Book of the month

Career Opportunities in Biotechnology and Drug Development by Toby Freedman. You have a PhD and don’t know what to do with it? This book provides a comprehensive overview of all the different careers in life science industry.  Each chapter will prepare you to land in the perfect job by providing a map of the different career paths.  With this book you will discover the ins and outs of career opportunities. 

 To learn more about Toby Freedman and her book 

To see a career chart from the book 

Put Your Science to Work: The Take-Charge Career Guide for Scientist by Peter S. Fiske, Ph.D. This is one of the greatest books for career advice for scientist. It provides strategies to find the job of your dreams, and to explore all the options available for scientists. 

By Peter S. Fiske, Ph.D.

Hidden Beauty: Exploring The Aesthetics of Medical Science by Norman Baker and Christine Iacobuzio-Donahue from the school of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University. One of the most interesting books to have, unlike any other science reading book, this book shows real pictures of human animal l disease. It also portrays the patterns and colors of each unique disease, therefore, making each picture a piece of art!  

By Norman Baker and Christine Iacobuzio-Donahue

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How We Live & Why We Die: The Secret Lives of Cells by Lewis Wolpert, is a great narrative about how human life develops from a single cell to an organism. In this book, Wolpert explains the  basic science behind stem cell research, DNA, cancer and the human brain. 

Lewis Wolpert

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot. If you asked yourself where do cancer cells come from? Well, here’s a wonderful story of an African American tobacco farmer from Virginia and mother of five, Henrietta Lacks. Henrietta Lacks, got cervical cancer, and before she died, cell were taken from her cervix without Henrietta or her family’s consent. Scientist tried for many yeas to grow tissue in culture with no success; however, Henrietta’s cells never died. Henrietta’s cervical cells (HeLa) are consider one of the important tools for research and medicine, and anyone that works with tissue culture should read this book.

Rebecca Skloot

To know more about Henrietta and the Lacks family

Henrietta Lacks Foundation

Rebecca Skloot

Scientific Writing and Communication: Papers, Proposals, and Presentations, 1st edition by Angie Hoffman is a great text that covers all the areas of scientific communication. This book introduces basic writing principles, which can used on papers, grants and research presentations. 

Angelika H. Hoffman

A Handbook of Biological Investigation, 7th edition by Harrison Ambrose is a great text for teaching how to analyse, organize and publish your own data in a scientific journal.

Harrison Ambrose