Career Career portraits The lighthouse principle Posted by natalievonderlehr “I’ve never had a detailed plan for my career, but that does not mean that I have been aimless. It is more like a lighthouse – I see where I want to go, and make my decisions to go in the direction of my vision.” Read more about Nitya Jayaram Lindström’s career and her advice to PhD students and postdocs. 21 February, 2022 0 comments
Career Career portraits Science Not the typical academic Posted by kristinakarale Even though Liisa van Vliet spends most of her time at a lab in Cambridge, sees world-famous scientists passing by almost on every-day basis and is immersed in the all […] 15 February, 2022 0 comments
Career Career portraits A long way from home – Interview with Anastasia Pharris (ECDC) Posted by Rebeca Cardoso It is an exciting time in the career of Anastasia Pharris, a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-turned-coronavirus expert at the European Center for Disease Control (ECDC). Anastasia’s career involves bringing together […] 3 November, 2021 0 comments
Career portraits Career transition: Academia to a patient organisation Posted by monicapersson Have you ever considered a career in a patient organisation? Didn’t know it was an option? Here’s my story about my transition from academia to Medical Expert at a patient organisation 24 May, 2021 0 comments
Career portraits “I solve interesting puzzles every day” – Career path of Anil Sharma Posted by Guest Blog Name: Anil SharmaDid PhD at: University of Western Australia, AustraliaPosition at time of interviewing: Data Scientist, H&M, SwedenPosition at time of publishing on blog: Data Science Manager, Klarna, SwedenInterviewed and written by: Moa Stenudd, […] 4 November, 2020 0 comments
Career portraits “What kind of company should we be and do we all agree on that?” – Interview with Tomás McKenna (part 2) Posted by Ana Amaral Blog Post + Podcast Episode – Part 2 Last week I published the first part of my conversation with Tomás McKenna recorded in December 2019. Tomás is a former post-doc […] 30 October, 2020 1 comments
Career portraits “You need to have this crazy idea that you believe enough to put your whole career on it” – Interview with Tomás McKenna Posted by Ana Amaral Interview with Tomás McKenna, former KI post-doc, who left academia to create his own company. 23 October, 2020 1 comments
Career portraits “I have the right and the opportunity to be a generalist” – Career path of Matti Nikkola Posted by Guest Blog I meet Matti Nikkola in his office at Biomedicum, where he works as Head of Education at the department of Cell and Molecular Biology at Karolinska Institutet. Matti’s office is full of things that he enjoys, and things he’s proud of. A robot dog, beautiful glass statues, and a vast collection of newspaper articles. I comment that it’s tidy despite all the objects. “With my job, you have to stay organized”, he explains. 21 October, 2020 0 comments
Career portraits Curiosity: Bridging the gap between academia and industry – Career path of Ia Khmaladze Posted by Guest Blog Name: Ia KhmaladzeDid PhD at: Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, SwedenCurrent position: Principal Skin Health Scientist, Oriflame Cosmetics AB, SwedenInterviewed and written by: Resti Rudjito Ia Khmaladze, […] 14 October, 2020 0 comments
Career portraits “Be proactive and have a good mentor” – Career path of Carolina Hagberg Posted by Guest Blog Carolina Hagberg is Assistant Professor at the Cardiovascular Medicine Unit at Karolinska Institutet (KI). She has recently established her own research group (Hagberg Lab) that studies the mechanisms involved in adipocyte nutrient uptake and energy metabolism in the healthy and obese state. 3 September, 2020 1 comments
Career portraits “Be brave to ask” – Career path of Vicente Martínez Redondo Posted by Guest Blog Vicente Martínez Redondo is Research Scientist at Cepheid AB since 2018, while he completed his postdoctoral studies at KI before starting the current position. 19 August, 2020 1 comments
Career portraits “Teaching is a beautiful way to give back to society” – Career path of Matthew Kirkham Posted by Guest Blog Matthew Kirkham was the first person that gave me a teaching assignment as part of my PhD training. I hold him largely responsible for making me feel so passionate about teaching, so this was a great chance for me to share his story and his role as an educator at Karolinska Institutet. 5 August, 2020 1 comments
Career portraits “Freedom comes with responsibility” – Career path of Qiaolin Deng Posted by Guest Blog It’s a gloomy February afternoon when I head towards Biomedicum cafeteria to meet Qiaolin Deng. As much as I feel tired with the short days and lack of sunshine I am soon to be positively charged with the energy that beams from my interviewee. Qiaolin greets me with a warm smile and sparkling eyes. It’s a very exciting time in her career. 22 July, 2020 1 comments
Career portraits “Always look for solutions” – career path of Sally Abdelmoaty Posted by Guest Blog I got my first glimpse of Sally Abdelmoaty in 2015 when I started my PhD in the lab where she was doing her post doc. I didn’t need much time to realize she has the qualities of a successful person – self-confidence, integrity, willingness to learn and most important – optimism. These exact traits allowed her to efficiently juggle research, family responsibilities and self-development activities outside academia that led her to her present job as project coordinator at Kancera AB. This interview gave me the opportunity to ask her about her reflections on the successful transition she made from academia to industry. 8 July, 2020 0 comments
Career portraits “In a wet lab, you turn biological samples into data; in a dry lab, you turn coffee into code.” Posted by Kelvin Kwok Wet lab techniques were almost becoming Jimmy’s daily routines forever. But he made a sharp turn. 25 May, 2020 2 comments
Career portraits If you want to be a medical advisor Posted by Oksana Goroshchuk I am sure that everybody heard about the events “Careers beyond academia”. In this post, I will write about one of those meetings and, with no doubts, one of the […] 19 July, 2019 0 comments
Career portraits A wish to make a real difference – Career Path of Linnea Eriksson Posted by Guest Blog Her first dream job was to become an archeologist and live the life of Indiana Jones. After realizing, that what she has known from books is not even nearly as exciting as she thought, she wanted to be a veterinarian. Currently, Linnea Eriksson holds a Ph.D. degree in Medical Sciences and works as a Clinical Trial Manager, but all of the above seem to share at least two common features: genuine interest in science and a wish to make a real difference. 26 June, 2019 1 comments
Career portraits “Take all those hierarchies away and make sure that every member of the team feels equally important” Posted by Ana Amaral An interview + podcast with Johanna Olsson, learning designer and co-founder of The Hows in Stockholm. 19 June, 2019 0 comments
Career portraits Ljubica Matic – from a journalist to an outstanding scientist Posted by Guest Blog Ljubica Matic is an Assistant Professor and a Team Leader of Vascular Molecular Medicine within the Division of Vascular Surgery at Karolinska University Hospital. Her scientific achievements are impressive. During the time she spent in the Vascular Surgery Group (2012 – present) she published 8 first-author papers, 1 last name paper and was a co-author on more than 42 publications, including 4 collaborative Nature-level pieces. Her teaming up with Professor Ulf Hedin resulted in an unprecedented multi-omics exploration of Biobank of Karolinska Endarterectomies (BiKE), which significantly increased the number of currently active projects relying on this resource to more than 70. In 2018 she was a co-recipient of the Heart-Lung Foundation’s Big Gift Grant of 15 million SEK and has been awarded the prestigious Sven and Ebba Hagberg Prize by Karolinska and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for her outstanding research on molecular mechanisms of smooth muscle cell function in atherosclerosis. 19 June, 2019 0 comments
Career portraits “Getting to know yourself is essential for job seeking in the industry” Posted by Guest Blog After his PhD, Alessandro Sorrentino was in love with Science and finished his post doc with a Nature paper. He had never planned to leave academia. Why should he? After all, his post doc went very well. 5 June, 2019 1 comments
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