Laboratory meetings are part and parcel of the research experience. Regularly meeting with your colleagues can foster collaborations, build a sense of community and help with problem-solving. Every group does things in its own way, but meetings usually involve presentations from one or more team members, discussions of relevant papers and updates from the institution.
Informational interviews should provide a networking opportunity for both parties.Credit: SeventyFour/iStock via Getty Informational interviews are informal opportunities to share or seek information. These chats can cover all sorts of topics, from switching disciplines or moving countries to potential job openings and collaborations. Most importantly, they are the mechanism that makes networking — the building
Long before becoming a Hollywood mainstay with a market cap of over $315 billion, Netflix was struggling to stay afloat. After the dotcom bust, the then DVD rental company was forced to make its first major round of layoffs in 2001, cutting roughly one-third of its workforce. For Netflix cofounder Reed Hastings, the experience drove
Some of the world’s most powerful tech billionaires think your next job posting could come from another planet. Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Sam Altman have all predicted a future where humans live and work in space. Now, Voyager Technologies founder and CEO Dylan Taylor is backing them up—and he’s putting a very soon timeline
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Emma Yates, chief scientific officer at Proteotype Diagnostics, would like to see more funding and support for founders during parental leave. Credit: Wesley Sukdao, Proteotype CEO An estimated 25 million women across the world’s most advanced economies are being denied the opportunity to launch and develop their own businesses, and those who do typically have