The PhD to biotech series: Clarifying your direction before you leave academia

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In the first of a four-part series, Matteo Tardelli suggests some things to consider when deciding whether a move into industry is for you

For many PhD researchers, thoughts of leaving academia begin quietly. They emerge not as a decisive plan, but as a growing sense of uncertainty shaped by short-term contracts, intense competition and limited long-term prospects. When alternatives are considered, they are often grouped into a single, ill-defined category: ‘industry’.

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