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Read our Careers columns for current information on grant acquisition, work-life balance, diversity issues, and other timely career advice from the editors of The Scientist.

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Female Frontrunners

By Jef Akst | February 1, 2012

How to successfully surmount the challenges women face in becoming biotech industry leaders

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Going Governmental

By Rachel Nuwer | December 1, 2011

Federal agencies offer interesting opportunities for researchers looking to do more than bench work.

Conference venues can have less than ideal setups for viewing a poster. Whether it’s a hot, congested room filled with people or one that is spacious but contains many hundreds of competing posters, your poster has to pop in any setting. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Poster Perfect

By Edyta Zielinska | September 1, 2011

How to drive home your science with a visually pleasing poster

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Balancing Biases

By Jef Akst | July 1, 2011

How cognitive prejudices can influence research decisions, and how the pitfalls of human nature can be avoided

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Simplifying Teaching

By Hannah Waters | May 25, 2011

How to make your teaching more efficient, effective, and enjoyable without slighting your lab projects

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Taking Time for Baby

By Bob Grant | March 1, 2011

Having a child changes everything. But it doesn’t necessarily have to disrupt your research while you’re out on leave.

Charles Lieber, 2008 National Institutes of Health Director’s Pioneer Award Winner Photo by Stu Rosner Photography

Rewards of Risk

By Megan Scudellari | February 1, 2011

Secrets to scoring big money grants for innovative, out-of-the-box research