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Martina G. Efeyini

Articles by Martina G. Efeyini

Interview
‘Don't just stop at what you’re assigned to do’
April 14, 2023
Isaac Bell talked to 91Ó°¿âToday about his path to and current position at The Jackson Laboratory.

Interview
‘I was in the right place at the right time’
March 4, 2023
Mark Witmer, a senior director at Bristol Myers Squibb, talked to 91Ó°¿âToday about what it’s like to be an industry manager.

Interview
‘I like to be in the lab’
Dec. 23, 2022
Our industry careers columnist spoke with Susan Abbatiello, a principal consultant scientist at Waters Corp.

Interview
'Keep developing your expertise'
Sept. 16, 2022
Anand Balakrishnan is a biochemist at Enanta Pharmaceuticals. He leads a team that has worked on respiratory syncytial virus, SARS-CoV-2 and hepatitis B virus.

Interview
‘I wanted to go where I was needed’
Aug. 19, 2022
Yuliya McAnany, a senior associate scientist at Amicus Therapeutics, talked to our industry careers columnist about her work.

Jobs
‘Our technology allows you to name the nameless’
July 8, 2022
Swathi A. Kumar is senior director of marketing at Verogen, a company based in San Diego that produces next-generation sequencing solutions for forensic investigations.

BMB in Africa
‘Life happens, but we keep pushing’
June 21, 2022
91Ó°¿âmember Adaude Amalunweze is a scientist and educator in Nigeria.

Jobs
‘We're all a bunch of weirdos doing our stuff’
May 20, 2022
An interview with Charles Sanders, a research associate at XBiotech.

Interview
'Anywhere you go, be ready to review your work'
April 29, 2022
Maria Grandoni is a scientist at PPD. She talked to our industry careers columnist about her work on the manufacturing and quality side of industry.

Interview
‘Have faith in that training’
March 18, 2022
Raghuvir Sengupta has been a biochemist for HP and is now a Pfizer postdoc. He talks about his work and how his graduate training prepared him for his industry career.

Interview
'A different career almost every three years'
Feb. 25, 2022
Christian Cunningham traces his path from washing dishes at Berkeley to discovering drugs at Genentech.

Observance
Black scientists to follow
Feb. 5, 2022
In celebration of Black History Month, columnist Martina G. Efeyini shares a roundup of Black scientists you should know.

Jobs
Working at a national laboratory
Jan. 28, 2022
Meet Faith Dukes, director of K–12 STEM programs at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.

Jobs
7 skills you need in 2022
Jan. 7, 2022
Our careers columnist highlights the top skills shared by the scientists she interviewed this past year.

Award
Provost makes chemistry accessible for undergrads
Dec. 14, 2021
Joe Provost will receive the 2022 91Ó°¿âAward for Exemplary Contributions to Education recognizing an individual who encourages effective teaching and learning of biochemistry and molecular biology.

Jobs
Meet data scientist Kelsey Florek
Dec. 3, 2021
For the state of Wisconsin, the bioinformatician develops computational infrastructure for investigating infectious diseases.

Jobs
Working for a state health department
Nov. 5, 2021
An interview with toxicologist Alejandra Maldonado, a Utah epidemiology manager.

Jobs
Advice for those seeking careers at scientific societies
Oct. 15, 2021
This is the third part in a series about scientists who've launched and established careers at nonprofit professional-development organizations.

Jobs
Doing policy work at scientific societies
Sept. 14, 2021
This is the second part in a series about scientists who've launched and established careers at nonprofit professional-development organizations.

Jobs
Working at a scientific society
Aug. 23, 2021
This is the first part in a series about scientists who've launched and established careers at nonprofit professional-development organizations.

Jobs
From Smithsonian fellow to research botanist
June 15, 2021
Careers columnist Martina G. Efeyini interviewed Manuela Dal Forno, a lichenologist at the Botanical Research Institute of Texas.