A science blog from Nene Kalu
I’ve been unintentionally absent for several reasons. The main reason being…I’m graduating! Yay! Finally! I’m not quite sure how to feel yet…will it be anticlimatic like the boards? will it be scary? Mostly I’m excited for the next step. I’ve realized that I’m a wanderer at heart and I’m ready to move on to the next … Read more
Happy New Year Science lovers! I wish everyone a very productive lab year with a renewed love for life changing research. Which it really is and I think that grad students get so caught up with the experiments that we forget the big picture. I know I’ve been AWOL for a minute but the truth … Read more
As I embark on the final quarter of my graduate career, I am often filled with a sense of uncertainty. Let me explain. My original goal was to return to graduate school in order to obtain a strong scientific foundation for a career in the pharmaceutical industry. My plan was thus: Get a PhD Get … Read more
The recent economic crises hit hard across the board taking no prisoners. Funding for academic research has dropped significantly and in industry there have been massive layoffs. “According to recruitment specialists Challenger, Gray & Christmas (Chicago, IL, USA), the number of pharmaceutical industry jobs eliminated in the first ten months of 2010 was 45,263 (in … Read more