FELCOM - Join FELLOW-L

The FELLOW-L list was created to promote fellowship between postdoctoral staff and to provide a forum for educational, scientific and employment issues. The number of subscribers has grown to over 1000 and geographically extends from Bethesda to Baltimore, North Carolina, and Montana. The list is among the largest serving bench scientists at the NIH.

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FELLOW-L is moderated -- posts should be sent to fellow-l@list.nih.gov. If appropriate, they will be forwarded to the list by the FELLOW-L volunteer staff. Resumes, commercial advertising, or nonscientific solicitations are not appropriate. For more information, see the FELCOM web and FELLOW-L guidelines.

The last two months of FELLOW-L posts are archived here. Additionally, some popular discussions are archived locally.

Some appropriate questions for FELLOW-L:

• Notices of interest to postdoctoral fellows
  • Postdocs are eligible to apply for XYZ award...
  • Change of procedure for J-1 visa holders...
• Scientific questions
  • Where can I get a chicken lens cDNA library? Please respond to F. Leghorn x61234 or LegF@chick.nih.gov
  • Looking for a collaborator in mucosal immunology for this project...
  • I have been trying to do in situ RT-PCR for the past 5 years. It hasn't worked yet. Any hints? Please respond to G.I. Up Tel:2-1479 or iveitup@triplehelix.nih.gov
• Employment questions
  • I am thinking of applying to a XYZ biotech company as a junior sequencer. Does anyone know anything about this company? Please respond to C. Brown (301) 496-7890 or BrownC@linus.nih.gov
  • My application for a job asks for 'Expected salary'. I don't want to ask for too much, nor do I want to be underpaid -- what's a reasonable salary for this job?
  • Get experience as an xxxx -- volunteers needed ....
• Conference networking
  • I am going to the NRCP conference in July and need a roommate to share costs...