I would love to be back in research. Now I'm doing both cli= nical
and research so I have the stress of getting clinical slides out whil e dealing with researchers who wonder why their slides aren't done
yet.
If anybody needs a research histologist in S. Calif= ornia/San Diego,
call me! :-)
I've set up histo. labs for b= oth academic and pharma labs.
Paula :-)
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To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
From: Linda Jenkins
Sent by: histonet-bounces@lists.utsouthwestern.e= du
Date: 05/14/2007 03:08PM
Subject: [Histonet] RE:Switching from hos= pital histo to Research
Hi, Carol!
You stated:
" I'm contemplating making a switch from= a routine hospital
histology department to supervising a pharmaceutica= l research
histology dept. working with mostly rodent tissue. Any= opinions,
suggestions, or resources anyone would like to contribute wo= uld
be
greatly appreciated. It seems like a much less stress leve= l than
a
hospital is at times,..... so what am I missing or not thinkin= g
about
as far as the "problems" in this type of histology?"
Well, I made the switch 18 years ago and = the thoughts of
going back
to clinical have never entered my mind. &nbs= p;What's not to like?
Better
pay, better benefits, MUCH less stre= ss, no more working holidays
or
weekends unless I choose to do so= . Being able to attend NSH
conventions and regional and state mee= tings all expenses paid is
another perk! I think the primary ingr= edient to a successful
transfer is that you must be self motivated and = capable of
independent work. In clinical your days are fairly wel= l defined
(e.g. embed, section, stain, etc.). In research, you ju= st never
know
what each day will bring. If you like orderly, rout= ine days then
you
might want to stay in clinical. I brought human= protocols to my
research lab and they all had to be severely modified.= Rodent
tissue
is so lean you must modify processing protocols or= you will end up
with (as Gayle Callis says) "crispy critters". Y= ou will be asked
to
perform stains you have only read about and they wi= ll probably
need
to be modified on top of that. The only thing I really= miss is
being
able to consult with a pathologist and histology colleag= ues when
I
encounter problems. Part of that problem was solved by joini= ng
NSH's
VIR & Hard Tissue committees where I have bunches of "bone= head
buddies" doing the stuff I am. I still haven't found a resea= rch
pathologist - much to my chagrin.
= There is much to enjoy about each path so, even if you find
you
= don't like research, you can always return to clinical.
&nbs= p; Good Luck,
Lin= da
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