Thursday, July 03, 2008 Regeneron was born in 1988 from a simple passion for science. The company was founded on the principle that strong science would lead to important new medicines. Almost twenty years later, that passion has become a successful biotech company with a very unique culture. Regeneron is a select team of people who share a passion for science, love to be challenged, welcome new ideas and thrive on research, development and innovation. Those who make the biggest contributions have the greatest success--regardless of organizational charts or hierarchy. What matters at Regeneron is a passion for science and a drive to discover and develop new medicines. Visit us at www.regeneron.com to learn more. Managing Your Expectations I receive a fair number of email communications from men and women in transition. I'm not able to answer them, unfortunately--the volume is just too great--but I do read and think about them. And of late, I've noticed a trend. Many of these messages are variations on this theme: "I've done everything I'm supposed to do online, and I still don't have a job. I've searched the postings and archived my resume at job boards, I've done research on employers using browsers and other services, and I've joined networking sites and interacted with my peers, and all of that has yet to yield a job offer. What's wrong? ... More More By Peter Weddle 8 Big Mistakes You Could Be Making At Work USN -- By now, everyone knows the basic mistakes to avoid at work: no flip-flops, no swearing, no offensive downloads, and no irate E-mails. But there are plenty of other faux pas that can do harm to an employee's or manager's reputation in the office or with clients. Sometimes, these lesser-known  ... More • 8 Big Mistakes You Could Be Making At Work More... • How to Make your Case for a Promotion More... • Job Interview Checklist More... • The Dos and Don'ts of References More... • Problem Players in the Workplace More... 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Medical Communications Specialist The Medical Communications Specialist will work with clinical, business development and scientific staff to write/edit and create graphics for clinical trial reports, abstracts, posters, investigator brochures, slide kits, clinical trial protocols, primary and secondary publications and other scientific communication documents that support the medical, marketing, and regulatory needs of a project. • Biotech Beach (Duarte, California) City of Hope Molecular Genetic Technologist Under direction of CMDL Supervisor, the person in this role will develop and implement new procedures, use established molecular genetic methodology to perform and analyze a variety of standardized clinical laboratory tests for the purpose of diagnosis of molecular genetic disorders and diagnosis/prognosis of cancer and preneoplastic syndromes. • Bio NC (Clayton, North Carolina) Talecris Biotherapeutics Drug Safety Coordinator An important member of our Global Drug Safety (GDS) team member, the selected candidate will be responsible for compiling and processing all data regarding adverse event (AE) and product technical complaint (PTC) issues in accordance with Good Clinical Practices (GCP), US and International regulatory guidelines, and company operating procedures. • BioCapital (Wilmington, Delaware) Agilent Technologies Inc. Applications Chemist, Biopharma Generates new LC Columns applications and technical data that address the key needs of the Biopharma market. Maintains updated understanding of the Biopharma chromatography market and competitive environment. • Genetown (Billerica, Massachusetts) Bruker Daltonics Inc. Mass Spec Product Sales Specialist / Proteomics Performs scientific work with prospective customers to generate interest, provide justification for purchases, and build relationships prior to and during the sales process. Conducts demonstrations of bioinformatics software. • Pharm Country (New York, New York) D. E. Shaw Research Structural Biology Opportunities Extraordinarily gifted structural biologists are sought to join a rapidly growing New York-based research group that is pursuing an ambitious, long-term strategy aimed at fundamentally transforming the process of drug discovery. Get Noticed! Add your resume to the BioSpace Career Center! 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