I will be looking forward to reading your posts, particularly regarding your experience as a scientist in a govt. lab. It has been difficult for me to get information about this field as my dept. and advisor are really pushing for me to go the academic route even though my skills and experience with select agents makes me a good fit for certain govt. labs. I've opted for the academic postdoc for now, but I am still very interested in that career path.
Good question too ... I'll try to put up a blog entry response to it this afternoon after I do some nosing around.
And microbiologist xx, there is a lot of pressure (at least it seemed that way to me as well) to force ones students to go academia. But ... break the cycle! Hopefully I can lend some insights to help you make an informed decision in the future. :)
(It's a ...)Micro World (... after all) (formerly known as Bio-Fuel!),is a blog dedicated to discussing pretty much whatever I feel like. When I delve into scientific matters it will primarily be discussing microbiology (agricultural, bioenergy, and environmental focus) and astronomy. Otherwise, I'll probably ramble on about sports.
Who is this joker?
Thomas Joseph
Professionally I am a bug hunter (aka microbiologist) and a gene jockey (aka molecular biologist). I started my career as a med tech, but now I'm a research scientist who studies environmental microbiology. When I'm not answering scientific questions about the roles that microbes play on climate change and/or water and soil quality, I'm an amateur astronomer and play racquetball. I'm also a sports nut, though my liking of both the NY Metropolitans (baseball) and NY Jets (football) tests my devotion to these sports on a continual basis. Fortunately, I'm also an OU alumnus (PhD, Microbiology) and we usually have a pretty good football team. BoomerSooner!
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Well, if nothing else, your appearance over there means I've at least found a non-medical-microbiology blog (this one) to read.
Do you happen to know how the efficiency of biogas production (since it sounds like that's what you work with) compares with microbial fuel cells?
I will be looking forward to reading your posts, particularly regarding your experience as a scientist in a govt. lab. It has been difficult for me to get information about this field as my dept. and advisor are really pushing for me to go the academic route even though my skills and experience with select agents makes me a good fit for certain govt. labs. I've opted for the academic postdoc for now, but I am still very interested in that career path.
Welcome epicanis, glad you could stop by. :)
Good question too ... I'll try to put up a blog entry response to it this afternoon after I do some nosing around.
And microbiologist xx, there is a lot of pressure (at least it seemed that way to me as well) to force ones students to go academia. But ... break the cycle! Hopefully I can lend some insights to help you make an informed decision in the future. :)
Outstanding, young man.
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