Category Archives: networking

An unexpected delight in the form of careers advice

Posted on 10 November 2012 by Erika Cule

Fellow Occam’s Typewriter blogger Jenny Rohn‘s book on sale at ASHG 2012. This week I am attending the 62nd meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics here in San Francisco. Being a PhD student, I registered for several of … Continue reading →

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Nodes and Links

Posted on 25 September 2011 by Athene Donald

This week I was invited to talk at the annual conference organised by Postdocs at the Institute of Cancer Research; the Conference’s theme was Networking and I was asked to talk about how networking has influenced your career and any … Continue reading →

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Evolution

Posted on 19 April 2011 by Athene Donald

No, not in the Darwinian sense but more in a socio-cultural one. This week I am at an annual conference that I have been attending on and off (but more on) for nearly 30 years, which is a rather sobering … Continue reading →

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