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An explosion of scientific and technological advances has broadened the field of biomedicine. Traditional boundaries between the public and private research sectors are now blurred by multidisciplinary projects and the necessity for new and more efficient models of the translational process. This allows the adventurous scientist to boldly and consciously sample selected skills during periods of secondment in different institutions and organizations, and to assemble a personal and unique blend of competences to help them manage their career.
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I thank A. Henney and E. Kritikou for critical reading of the manuscript, my present and past collaborators and mentors for advice, T. Pawson for inspiration and J. Cham for allowing me to use his cartoon as figure 1.
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Superti-Furga, G. A biomedical adventurers' guide to navigating between careers in academia and industry. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 10, 884–887 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrm2796
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