Most Life Science students go through their university lives believing that when they graduate they will have to get a science job (if that’s what they want) that won’t pay very much. In fact a lot of them think that they will have to work in the lab.

Both of these statements are not true. There are many science graduate jobs that will pay graduates, even with as little as six months experience, quite a lot of money but also, wi (more…)

Forensic Science is a job sector that has become widely popular amongst new generation of scientists. Thanks to crime shows like CSI, Medical Detectives and others, people have realized the need and importance of Forensic Science in the society.
With the advent of new enhancements in medical sciences, the job market for Forensic Science has radically widened. Forensic Experts and other forensic professionals are greatly demanded in all o (more…)

Valuation of a start-up life science company that offers little more than the promise of success in the future can be very difficult. Stellar results in the basic research laboratory rarely directly result in a cure of disease.  Considering biotech, the drug development process requires many years to determine whether all the effort will translate into monetary returns for a company. Although valuation of the start-up may appear to be more g (more…)

I teach college courses in life sciences and often find myself describing life in terms of the well-accepted traditional method of listing the various characteristics of life. In other words I explain life in terms of what it does. Life moves, responds, grows, absorbs and assimilates foods, excretes wastes and reproduces. Most life science textbooks describe life this way and most students are happy with this explanation.

I hav (more…)