Career View

My project isn't working. Is it OK to quit?

I'm on a field-research high.

It can be a battleground in the lab.

My peers are my mentors.

Humans can be exhausting. Sometimes I prefer the company of baboons.

Kicking the postdoc habit.

I'm trying to get my priorities straight. Is doing my postdoc overseas the best choice?

The Biopolis offers me vast opportunity and a challenging new laboratory culture.

Postdoc leaves South Africa for United States.

I was pretty nervous when I first arrived in Johannesburg for my postdoc 10 months ago, and not just because I had not set foot in Africa before agreeing to work there for a couple of years.

As the year comes to a close, I've started to reflect on the events of the past 12 months.

In the past year, I've pondered what makes postdoctoral training a positive and productive experience.

I've appreciated my work and my colleagues in the past year. And yet I've decided that my interests lie elsewhere. I've decided to leave science research.

I like going to meetings. But I've got to bide my time and mind my budget.

When the combination of children and lab work seems overwhelming, I just try to persevere.

Nervously, and with much trepidation, I've decided to leave science research.

Some day I'll have minions to do all those menial laboratory tasks for me. Some day…

Is an industry career my calling?

Change is coming. I hope I'm ready.

Research on the computer has an interesting life of its own.