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by Helena Mello If you could sum up the time you spend per day doing the following: commuting, eating, working on tissue culture, pipetting… how many minutes would that be? How about using that seemingly wasted time to further your scientific knowledge? This article will (hopefully) convince you to listen to podcasts while performing all those activities. From quick tasks such as cell splitting to hour-long microscope analyses, you will find episodes that fit your interest and your available time!

Written by Vinam Puri Dr. Navneet Puri is the Founder and CEO of Nevakar, Inc. in Bridgewater, NJ. He started this company in 2015, with a vision of creating a fully integrated specialty pharmaceutical company focusing on hospital injectables and ophthalmic products. As Chief Executive Officer, he sets the strategic and operational direction of the organization. Prior to this, he was the Founder and CEO of Innopharma, LLC (now a Pfizer company). A Rutgers Alumnus, he received his Ph.D.

By Jennifer Casiano-Matos On September 18^th, 2018, I had an opportunity to participate in a talk about assertiveness at the Office of Intramural Training and Education in NIH. It was conducted by Anne Kirchgessner, one of our career counselors. At the meeting, she talked about how being assertive can help you attain what you need and want.

On October 17^th, I attended a seminar where 5 Rutgers students shared their internship experience with the audience. The student panelists were:

The November elections of 2016 swept a republican-led government into a comfortable position, with both congressional bodies and the presidential office placed firmly in the hands of the Grand Old Party, a more conservative sentiment took hold in Washington. The relationship that the right has had with science has been rather strained, and the two years since the election have been no different.

By: Huri Mücahit Edited by: Paulina Krzyszczyk

By: Jennifer Casiano-Matos Edited By: Eileen Oni and Paulina Krzyszczyk This summer I had the opportunity to complete an internship at Novavax; a vaccine development company in Montgomery County, Maryland.  My position was Analytical Development Intern and the experience was everything I imagined it was going to be!

By Jennifer Casiano As a member of the organizing committee for the 11^th Annual NIH Career Symposium, I had the opportunity of selecting the topics and looking for speakers that were part of the industry career panels. In addition, the day of the symposium I was able to moderate two of the career panels: “Finding the Right Size Company” and “Breakaway Careers” in industry.

By: Jennifer Casiano-Matos Edited by: Eileen Oni & Paulina Krzyszczyk Isolation, the nature of research, feelings of inadequacy, and lack of consistent achievements are several reasons why graduate students are at a greater risk for mental health issues than the general population.

[caption id="attachment_2307" align="alignleft" width="133"] Dr. Ahlbrand, Medical Writer[/caption] Twitter can be a great platform for learning about careers outside of academia as a graduate student. I have been fortunate to follow the journey of several professionals in the tri-state area as they completed their graduate degrees and opted for careers that took them outside of the lab.