For a lot of scientists and engineers, although not everyone, at a certain stage of their careers patents become an important element of success. However, there are things to talk about.
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The Chinese people began to build the Great Wall of China in the 5th century BC. The great wall is for protecting the country from invasion, theft and plunder. Today, as we enter the globalized technical-oriented industrial/business world, protection like the Great Wall is still needed, even more essentially. That Great Wall needs to be built by you, my fellow scientists and engineers.
The FDA held hearings on Dec 8 and 9 on two birth control methods: oral contraceptives containing a progestin called drospirenone (DRSP) a spironolactone analogue) and a contraceptive patch marketed in the USA as Ortho EVRA. Several post market studies suggest that pills containing drospirenone impose a higher risk of venous thromboembolic events (VTE) than earlier versions of the pill. The patch has also been associated with a higher risk.
‘Blogosphere’. The place where an opinion, however obscure reaches an audience of millions ,heard, uncensored and in its true form .
You finally see the light at the end of the graduate school tunnel. The frustrations and triumphs of your dissertation experiments have only whetted your appetite for more research training. Or, perhaps, you’ve sprinted toward the broad and diverse “alternate” career horizon, but haven’t landed a paying job in this current pessimistic economy.
When I was in grad school, in a well funded research center, I never thought about what could kill a project. Every project last for 2-3 years, or even more. I stayed in the same DOE project throughout my whole grad school career. However, when I came to an industrial/business job, I saw all kinds of project killers time and time again. Basically, each project has to go through a surviving mode before they can come to the commercial stage.
So who are these killers?
Killer 1: Cost, Cost and Cost!!!
Two weeks ago, I was flying from San Francisco to Newark to do an in-house training with a drug company sales force. I was comfortably settled into my seat in first class (all those frequent flyer miles = upgrades), about to start eating the [not-too-bad] chicken dinner, when the call came out over the intercom asking if a physician was on board.
Hello, my name is Christine Crumbley. I’m a 5th year graduate student at Scripps in Jupiter, FL, trying to draw up a plan for my future. I started pursuing my PhD at LSU in Baton Rouge, but after my previous advisor did not earn tenure, I followed my new advisor, Dr. Burris, to Scripps Florida. Deciding whether or not to leave Baton Rouge was a tough choice, but every single day I am grateful that Dr. Burris offered me the chance to train at Scripps. Below is a photo of our research group, I’m in the front in the black and white shirt.
