C-GEM talked to Professor Jeffery Tharp and Professor Allison Walker about their experiences as faculty at research-intensive institutions. Professor Tharp is an Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Indiana University, and Professor Walker is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biological Sciences at… Read More »Recap: C-GEM Chats Careers with R1 Faculty
C-GEM talked to Dr. Paul Peterson and Dr. Carly Schissel about their experiences as postdoctoral scholars. Dr. Peterson is an NIH postdoctoral scholar in the Miller lab at Yale University, and Dr. Schissel is a Miller Institute Research Fellow in the Schepartz lab at UC… Read More »Recap: C-GEM Chats Careers with Postdocs
On Wednesday, C-GEM talked to Dr. Sofia Garakyaraghi, Associate Publisher for ACS Publications, and Dr. Megan Hochstrasser, Director of Publishing at Arcadia Science. Dr. Garakyaraghi provided a perspective on the traditional publishing system, while Dr. Hochstrasser talked about her role at a biotech startup looking… Read More »Recap: C-GEM Chats Careers in Scientific Publishing
On Tuesday, C-GEM talked to Dr. Omer Ad and Dr. Sebasthian Santiago, both former C-GEM chemists who currently work at large pharmaceutical companies. Dr. Ad is a Senior Scientist in the biocatalysis group at Merck, and Dr. Santiago is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Amgen… Read More »Recap: C-GEM Chats Careers with Chemists in Big Pharma
On Wednesday, C-GEM talked to Dr. Diondra Dilworth and Dr. Lee Bishop, both chemists who’ve both found careers away from the bench. Dr. Dilworth is a Science Advisor working with patent lawyers at Goodwin Procter LLP, and Dr. Bishop is the Biotech & Design Lead… Read More »Recap: C-GEM chats careers with scientists in patent law and museum education
This week we spoke with Dr. Nathanael Goldberg and Dr. Anthony Silvestri about careers at startups. Dr. Goldberg trained in synthetic chemistry and directed evolution before joining Aralez, a small startup in the Bay Area that makes noncanonical amino acids using biocatalysis. Dr. Silvestri trained… Read More »Recap: C-GEM chats careers at startups
On Monday, C-GEM hosted two chemists from industry to chat about their career paths: Dr. Julia Lazzari-Dean and Dr. Ara Abramyan. Dr. Lazzari-Dean is a microscopist working at Calico Life Sciences and Dr. Abramyan is a computational chemist at Schrödinger and a C-GEM Seed Investigator.… Read More »Recap: C-GEM chats careers with industry chemists
This is the fifth and final post in our Demystifying the GRFP series. See also: Introduction, General Information and Tips, Letters of Recommendation, Research Proposal People have mixed feelings on personal statements, but I believe it is the most important part of your application. It is the only… Read More »Demystifying the GRFP: Personal Statements
This is the fourth post in our series “Demystifying the GRFP.” See also: Introduction, General Information and Tips, Letters of Recommendation, Personal Statement Despite its name, the research proposal component of your GRFP application is not necessarily a definitive plan that you must follow up on… Read More »Demystifying the GRFP: Research Proposals
This is the third post in our Demystifying the GRFP series. See also: Introduction, General Information and Tips, Research Proposal, Personal Statement Reference letters are an important part of your GRFP application package. Alongside your personal statement and research proposal, the letter gives reviewers a… Read More »Demystifying the GRFP: Letters of Recommendation