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US President Barack Obama on Thursday asserted the American economy is moving in the right direction, but acknowledged that it has a long way to go. "We've got a long way to go. But what is absolutely clear is, we're moving in the right direction," Obama said, addressing a gathering at Kansas City, Missouri.
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| Postdoc Journal is currently inviting potential contributors to submit their written articles for the upcoming issues of the journal. Manuscripts should be submitted to vuk.uskokovic@ucsf.edu |
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| Vol. 1, No. 2, Dec 2011 |
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The present and future of research on the postdoctoral experience
Benjamin Mudrak
Department of Microbiology and Immunology,
UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill,
NC, USA |
Abstract:
Taking a postdoctoral position is an important step toward a faculty position for many academic researchers. A postdoctoral position is generally considered an opportunity to hone laboratory skills and narrow down a promising research focus. However, there is little published scholarship on the effectiveness of the many different aspects of the postdoctoral experience beyond research training. This article compares the types of published research focused on postdoctoral workers and offers commentary on future avenues of investigation that may be beneficial to postdoctoral workers and all members of academia ... read full article |
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Successful seminar series for international postdocs: the UCSD experience
Hady Felfly
University of California San Diego |
Abstract:
International postdocs constitute a major portion of postdocs in the US. The postdocsoral association (PDA) at the University of California San Diego (UCSD), in collaboration with the International Students and Scholar’s Office (ISSO, created a seminar series related to visas and immigration issues, which proved to be very helpful in allowing foreign postdocs to better plan their travels, visa applications, and green card applications ... read full article |
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Turning the Paradigm Upside Down: Postdocs as Principal Investigators’ Mentors
Vuk Uskokovic
Therapeutic Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory,
Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences,
University of California,
San Francisco, CA, USA |
Abstract:
The mentor-mentee relationship, analogous to that between a postdoc and a principal investigator (PI), is looked at from a personal standpoint in this discourse. The readers are invited to think of the benefits of a more active role of mentees that arises from turning the relationship between mentors and mentees upside down and seeing the mentees as responsible for mentoring their mentors. Whether this is all a fancifully inverted standpoint or the real state of affairs, the author knows not. Be that as it may, it is concluded that one does not necessarily need to adopt a powerful authoritative position to exert influence that changes the given systems for better. Some of the essential traits of excellent mentors in the modern age are also compiled as guiding lights of a kind ... read full article |
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Thematic paper - “Dreams and Reality - Is the grass always greener on the other side?”
Kamalika Dutta Roy and Anjanabha Bhattacharya
Email: anjanbio@gmail.com |
Abstract:
Post doctoral positions are generally sought after, by fresh or mid-career doctorates. Many early stage researcher leave for greener pastures, in search for a better life. Realities of post doc careers are quite harsh than perceived. Poor working conditions with benefits offered, puts off many, from staying in research field, in the later years. Many leave their science career completely, due to lack of suitable avenues after completing post-doc. Many more stay post doc forever amidst of blissful ignorance. This article addresses and creates awareness surrounding the post doc issues ... read full article |
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