POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE, Biological Engineering-Synthetic Biology Center-Weiss Lab, to join an interdisciplinary academic research lab that seeks to create integrated biological systems capable of autonomously performing useful tasks and to elucidate the design principles underlying the engineering of complex cellular and tissue phenotypes. Will pursue research in the area of yeast synthetic biology, bioreactor design, genetic circuit design, and assay of metabolic products; and work with a team with researchers, a principal investigator, and lab manager on...

Calling all Master's students interested in learning about  Biotech, Pharma, & Healthcare careers!

Email us at pge_career_nav@hms.harvard.edu for signup information on the annual Biotech, Pharma, & Healthcare Expo, taking place virtually on Friday, January 28th from 1:00-4:00pm ET.  This will include a temporary login for Crimson Careers. Please include your first name,...

An Assistant /Associate Teaching Professor is sought to teach full time in the Northeastern University Bioinformatics Professional Science Master’s (PSM) Program.  This position is located at the Roux Institute, Northeastern University’s Portland, Maine campus.  The Bioinformatics PSM degree program is designed to allow students to pursue advanced training in bioscience and simultaneously develop highly valued business skills.

The Assistant/Associate Teaching Professor will teach up to six (6) courses per academic year. This individual will collaborate with Roux...

About March Therapeutics 

Spun out of MIT and Harvard, March Therapeutics is a venture-backed, mission-driven, stealth-stage startup building a scalable platform for mitochondrial gene therapy. Leveraging the founding team’s broad domain expertise in synthetic biology, March Therapeutics aims to develop therapies for currently-incurable mitochondrial genetic diseases. March Therapeutics is an equal opportunity employer and...

See attached for two exciting job opportunities at MGH!

The contest is open to medical school students, interns,...

"I frequently vomit before going to the lab."

"I wanted to become a professor, but after the treatment and behavior of my PI [principal investigator] and department, I do not want to ever be involved with academia again."

"It was ~ 1 year before I realized that being told by my PI that I had 45 seconds to go to the toilet was inappropriate and an invasion of my privacy."

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The decision of whether to pursue a tenure-track faculty position has become increasingly difficult for undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral trainees considering a career in research. Trainees express concerns over job availability, financial insecurity, and other perceived challenges associated with pursuing an academic position.

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For early-career scientists along the training continuum, this advice deserves critical reflection before committing to an academic research career. For advisors and institutions, this work provides a unique perspective from...

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UMD Swenson College of Science and Engineering and the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry seeks a postdoctoral associate, job code 9546, to assist in developing research projects for introductory chemistry labs using a Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) model from talented and diverse scholars in Chemistry Educational Research or related fields. 

This is a 12-month, 100% time position under the direction of Dr. Jacob Wainman.  The anticipated duration is 2 years with further appointments contingent upon performance and availability of...