncology; Dr. Edio Zampaglione, Vice President of U.S. Medical Affairs; Dr. Heather Goolsby, Deputy Director, WHC Marketing; and Dr.

On January 17^th and 18^th Rutgers iJOBS hosted a two-day Genomics Workshop designed by Data Carpentry; this is the 3^rd time Rutgers has held this workshop, alternating between Newark and New Brunswick. There were two instructors, Niel Infante and Amanda Charbonneau, along with three assistants from Rutgers, Katarzyna Tyc, Zhenru Zhou, and Roman Wernyj.

Science, like many other professions, requires strict tracking of money and assets and often needs large inputs of capital to function. When these inputs disappear or finances fall short of their expectations, science faces the same setbacks and cuts as any other project might. An article from NPR addresses the issues that arise when scientists have to deal with budgetary issues and spending cuts.

In the last decade, several reports have been published indicating that there has been a shift in the mindset of students graduating with a degree in biomedical sciences. Now, more than 50 percent of biomedical PhD scientists are seeking non-traditional or non-academic careers (Zimmerman AM 2018; American institute of research 2014).

By: Jennifer Casiano-Matos A couple of weeks ago, I participated in a career development talk conducted by Lori Conlan, Ph.D.; Director of the Office of Postdoctoral Studies at NIH. In this panel, we discussed how graduate students should focus on the next steps after graduate school or the completion of a postdoc position. In fact, career exploration and the job search is not an easy task—it can almost take the time of a full-time job! First, you have to figure out what you want.

By: Shekerah Primus In life and career-planning, there is no shortage of advice.

Written by Vinam Puri Vishal Soni, Ph.D., is the Principal and CEO of Viridbio Solutions, a service-providing company focused on medical writing, med­ical communications and information technology.