Career portraits

“Learn by doing and do what you love”

Katja Petzold, associate professor at Karolinska Institutet, is so enthusiastic about her science, that it is actually hard to talk about her career path as a scientist without discussing what she loves to study: the function and structure of RNA using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy.

21 March, 2019

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Career portraits

Inside-out career portraits: the post introducing our new series

Posted by Ayla De Paepe

When you’re in the middle of a PhD or a postdoc, it can be hard to imagine there will ever be a time after. But when all of this is done… Where will you go? What will you do? Who will you work for? In other words: which job are you actually supposed to be preparing for?

20 March, 2019

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Internships outside academia

Overcoming My Pipette Syndrome – My Internship At VR

Posted by Shady Kamal

About a year ago, I put myself into a poisonous comfort zone. I made peace with the laboratory routine so that I would not entertain the idea of doing something […]

13 March, 2019

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Career portraits

From postdoc to science communicator: how to make the leap?

Posted by Nika Seblova

As we headed out of the conference center, we felt the burning heat of summer in southern France. I had asked Ben Libberton for an interview on his post postdoc […]

10 September, 2018

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Career portraits

When I grow up, I’ll be a… patent attorney

Posted by Federica Santoro

Do you have a knack for technology and love to argue a point? Then a career in patent law might be just the thing for you. In this second career portrait of the series “When I grow up, I’ll be a…”, KI alumna Joanna Applequist tells us what it takes to be a patent attorney, and how she went from lab bench to law books.

27 August, 2018

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Internships outside academia

Testing the water: my internship at VR

Posted by Ayla De Paepe

While struggling to remember people’s names (most of them seem to be Anna or Maria, how can I still get that wrong?), or to recognize the right floor (it’s the one […]

13 June, 2018

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Career portraits

Science communication career: “INTERN-ING” HER CAREER AROUND

Posted by Jessica Norberg

As a communications officer at Uppsala Monitoring Centre, Federica Santoro is an editor, a social media manager and a podcast producer. She also is the sole scientist in a team […]

17 May, 2018

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Career portraits

Science communication career series: WRITING HER OWN CAREER PATH

Posted by Jessica Norberg

As a medical writer, Maria Norberg writes scientific publications, abstracts and posters for scientific congresses as well as clinical study protocols, investigation plans and study reports; documents necessary for running […]

4 April, 2018

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Internships outside academia

Small actions, big results

Posted by Margarita Bartish

The highlight of 2017 for me has been an email. Well, no. It was a person – Natalie (von der Lehr). But it started with an email. And a step […]

19 December, 2017

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Internships outside academia

Scientist in disguise…

Posted by Guest Blog

Guest blog post by Giulia Gaudenzi, PhD student and participant in the course Career Skills for Scientists and the internship program for PhD-students. In September/October 2017 she did an internship with […]

26 October, 2017

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Career portraits

When I grow up, I’ll be a… science teacher

Posted by Yossa Dwi Hartono

This is a follow-up article from a talk organised by the PhD Careers Beyond Academia Club, given by PhD-turned-science-teacher Sanja Ranica. I was in the audience and Federica Santoro interviewed […]

16 October, 2017

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Career portraits

Meet Johanna Bäckström – founder of Career Service and head of a “fast running unit”

Posted by KI Career Service/Admin

You have been Head of Unit for Student and Career Service for four years. What has been the highlights? On a personal level, it has been to “dive into” everything […]

11 September, 2017

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Career portraits

When I grow up, I’ll be a…

Posted by Federica Santoro

‘So what do you want to be when you grow up?’ We were standing inside the elevator, on our way up to the lecture hall where the weekly seminar would […]

1 April, 2017

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Career portraits

Swapping research training for training researchers

Posted by KI Career Service/Admin

Anethe Mansén is one of my closest colleagues and a familiar face at Career Service, part of the staff for more than 9 years. Since I work with “careers” all […]

30 March, 2017

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Career portraits

Exploring Careers: Building Bridges in Science

Posted by Yildiz Kelahmetoglu

An innate drive to communicate, resonating with oneself, and a genuine joy in talking about science are defining elements that led Helena Ledmyr throughout her career. Breathing both academic and […]

8 March, 2017

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Internships outside academia

Career Skills for Scientists

Posted by KI Career Service/Admin

This Tuesday afternoon it is very quiet at the Career service office at Karolinska Institutet, only the sound of keys tapping in the computers. Emma is working hard on updating […]

31 January, 2017

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Internships outside academia

Prepare, practise, perform!

Posted by KI Career Service/Admin

To be good at something – you need to practise. This counts for everything, also networking and pitching yourself. Career Service at Karolinska Institutet arranges regularly mingles for companies and […]

12 October, 2016

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Career portraits

Find the passion and show you can do it!

Posted by Terry.Fei

I’ve recently taken a career course organized by KI career service office. Below is a portrait from my course assignment about a person, whom I interviewed and is currently working […]

15 March, 2016

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Researcher blogs

An inside perspective on being a researcher

“Learn by doing and do what you love”

Inside-out career portraits: the post introducing our new series

Overcoming My Pipette Syndrome – My Internship At VR

From postdoc to science communicator: how to make the leap?

When I grow up, I’ll be a… patent attorney

Testing the water: my internship at VR

Science communication career: “INTERN-ING” HER CAREER AROUND

Science communication career series: WRITING HER OWN CAREER PATH

Small actions, big results

Scientist in disguise…

When I grow up, I’ll be a… science teacher

Meet Johanna Bäckström – founder of Career Service and head of a “fast running unit”

When I grow up, I’ll be a…

Swapping research training for training researchers

Exploring Careers: Building Bridges in Science

Career Skills for Scientists

Prepare, practise, perform!

Find the passion and show you can do it!

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