universities

Career Development for Life Scientists: An Ongoing and Disturbing Trend

Cliff Mintz
November 12, 2009 16:02

For the past 10 years or so, I have been providing career counseling and development seminars and workshops for life scientists. In the early years, students, postdocs and a smattering of faculty members would attend to learn about the industry trends, the job market and more recently alternate...

Higher Education: The Next Bubble to Burst?

Cliff Mintz
September 01, 2009 14:10

Amber Johnson of Accredited College Online thought that BioJobBlog readers might be interested in an article that she authored entitled “10 Big Ways that the Recession is Hitting Higher Ed.”  It is an informative piece that might be of interest to high school and undergraduate...

Patent Litigation Weekly: Stanford Researcher Loses at PTO, Still Fights On

Joe Mullin
August 28, 2009 19:39

In the April/May issue of IP Law & Business, we reported on the plight of Bob Shafer, a Stanford University scientist embroiled in a dispute with Luxembourg-based Advanced Biological Laboratories, S.A. (ABL). ABL claimed it owned two patents that were... In the April/May issue of IP Law &...

Have you finished your marking?

Peter Black
August 06, 2009 08:00

In Campus Review, for the week commencing Monday, 3 August 2009, there is a biting and hysterical piece that looks at the pressures academics face when marking. If you are a university lecturer (or even a student) you really should read the whole piece here, but I thought I'd reproduce...In Campus...

Is Biotechnology in Your Future?

Cliff Mintz
July 13, 2009 22:44

Despite its humble beginnings in the late 1970s, the biotechnology industry has transformed itself into one of the most vibrant sectors of the American economy. Pharmaceutical companies, once the bell weather of the life sciences industry, have finally conceded that biotechnology and not small...