How do we as academic researchers ensure that our research actually reaches, and thereby benefits, society and its people? The podcast series ‘Postdocs Talking – from Research to Society’ focuses on how academic researchers can build bridges between science and several important sectors of society: language when engaging people with diabetes, funding for research, innovation and its relation to industry, policy-making, education and social media, and art in scientific representation. Listen ...
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Invest in your PostdocTransformation! This is the weekly show that helps scientists leap into business after the PhD! In every episode, we have actionable advice for your career transition into business. Don’t want to waste your time & effort with applying to the wrong employer? Then nominate your employer of choice, and we will ask bold questions informing your job applications!
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“The Theory of the Postdoc Evolution” is a podcast from the Postdoctoral Development Centre of Queen’s University Belfast. It aims to provide postdocs with information helping them to develop their careers. It includes, for example, interviews of professionals talking about their career paths, information on the Higher Education system and ways to improve researchers’ CVs. For more info go to: go.qub.ac.uk/PodcastPDC
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Postdocalypse: King's College London Health Sciences DTC Podcast


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Postdocalypse: King's College London Health Sciences DTC Podcast
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Hi, you’re listening to Postdocalypse, a podcast by postgrad students about all things postgrad. The name comes from the idea that once you finish your PhD, there’s the big question for all of us whether we’ll continue along the academic path or take on of the many alternative routes that are on offer to us. We’re a team of PhD students at King’s College London, trying to navigate this crazy world and we’ll be sharing the highs and the lows of postgraduate study.
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More Talk, More Action: Causes and Treatment of Erectile Dysfunction
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Did you know that having diabetes can affect sexual function? It can even cause erectile dysfunction (ED). And, for a proportion of people living with diabetes and cardiovascular diseases, drugs like Viagra have little to no effect. So how do we find new ways of treatment for a growing segment of the population that is missed by current treatment o…
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Top reasons to be active on social media as a scientist
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In this episode you'll learn why you should be active on social media as a scientist staying in academia or transitioning your career into business. Topics include serving yourself vs. your community (social listener, learner, curator, creator), choosing the right platform (LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok, Website etc.), assessing your one-time and reg…
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The best reasons to come back to academia after you have thrived in business
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In this episode you'll learn why and how you could boomerang back to academia, by becoming a professor at an applied university based on your valuable experience in the corporate world or as an entrepreneur. Listen to Prof. Dr. Eleonore Soei-Winkels as she shares actionable tips in this episode of the weekly PostdocTransformation show. Click here f…
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In this episode you'll learn about the entrepreneurial mindset and business acumen that makes a scientist also a good entrepreneur. Both you can hone via your career transition into business, and some of it you build already at grad school! Listen to Prof. Dr. Eleonore Soei-Winkels as she shares actionable tips in this episode of the weekly Postdoc…
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In this episode you'll learn how to approach leaving a job or academic lab in a respectful manner. E. g. focusing on explaining personal reasons for leaving rather than blaming others, expressing gratitude for invested time and effort, offering ongoing support for co-authorship and networking opportunities, and considering teaching opportunities at…
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10 reasons for leaping into business after the PhD: opportunity for innovation and creativity, potential for financial rewards, opportunity for professional growth and development, transferable skills, broaden your network, opportunity to make an impact, flexibility and work-life balance, pursue your passion, global opportunities and diversify your…
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10 reasons for staying in academia beyond the PhD: Passion for Research, mentorship, job security, prestige, collaboration, intellectual freedom, teaching, grant opportunities, professional development, pursue non-academic interests. Listen to Prof. Dr. Eleonore Soei-Winkels as she shares actionable tips in this episode of the weekly PostdocTransfo…
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10 career tips for doctoral students in their final year
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10 career tips for doctoral students in their final year: Stay focused and disciplined, seek feedback regularly, network strategically, start thinking about your post-PhD career early, develop transferable skills, publish your work, attend conferences and workshops, apply for funding and awards, consider alternative career paths, and take care of y…
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ChatGPT will be your best tool to customize your job application for your first job in business! Especially if you are a (future) PhD without prior business experience, writing cover letters, CVs and resumes outside the academic context can be challenging. Listen to Prof. Dr. Eleonore Soei-Winkels as she shares six mind boggling use cases in this e…
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Are you curious about the in demand skills & roles in current job ads and the best industries to be employed in the near future (2023)? If you are a (future) PhD preparing your leap into business, listen to Prof. Dr. Eleonore Soei-Winkels as she drops her latest recap in this episode of the weekly PostdocTransformation show. This episode relates to…
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In this 26 min episode of the weekly #PostdocTransformation show, Prof. Dr. Eleonore Soei-Winkels covers ten steps to transition your career into business! This episode accompanies the free email course with ten email lessons until you start your new job in business! 1) Check your readiness to leap out of science (episode 0001)! Introducing myself,…
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How I capitalized on my PhD as a mom, professor and business owner
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In this 30 min episode of the weekly #PostdocTransformation show, Prof. Dr. Eleonore Soei-Winkels covers a retrospective on how she capitalized on her PhD in neuroscience (2008) as a mom, professor & business owner. How she leaped into IT just one month after her graduation day, honing her transferable skills during the PhD. She shares the diverse …
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After your PhD, do you want to apply to an employer in business or industries? Then you need to check your readiness to leap out of science first. In this 30 min episode, you will learn 15 questions that you need to reflect before you apply. Listen to this episode to learn, how I capitalized on my PhD as a mom, professor and business owner. Click h…
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AI is Not Sci-Fi: The Potential of Artificial Intelligence in Drug Discovery
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AI is dramatically changing the landscape of drug discovery in research today, but what is needed for the best outcomes? How do we overcome the challenges? Artificial intelligence is not the future anymore; it is happening now – and it is happening on a grand scale. Academic researchers and pharmaceutical companies have started utilising AI to aid …
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Diabetes and Data: Discovering Drug Targets and Biomarkers
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Nowadays science is often driven by patterns in big data. What can we learn from the data and how does finding patterns help us understand chronic diseases better? And, where do we start? Perhaps we start with human genetics research on a little island in the North Atlantic with about 350,000 inhabitants. Iceland is a small society with a healthcar…
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Diabetes Care in Remote Regions: The Greenlandic Perspective
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How far do you live from a healthcare clinic? Around the corner or across the country? In the Western world we have come to expect easy access to healthcare facilities, but that's not always the case. And, access to health care is essential for people living with diabetes or other chronic diseases, because they need regular treatment and screenings…
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The Future is Transparent: Moving towards Open Science
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The open science train has already left the station, but how do we get everyone on board? Perhaps the road to systemic change is paved with incremental change? Our society is driven by scientific advances. As such, studies ought to be highly transparent and easily verifiable, yet that is not always the case. Openness in science is the way forward f…
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Why does one person gain weight differently than another? What are the molecular events that dictate fat tissue function, and how can we use this information to narrow the gap between lab bench and disease prevention? Fat is an intelligent organ. Our fat tissue can be influenced by a myriad of different factors, and it can differ vastly from one pe…
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Might glucagon help us understand diabetes better? And what are the challenges with studying this largely unexplored hormone? The year 2022 marks the 100th anniversary of the first evidence of glucagon-mediated metabolism. From a research perspective, glucagon has long stood in the shadow of insulin. Until now. We are on the edge of a paradigm shif…
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Can people living with type 1 diabetes rise to elite levels in sports? And if so, what does it take to get there? The challenge of blood glucose management and the fear of hypoglycaemia keep many people with type 1 diabetes from exercising regularly. Training for a competitive sport as an elite level is a big task in and of itself. Adding diabetes …
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Broadening Our Perspective: Diabetes in Sub-Saharan Africa
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What happens with a child during pregnancy when the mother has malaria? Could malaria during pregnancy even cause diabetes in the child later in life? With the majority of diabetes studies focusing on Western urbanity, we desperately need data on the challenges and changes happening in rural areas of developing countries. In countries like Tanzania…
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#25. Kyle Matchett: teaching, leadership, and moving institution while becoming a lecturer
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In this episode, Dr Kyle Matchett (Lecturer, Ulster University) talks about his experience of becoming a lecturer, including how he got teaching experience, his approach to leadership, and his take on moving institution when becoming a Principal Investigator.저자 Dr. Alice Dubois
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#24. Sheila McCartan: data analytics for clinical trials
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In this episode, Dr Sheila McCartan (Data Strategy Team Lead, Exploristics) shares her experience transitioning from a lab-based postdoc to an industry role in clinical trials analytics and consultancy, including how she upskilled in coding and R.저자 Dr. Alice Dubois
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In this episode, Dr Elaine O'Reilly (Associate Professor of Chemical Biology at University College Dublin) reflects on how she became an academic in the UK and Ireland, including the impact of mobility and family life on her career and work-life balance.저자 Dr. Alice Dubois
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#22. Delphine Wagner: from chemistry to regulatory affairs
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In this episode, Dr Delphine Wagner (Director Regulatory Affairs at Kinesys Consulting Ltd) talks about her experience working in pharmaceutical regulatory affairs and how individuals with a PhD can transition to similar careers.저자 Dr. Alice Dubois
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#21. Caroline Barelle and Kat Maguire: exploring entrepreneurship as a postdoc
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In this episode, Dr Caroline Barelle (CEO and Founder of Elasmogen) talks about her career journey from postdoc to biotech entrepreneur, and Kat Maguire (Lean Startup Programme Manager, Queen's University Belfast) highlights some of the innovation programmes she manages, and how they enable postdocs and PhDs to take a step towards commercialising t…
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#20. Edel Hyland and Jocelyn Tillner: are academia and industry that different?
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This episode compares the experience of Edel Hyland (Senior Lecturer at Queen's University Belfast), an academic and previously postdoc in the USA, to the one of Jocelyn Tillner (Head of Research and Development in BarthHaas), group leader in a hops company, highlighting some of the similarities and differences between academia and industry.…
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“The greatest scientists are artists as well,” Albert Einstein once said. But how can scientists communicate their results more effectively through art? One of the most common ways of communicating science today is through a one-dimensional focus on visuals such as graphs, illustrations and images. These often lack aesthetics and thereby fail to ca…
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Take it to the Virtual Streets - Education and Public Relations
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Scientists have a professional responsibility to explain the benefits of their science to the public. Social media has changed the landscape of communication, making it both easier and harder for the scientific community to reach the wider society. The ease of distribution and availability of information is in many ways positive, but misinformation…
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As scientists, we want to make discoveries that benefit society and people. To make a societal difference, we need our research findings to become or influence governmental law and policy. Therefore, we need to reach policy makers. However, translating research findings into meaningful and understandable context for policymakers is challenging. Fur…
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Innovation - The Relationship between Academia and Industry
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Societal advancement is dependent on innovation. Novel ideas are often birthed in academia, while the tools for their development often lie within industry. Bridging the two can be difficult. Currently, tech transfer offices, innovation institutes and funding agencies aim to do so, but most support fails to capture early-stage ideas. A lack of know…
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Being able to attract funding is a major factor in determining success in academia. While selection processes were introduced to help distribute money fairly, the current system is flawed: 1) applying for funding is time-consuming, 2) funding agencies prioritise research areas without involving early-career researchers, and 3) the selection process…
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Language is a powerful tool for shaping attitudes and behaviour. Today, scientists and health care professionals’ communication with and about people with diabetes often includes non-inclusive, stigmatising and disempowering language. Using inclusive and empowering language has a huge potential to improve the health outcomes of people with diabetes…
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#19. Cheryl McFarlane: applying, progressing and working in Almac Diagnostic Services
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In this episode, Cheryl McFarlane, Assay development and validation manager for Almac Diagnostics Services, shares her experience of moving to industry after her postdoc, focusing on hiring practices and opportunities for progression in the company.저자 Dr. Alice Dubois
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#18. Vijay Tiwari: strategic planning for an impactful academic career
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In this episode, Vijay Tiwari relates his experience of building an academic career, with specific emphasis on how great mentors, planning successive steps strategically and moving all over world enabled his succes.저자 Dr. Alice Dubois
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#17. Janet Diffin: searching for roles and translating your skills to other sectors
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In this episode, Janet Diffin, Retail Analyst (Consumer Protection) for the Northern Ireland Utility Regulator, highlights her approach to looking for positions in the third sector as well as tips to translate your skills and experiences to roles that appear away from research.저자 Dr. Alice Dubois
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This episode features Dr Panchali Kanvatirth, Research Scientist HTS at AstraZeneca. She talks about what it feels like to work in big pharma and how she transitioned from postdoc to her new role.저자 Dr. Alice Dubois
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#15. Paul McCague: an insight into the education academic path
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In this episode, Dr Paul McCague introduces the ins and outs of the education-focused academic path and how his passion for teaching and getting out of his comfort zone led him to embrace it as his career.저자 Dr. Alice Dubois
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In this episode, Dr Mary Malamatari describes her role as a Pharmaceutical Assessor in the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency as well as how her path led her to drug regulation.저자 Dr. Alice Dubois
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#13. Helen Coleman: progressing as an academic while maintaining a healthy work-life balance
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In this episode, Prof Helen Coleman from the Centre for Public Health at Queen's reflects on her career as an academic, including the factors that helped her progress quickly and tips on how she maintained a healthy work-life balance while still developing her profile.저자 Dr. Alice Dubois
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#12. Donna Small: establishing her research niche and academic path with a fellowship
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This episode features Dr Donna Small, lecturer in the Patrick G. Johnston Centre for Cancer Research. Donna notably discusses how she used a personal fellowship to turn her interests and experience into her own independent research niche fit to complement local research.저자 Dr. Alice Dubois
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#11. Sarah Dolan: an MSL path towards commercial management
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In this episode, Dr Sarah Dolan explains how a Medical Science Liaison role enabled her to transition from a postdoc in cancer research to her position as Commercial Manager in Medical Nutrition in Galen Ltd. In addition to details on her actual role, Sarah shares her experience working in industry, de-busting a few myths along the way.…
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Re-release: What's it like on COVID ICU, and chasing virus on the tube!
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Welcome to Postdocalypse on Lockdown! This episode is a re-release of our "Cohabitants on COVID" episode. We have all been busy in the labs since we were allowed back in to work but we hope you'll forgive us... we will get back to filling your ears with sciencey sounds ASAP!In this re-release, we corner our flatmates to talk about working on COVID …
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#10. Derek Brazil's academic career and the benefits of travelling for research
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In this episode, Dr Derek Brazil (senior lecturer at Queen's University Belfast) highlights the different steps in his career, including his experience of travelling the world for research, and shares some tips to succeed in academia.저자 Dr. Alice Dubois
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#09. Brian Flatley: from biomarker discovery to start-up life
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In this episode, Dr Brian Flatley (Business Strategy and Engagement Director at S3 Connected Health) reflects on how a degree in forensics and a keen interest in commercialisation led him to a PhD in cancer biomarker discovery and a career in healthcare technology start-ups.저자 Dr. Alice Dubois
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In this episode, two recruiters from agencies involved in health-, engineering- and data-related recruitment discuss their experience recruiting candidates with PhDs and postdoctoral experience, including the type of roles they can move to. They also share tips for job seekers to get their online profile noticed, prepare a good application and get …
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#07. Peter Kerr: transitioning to industry and opportunities in the Almac group
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In this episode, Dr Peter Kerr (Head of Operations at Sonraí Analytics Ltd and Director Global Business Development at ARC Regulatory Ltd) reflects on his career, especially his transition to the industrial sector and his multiple roles within the Almac Group. Peter shines a light on the variety of roles available in industry and provide tips to ge…
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#06. Drug management for clinical trials, leaving academia and working from home
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In this episode, Dr Shaun Spence, Cluster Investigational Product Manager at Sanofi, takes us through his role and his career in clinical trials management. Shaun describes the skills needed to succeed in this field, the process of transitioning from academia to industry as well as his experience of working from home.…
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Welcome to Postdocalypse on Lockdown!Some Postdocalypse team members corner their flatmates to talk about working on COVID in this socially distant episode! We answer some of your burning COVID FAQs and some Qs you didn't know you had when we talk to a doctor and a scientist who have both taken time out of their training to work on the front lines …
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#05. The lectureship recruitment process (Part 2 of 2)
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In this podcast, we explore the lectureship recruitment process, gathering views from both members of recruitment panels, Prof Aaron Maule and Dr Karen McCutcheon, and recently appointed lecturers, Dr Donna Small and Dr Paul McVeigh. This second part focuses on Donna and Paul' profiles at the time they applied for their lectureships, application do…
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