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What your PI forgot to tell you: why you actually might want a job running a research lab

A PhD in biomedical science and the critical thinking skills that it provides can open the door to many different careers. The current popular scientific press and blogosphere too often portray the job of a research-intensive faculty member and principal investigator (PI) as both unattainable and un...

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Autores principales: Gladfelter, Amy S., Peifer, Mark
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The American Society for Cell Biology 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5491180/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28663288
http://dx.doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E17-02-0091
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description A PhD in biomedical science and the critical thinking skills that it provides can open the door to many different careers. The current popular scientific press and blogosphere too often portray the job of a research-intensive faculty member and principal investigator (PI) as both unattainable and undesirable. We want to make sure our trainees include our own career path among their options, as for each of us it has been a fantastic, family-friendly, and highly impactful career.
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spelling pubmed-54911802017-09-16 What your PI forgot to tell you: why you actually might want a job running a research lab Gladfelter, Amy S. Peifer, Mark Mol Biol Cell Perspectives A PhD in biomedical science and the critical thinking skills that it provides can open the door to many different careers. The current popular scientific press and blogosphere too often portray the job of a research-intensive faculty member and principal investigator (PI) as both unattainable and undesirable. We want to make sure our trainees include our own career path among their options, as for each of us it has been a fantastic, family-friendly, and highly impactful career. The American Society for Cell Biology 2017-07-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5491180/ /pubmed/28663288 http://dx.doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E17-02-0091 Text en © 2017 Gladfelter and Peifer. This article is distributed by The American Society for Cell Biology under license from the author(s). Two months after publication it is available to the public under an Attribution–Noncommercial–Share Alike 3.0 Unported Creative Commons License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0). “ASCB®,” “The American Society for Cell Biology®,” and “Molecular Biology of the Cell®” are registered trademarks of The American Society for Cell Biology.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5491180/
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