Category: Advice For Scientists

The Q1 Check-In: Taking Stock of Your Job Search Before Spring

March 26th, 2026 by Thomas Patrick Chuna

Q1 is just about over. If you’ve been following along since December, you’ve done the reflection work, built an action Read more

February 28th, 2026 by Thomas Patrick Chuna

So you made it through January. Maybe you did that December reflection work. Maybe you built an action plan that Read more

January 28th, 2026 by Thomas Patrick Chuna

Welcome back. I hope you took some time in December to do that reflection work I invited you to do Read more

December 18th, 2025 by Thomas Patrick Chuna

It’s likely late December now – I promise, I’m not going to write about about New Year’s resolutions. Instead, I Read more

October 22nd, 2025 by Thomas Patrick Chuna

This month I wanted to discuss the concept of heart centered leadership from a different angle.. My last few entries Read more

September 12th, 2025 by Mehrose Gani

When people think about science, the first image that usually comes to mind is a researcher in a white coat, Read more

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September 10th, 2025 by Thomas Patrick Chuna

Continuing the theme from last month, we are going to continue to ask the question: Should Scientist / Managers, and Read more

August 28th, 2025 by Dr. Ilayda Ozsan McMillan

As a mouse Alzheimer’s Disease expert, I always knew my doctoral research experience wasn’t going to neatly translate to most Read more

August 8th, 2025 by Thomas Patrick Chuna

Some years ago I conducted a webinar for job seekers in the life sciences..Freshly minted degrees in hand, they were Read more

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May 20th, 2025 by Donna Kridelbaugh

You see it all the time—in a popular news article about a groundbreaking research study to even the primary literature—that Read more

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