Career View in 2008

Mouth-watering T-bone dreams.

Finding refuge in my science.

Going to battle, with vegetables.

Aspiring to emulate Singapore's happiest person.

An impassioned observer.

Conducting a lecture, hoping for a lectureship.

I strive to find the best hummus — and the best experimental approach.

Evaluating the metrics of my own 'success'.

I sacrifice an awful lot in the name of science.

Finding passion rather than obsession

Gauging publication risk and reward.

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.