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C Career Advice a r e e r A for d v i c e Life f o r L Scientists i f e S ci Volumes I & II e n t i s t s V o l u m e s I & I I THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR CELL BIOLOGY Career Advice for Life Scientists Volumes I & II THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR CELL BIOLOGY Career Advice for Life Scientists Volumes I & II Editor Elizabeth Marincola Executive Director Joan Goldberg Director of Publications W. Mark Leader Editorial and Education Senior Manager Thea Clarke Reprinted with support from the Office of Research on Women’s Health, The National Institutes of Health Cover photo by Christopher Pappas (See Molecular Biology of the Cell19: 1837–1847.) ©2002, 2004, 2008 The American Society for Cell Biology Table of Contents: Volume I Introduction to Career Advice for Life Scientists . . . . . . . 1 1. THE HEAD GAME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 The Impostor Phenomenon . . . . . . . 4 Saying “No” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Unwritten Rules for Advancing Your Career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 2. TEACHING & LEARNING . . . . . . . . 15 The Scholarship of Teaching . . . . 16 Teaching Science in High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Getting the Most from Your Graduate Experience. . . . . . . . . . 23 3. COMMUNICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Communicating Effectively in Departmental Meetings . . . . . . . . 28 “And Our Next Speaker Is...” . . . 30 The Unicorn in the Garden or Why Cell Biologists Should Meet the Press . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 4. MANAGEMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 A Crash Course in Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Designing Productive Lab Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Some Tips on Successful Negotiation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 5. LEADERSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Creative Mentoring Strategies. . . . 50 Crossing to the Other Side . . . . . 53 Dealing with Unstable Colleagues. 56 6. UNDERREPRESENTATION IN SCIENCE CAREERS. . . . . . . . . . . 59 Affirmative Action for the Next Generation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Increasing Representation of People of Color in Science. . . . . . 64 7. TENURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 The Tenure Process Viewed from the Top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Earning Tenure: Ten Recommendations . . . . . . . . . 71 The Negative Tenure Decision . . . 75 8. PARENTHOOD & SCIENCE CAREERS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Juggling Career and Family . . . . . 80 Optimizing the Family-Career Balance. . . . . . . . . 82 9. EXPLORING VENUES FOR SCIENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Breaking into Biotech. . . . . . . . . . 86 Research at a Small Institution: Not as Different as You Think . . . 89 10. WOMEN & SCIENCE CAREERS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Why Women Leave Science . . . . 96 Shaping the Future for Women in Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 vi CAREER ADVICE FOR LIFE SCIENTISTS Table of Contents: Volume II Introduction to Career Advice for Life Scientists II . . . . . . . 109 1. THE LAB COMMUNITY. . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Confronting the Social Context of Science . . . . . . . . 112 Conflict Management . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Two Cultures and the Revolution in Biotechnology . . . . . . . 119 2. DEALING WITH EVERYTHING AT ONCE 123 Dual(ing) Academic Careers . . . . . . 124 Effective Time Management . . . . . . . 128 On Being a Scientist and Parent. . . . 132 How to “Get a Life” in the Life Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 3. SCIENTIFIC CITIZENSHIP. . . . . . . . . . . 139 The Misconduct of Others: Prevention Techniques for Researchers . . . . . . . 140 Making a Difference: The Three R’s of Public Science Policy . . . . . . . . . 144 Great Expectations or Realistic Expectations? . . . . . . . . . . 148 4. WRITING AND PUBLISHING. . . . . . . . 151 Me Write Pretty One Day: How to Write a Good Scientific Paper . . . 152 How to Read and Respond to a Journal Rejection Letter . . . . . . . 156 The Role of an Editor: A Delicate Balancing Act. . . . . . . . . 161 What Happened to My Figures?! . . . 164 5. POSTDOC ISSUES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 To Eurodoc or Not Eurodoc . . . . . . . 168 Making the Most of Your Postdoctoral Experience . . . . . . . . . 172 Pursuing Science across the Pacific Ocean . . . . . . . . 175 6. CAREER TRANSITION. . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 The Art of the Interview . . . . . . . . . . 180 Salary Negotiation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 What Else Can I Do?: Exploring Opportunities in Business and Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 Late Career Opportunities and Challenges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 7. GRANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 Study Section Service: An Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 Responding to the NIH Summary Statement . . . . . . . . . 203 8. ACADEMIC CAREERS. . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Teaching Is Good for Research. . . . . 208 Academic Careers without Tenure. . . 210 9. EFFECTIVE PRESENTATION . . . . . . . . . 215 Do’s and Don’t’s of Poster Presentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 You Don’t Have to Shout to Be Heard . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 ENDNOTES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 viii CAREER ADVICE FOR LIFE SCIENTISTS THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR CELL BIOLOGY Career Advice for Life Scientists Volume I Volume Editor Elizabeth Marincola Production Manager Stephanie Dean WICBColumn Editors Maureen Brandon, 1998–2001 Laura Williams, 1996–2000 Published with support from the Office of Research on Women’s Health, The National Institutes of Health ©2002 The American Society for Cell Biology

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