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Getting a PhD in a STEM field is a great start to a winning career

A PhD in a scientific or engineering discipline can lead to a multitude of interesting positions, spanning from research in academia and industry to grant-making for a philanthropic organization to science policy positions in state and federal governments. I know because my career path has given me...

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Autor principal: Maxon, Mary Elizabeth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The American Society for Cell Biology 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6761763/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31567069
http://dx.doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E19-04-0219
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spelling pubmed-67617632019-12-16 Getting a PhD in a STEM field is a great start to a winning career Maxon, Mary Elizabeth Mol Biol Cell Perspective A PhD in a scientific or engineering discipline can lead to a multitude of interesting positions, spanning from research in academia and industry to grant-making for a philanthropic organization to science policy positions in state and federal governments. I know because my career path has given me opportunities in all of them, and in each position my skill set grew in new and unexpected, positive ways. The American Society for Cell Biology 2019-10-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6761763/ /pubmed/31567069 http://dx.doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E19-04-0219 Text en © 2019 Maxon. “ASCB®,” “The American Society for Cell Biology®,” and “Molecular Biology of the Cell®” are registered trademarks of The American Society for Cell Biology. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 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.
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