Welcome to MCB 295:

Life After Grad School!

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Information for Speakers

Information for the Organizers 

Class Schedules

Spring 2009

Spring 2008

Spring 2007

Spring 2005

Career Building Resources

General 

• If you would like contact information for any of the speakers, please email us at mcb295@gmail.com.
• The East Bay Association for Women in Science has frequent lectures and networking events.
• The Berkeley Career Center - Graduate Student & Ph.D. page has a wealth of information including statistics about graduates, job opportunities, and internships.
• Biospace is a great resource to find out what jobs you can apply for right now.
• This page from Science magazine has several articles on  alternative careers in science.
• This article in U.S. News and World Reports describes "Ahead-of-the-Curve Careers."
• Alternative Careers in Science: Leaving the Ivory Tower by Cynthia Robbins-Roth

Science Writing

• This page on Science Writing at UC Santa Cruz has general information as well as specifics about their masters program.  
• American Medical Writers Association

Consulting

• Ansley Scott, a summer intern at McKinsey, recommends taking a class like 290N,  "Managing the New Product Development Process" at the Haas School of Business.

Academia

• For information on Post-doctoral positions and available funding, visit the UC Postdoctoral Research page.

Entrepreneurship

• The Kauffman Fellows Program

Forensic Science  

• Criminalistics: An Introduction to Forensic Science (9th edition) by Richard Saferstein
• For more information, also see the California Association of Criminalists (CAC), the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS), and the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors (ASCLD).

Biotechnology and Drug Development 

• Speaker Toby Beth Freedman is author of Career Opportunities in Biotechnology and Drug Development. You can read more about her book at her website careersbiotech.com.
• Toby is also president of Synapsis Search, a recruiting company, that places qualified candidates in a variety of positions in Biotech.
• Also check out The Billion Dollar  Molecule by Barry Werth.  This book describes the process of Drug development start to finish.

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