...positions.  I had to reassess what I wanted to do and so I applied for a role in Industry. I wanted to ...to gain relevant experience. I applied for this summer position as I felt I needed more practical lab experience...wasn’t a good fit for me, then I didn’t need to explain why I changed jobs. I highly recommend taking on ...ended, I wanted to explore another area which I was really passionate about during my degree. I loved ... completing my MSc, I again had to look at what type of work I would like to do. I had taken advanced ... job, but I knew that I enjoy helping people and decided to compromise and applied anyway. I later found...different sectors. Luckily, I have worked for a variety of different organizations, so I tend to provide them...

...afield at first and I let them pass by. But I didn’t forget: what would it be like? Then I spotted an opening...one I just could not resist applying for. Not that I knew anything about being an editor - that I learned...manuscripts. I work with people, nurturing networks, as much as with technical knowledge. I leverage a ...egg is packed with information. I am fascinated with how developmental programs unfold, absorbing the ...down into a singular focus on molecular pathways, I found myself curious about other routes – In terms...fascinating biology is found in weird and rare organisms so I found it hard to stick to vertebrates alone.  And ...inclination to be a teacher was looking for an outlet. I started asking people: why do you do what you do? ...

...second postdoc, I realized that working in the wet lab wasn’t the right path for me. I began exploring... transition wasn’t easy - I had to reinvent myself and redefine the value I could bring to potential employers... employers. Over time, I discovered that I not only enjoyed the technical aspects of my work but also ...below. Common pitfalls in the transition (what I wish I knew before experimenting on myself) Assuming...structure. I quickly learned that my approach needed to adapt based on individual needs. For instance, I had ...small-scale opportunities where I could make mistakes and learn from them. I started at my previous company...role. Along the way, I discovered strategies to effectively pivot my career development and align it with...

... as I applied for jobs, I knew I should negotiate my salary after receiving an offer but even as I did...What I didn’t realize was how much I was constantly negotiating, every day. As a grad student, I was negotiating...Negotiation. As a grad student, I thought that “negotiation” was something that I would mainly do over the price...process felt unnatural and intimidating. I felt unprepared. Mainly, I thought of negotiation as something ...negotiation as a zero sum game - that is, if I get what I want, that means you don’t. In this mindset,...solutions that benefit everyone. Even if I “lose” a negotiation, I will view the “winner” positively if they...take my vacation? I want to learn more about a different area of the company. How can I negotiate with my...

...media as a scientist. I mean, I had a LinkedIn page and a Twitter handle, but I wasn’t using them to my ... blog. I wrote my first blog post out of boredom. I had just started working in a new lab and I was the...When I saw a request for an Addgene guest blogger post about colony PCR, I signed up immediately. I had...Before I started writing for the Addgene blog, sharing Chemistry Cat memes was how I used social media...Twitter that I realized 1) a lot of scientists are using social media professionally, and 2) I needed to ...Chemistry Cat memes use to be how I used social media as a scientist. Now I write for the @Addgene blog & ... maybe hadn’t used this method. I enjoyed writing the first post so I signed up to write a second. While...

...Addgene. So, when I received an invitation to join the Advisory Board of Addgene, I accepted the offer...offer without any hesitation. I hope I will be able to effectively promote Addgene, which is also beneficial... Basel, I felt that the time flows much slower, like the flow of the Rhine River. In the US, I very much... the other hand, I feel that researchers in Japan are not eager to interact, which I don't think is good...was done in Japan, which is very disappointing. I hope I can help change the situation in the future. Addgene...the rules of the game. In this regard, I believe that development of new technologies may be very effective...such as TAL proteins and CRISPR became available, I was very excited because genome-editing with these...

...the media.  At one point I started to become very aware of how little care I took with my discards and...and to be mindful of the lab materials I was using.  I started to do little things to save reagents and...glass powder in 50% nitric acid, but I never let that stop me. I only had to replenish my glass milk supplies...supplies every 10 years or so. Actually, I was happy to hear that I am not the only Addgenie who has a thrifty...My other stingy science project started when I realized I was pouring large agarose gels for DNA visualization...gel.  What a waste?  I started looking for smaller and smaller gel apparatus until I settled on using glass...taking conservation to new levels, I was bothered by the fact that I was wasting buffer running my tiny...

...When I first began collaborating with people outside my lab’s department, I personally felt that I had ...conference attendance, and I scout for potential business partners. I am glad that I was able to build experience...professional updates. Whenever I see interesting events, articles and newsletters I make sure to share them ... Addgene I work with people from various organizations in science and beyond. For example, I help organize...department where we shared materials and equipment between labs. Later I worked with people outside the department...your comfort zone As part of my position at Addgene I am now involved in Strategic Partnership Management...During my graduate studies at Karolinska Institutet I started working with other groups. First within my...

... paper, I usually try to grasp the main message of the work. I underscore the sentences that I found hard...comments to “you” I can easily check if I would have formulated specific comment differently if I would be speaking...After finishing my section-specific comments, I re-read what I wrote about the paper after my initial read...Therefore, I try to stay away from the loaded and judgemental language. In each peer-review, I try to mention...postdoctoral researcher studying plant development and abiotic stress tolerance, I have been peer-reviewing journal...to be replicated or omission from the literature. I think that delivering constructive critique can help... 2015 for a wide variety of journals. Since then, I developed a routine that works well for me to evaluate...

...leave. I really enjoyed my time in the lab, my colleagues and what I was researching, but I decided I needed...just as important. The problem was I knew I had a knowledge gap. I had no previous business, marketing...marketing or sales training and knew I had to start somewhere. I knew if I started with the Harvard Business ...of researchers. For many years I struggled with the questions of “Will I leave academia?” and "What type... would I do next and what options lie ahead of me? Like a considerable number of researchers, I had high...business of western blots and cloning, I decided to pack it in. I had just started month 8 of my 3 year... for the job To become an attractive candidate I knew I had to push not only my academic background but...

...half into my role, I realized that actually, I didn’t want to go to grad school. But, I didn’t know what...ago when I started my career transition from bench science to software product management, I confess that...management? I always tell people the best part of my job is getting to talk to so many different people! I communicate...project I led. It’s divided into the key takeaway themes and customer pain points we’ve identified. I can’... that I had no idea what software product management was either. Coming from a strong background of undergraduate...research straight to a lab career at a biotech company, I always assumed I’d work one or two years at the company... and begin my product management (PM) career. Had I known about product management earlier on in my career...

...to Addgene? So why did I join Addgene? Was I jaded by my time in academia? Did I run screaming from the...things to people. When I started my graduate work at Harvard, I recognized that I would ultimately want... the right?!? I would love to tell such a dramatic story, but it wouldn’t be my story. I love academics... and here); however, simply put, I moved into this position because I want to help make the research enterprise...friends. In my teenage years I was super shy - there was even a time when I was too nervous to ask store...help at the mall. In undergrad I was forced to open up a little after I dropped myself into Boston University...research at BU, I realized that I’m energized by talking to people about science and that I love explaining...

...references. I cite as I write, meaning I use the software to add the citations in real time as I write. Things...hits. So, here, I will share my process with you. But before I do that, let me say that I was by no means...peers. Start reading! I started by reading other reviews because, as I mentioned, I wasn’t an expert in ...cared about. I also used reviews to get a list of research papers that I needed to read. Once I had an idea... of authors. Just start writing When I first started I thought I would read a bunch of papers and then... or anything else. Like I mentioned, I also added citations in real time as I wrote, so each statement...initially I felt that I needed a huge chunk of time to sit down and get anything done, so unless I had at...

...very, very quiet. Every time I asked a question, I felt like I was yelling. I imagined 6 years of biting...all. Finally I rotated in a small lab with a new PI. I realized that as a first born child, I would thrive...later. I hear too many science trainees get warnings and still think “but that won’t happen to me, I have...work and talent for many years (at a very low salary I might add). You have a right and responsibility to...talking about simple things like “Which route should I take to get to work?”; we often make important life...where we will spend the next 6 years. Know yourself I rotated in 3 labs before choosing a graduate school...second rotation was in a big lab with a famous PI who I was only likely to see once a year. There was lots...

...their career path. Graduate school: Do I or don’t I? I asked the nine Addgenies about why they did...master’s and leave. I was really devastated when that happened. I didn't know if I should even stay in...Control team, I help make sure the plasmids that go out our doors are correct. Now that I am heading into...pretty easy choice for me,” she said. “I had always been a student and I truly enjoyed learning.” Addgene’s...the thing I wanted more of [after undergrad] was to learn and speak the language of science. I didn’t come...not go. She told me, “I think that my experience is more valuable at this point. I don't know where a master...full time as a Lab Technician. “I was so tired of being in school so I just wanted to work,” she said....

...tasks and I made a point of sticking to deadlines and performing the work I agreed upon (just as I would ...Members. In some instances I felt like I was going back to previous formats but I learnt to overcome the ...people at that conference, I later became involved with the NPA beyond the meeting. I first joined a committee...committee member, I volunteered for various tasks as things came up. For example, I updated some sections...implemented and I had to adapt accordingly. For example, the quarterly and annual reports I had to write ...for the organization as a whole. I came to understand that not only was I growing as a leader but the organization...leader in the NPA, I had to speak as an NPA representative and speak the NPA’s stance. I had to be professional...

...employer, I took on my first consulting job, and I began to realize I too had a niche. As a result, I started...infrastructure. My career path changed when I was asked if I would consider consulting for a particular...program changes, I learned to write grants for health, housing, economic development, education, workforce... How did you get started in the grant profession? I asked Deborah Cook, Ph.D., GPC, previously a college... to scientifically oriented nonprofits. Like Deb, I worked for an organization in a position that required...process and managing programs that were grant funded. I worked for a health department and then for the regulatory...and then our grant training and mentoring. How do I become a grant professional? Employment opportunities...

...similar development stage, they have a lot to learn from each other. Some have taken my advice and I recently...the Addgene Blog Mentoring for Scientists Series. I have been thinking a lot about Mentoring for over ... these elusive teachers, supporters and advisors? I tried to start a more formal mentoring program at ...and be matched with the many interested mentees. So I experimented with a group mentoring format where 1...her mentoring style. While working on this project, I read the book “Every Other Thursday: Stories and Strategies... the group mentoring format could work wonders.  I have now seen the formation of hundreds of mentoring...mentoring program at your organization, contact me! I can provide a step-by-step, how-to guide to get one...

...of experience. I am away from the bench now, so I have to talk to other scientists when I am in new territory...for selfish reasons: I wanted to learn about careers in science communication. When I started my Science...looking for someone who might take over. I like writing and science, so I took a chance.” It’s been six years...job. “I am really more of a multimedia science communicator than a science writer these days. I do some...’ workload. “I am currently getting abstracts and plans together for my next 4 webinars—I have them stacked... it, and be flexible. The best stuff that I do is not what I was hired to do.” Get Networking Tips Here...Science Communication Internship with Addgene, I didn’t know a lot about scicomm, but had enjoyed writing a...

.... Last time I checked we were ranked as the 21,806th most popular website in the world. I know, right?..., low meeting, and low email culture. I like working here and I hear from the Addgenies that they do too...but definitely not worried. I have confidence that from Business Development to Shipping we will execute...increasingly seeking us out on their own to share reagents. I love the way scientists starting their own labs get...as much a tech company as it is a reagent company. I used to have to worry about this a lot, but not any...online for Addgenies and to serve external customers. I also can’t wait to see where our new data initiatives...continue to incorporate additional Board best practices. I thank them wholeheartedly for their service and support...