A career development blog for early-career researchers in life sciences
This blog aims to inspire early-career researchers who are exploring different career options and developing their skills. We provide interview-based profiles of life scientists working in diverse science-related careers, as well as articles on a broad range of career and skills development topics, with new content added regularly.
The blog was established to support the work of the EIPOD career development service in providing careers information for EMBL Interdisciplinary Postdocs and the broader community of PhD and postdocs at EMBL and beyond. It is run by the EMBL Fellows’ Career Service, in collaboration with the EMBL International PhD and Postdoc programmes and with support from EMBL’s Alumni relations office.
In our EMBL Skills & Careers Webinar in July 2025, Shreya Ghosh, Communications Editor at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), shared strategies and tips for writing texts that are both scientifically accurate and engaging, while remaining accessible to audiences with or without a…
Laurence is an entrepreneur passionate about career development for PhDs. We spoke with her about her journey from a PhD in ant biodiversity to co-founding and directing the Benelux Office of Adoc Talent Management. In this interview, she reflects on her career path and shares valuable advice for…
In this blog interview, we talked with Maria Fälth Savitskiabout her excitement for the innovative, interdisciplinary and collaborative research happening in industry, and her tips for early career researchers considering industry R&D.
If you are an early-career researcher in the life sciences, navigating the career area of marketing may be daunting. To demystify this career path, we talked to Nadine Thaler, formerly a cancer research PhD and currently working as Team Leader Product Manager Applications at Hamilton Bonaduz AG, a…
In this blog post, Erminia Rubino shares how she made the transition from a PhD in the life sciences to a career in innovation and technology.
In this blog post Simon Schultze, Medical Director at GSK Austria shares how he made the transition from a PhD and postdoc in the life sciences to a career in medical affairs.
The Blue Book Traineeship offers an excellent opportunity to gain work experience in the European Commission’s operations and pave the way for a potential career at one of their Directorate-Generals or Agencies. Today, we interview a life scientist who, in her thirties and after completing a…
In this blog interview, we talk with EMBL alumna Anna Bartosik who applies her scientific background to a career in project management in the biotech sector. Anna kindly talked us through her career path, and her thoughts on the skills required to become a great project manager.
For this profile, we talked with Kinga Bercsenyi, Associate Director Business Development Translational Oncology Solutions at Champions Oncology. Kinga told us about her current role and how informational interviews were key for her transition from a postdoc to her first business development role.
For this career profile , we spoke with Dr Benjamin Anstett about his experience of working both for a large general management consulting company and smaller consulting companies focused on the life sciences industry.
