alternative careers

Jotham Austin opted for a director of a core facility position to combine his love for electron microscopy, teaching, and technique development.

A professional detour veered Ludovic Desvignes into a high-maintenance career—director of a high-containment facility.

Graduate students from The Scripps Research Institute share how they prepared to enter policy, law, biotech, and beyond.

Researchers and institutions seek to bridge the gap between emerging life science professionals and available positions.

Agencies and institutions strive to better prepare graduate students and postdocs for futures in academia and beyond.

A new study quantifies the imbalance between the number of biomedical graduate job seekers and available positions in the U.S.

In an ever-changing job market, PhD scientists should be careful not to confuse their passion with their research foci, and to avoid academic tunnel vision.

Young researchers who left the academic path to transform their bright ideas into thriving companies discuss their experiences, and how you can launch your own business.

One of the largest biological professional societies has developed an online tool to help early stage scientists plan successful careers.