by Damien | Mar 16, 2015 | EDC Blog, Management
“I applied to a dozen academic positions, without any luck,” said Jon, an aspiring P.I. “Time to go on tour,” I said. I hear this all of the time from postdocs who apply to academic postings. If they don’t get an interview, they usually say they’ll just wait till the...
by Damien | Mar 6, 2015 | EDC Blog, Leading Life Science Radio Show
Are you in industry and would like to return to academia? We have a treat for you this week. In our last show we featured Colin White, who helps academics to successfully transition into industry. However, our guest, this episode, has managed to transition from...
by Damien | Feb 16, 2015 | EDC Blog
Do you need help? Delegate. In our last post we talked about some ways to get help, but what about getting the people you pay to help you? They already know that they should be helping you… right? Unfortunately, you may not always be asking the right person for...
by Damien | Feb 12, 2015 | EDC Blog, Leading Life Science Radio Show
If you’re looking to take your research from bench to business, and you love the roller coaster ride of entrepreneurship, then we’ve got a show for you. We get to hear how this is done in this episode of the Leading Life Science Radio Podcast, with...
by Damien | Aug 11, 2014 | EDC Blog, Management
A young junior investigator, Xiaoming, just missed out on some choice internal training awards that she was well qualified for. She tends to shy away from the lab departmental meetings and to just focus on her own lab’s research projects. Martina, another peer...