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For young life scientists hoping to land a prestigious faculty job in academia, postdoctoral research is practically a requirement. But it’s not a path equally open to everyone. Freshly minted life ...

Employment as a postdoctoral Scholar or Fellow is governed by the Policies and Procedures of Faculty Advancement and Postdoctoral Affairs. Postdocs appointed through Faculty Advancement and ...

As competition for faculty positions has grown increasingly fierce, postdoctoral training has become a requirement for securing a tenure-track position in most scientific disciplines. Postdoctoral ...

Helping postdoctoral scholars prepare for the faculty positions by providing expert feedback and strategies for navigating the job search process from preparing applications to interviewing to ...

The department may change the end date for the scholar using a Status Change form. Human Resources (HR) will verify that the postdoctoral scholar has not exceeded the six year limit (total at Michigan ...

At every conference we have attended since we started working in pharma, we get the inevitable question: “Do you actually like it in industry?” The answer is always, “I love it!” This often stirs up a ...

The job letter or letter of interest for a postdoc application is similar to the academic job letter (see the Academic Statements Guide). The cover letter should be on letterhead of your department or ...

I am a first-generation Mexican-American scholar, and while I am not the first person in my family to attend college, I am the first to earn a four-year degree, a master’s and a Ph.D. In addition, I ...

Q | Write a brief introduction to yourself including the lab you work in and your research background. I am Kaustav Gangopadhyay, a postdoctoral research associate in structural biology at St. Jude ...

Fellows and scholars may not be dismissed from a laboratory without a 90 day notice, and may only be immediately terminated for "just cause" such as grave misconduct or serious neglect of professional ...

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