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School of Medicine Career Center

The Career Center is a resource for every student, providing information on career options, development of professional skill sets, and opportunities and connections for trainees. Students are aided in defining their individual passions and goals, as well as how they hope to impact others, regardless of external expectations of career choice. Their offerings include:

One-on-one career counseling: Speaking with an adviser in a confidential setting can help you clarify priorities, define goals, prepare credentials (e.g. CV/résumé, cover letter, teaching/research statements), and organize your individualized development and transition.
Curriculum: Alumni, faculty, and experts from various sectors partner with Career Center staff to provide education on general career exploration, job-application strategy, and targeted skill development.
Career and professional-development resources: Our library and online resources provide information about various career options and connections to alumni, partners, and job opportunities.

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If you have questions about career exploration, development, or guidance at any point in your graduate-school training and beyond, contact the School of Medicine Career Center.

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Stanford Biosciences, 1967: First synthesis of biologically active DNA in test tube
Stanford Biosciences, 1970: Development of the florescence-activated cell sorter
Stanford Biosciences, 1971: Discovery of RNA priming of DNA synthesis
Stanford Biosciences, 1972: First construction of a recombinant DNA molecule containing DNA from two different species
Stanford Biosciences, 1973: First expression of a foreign gene implanted in bacteria by recombinant DNA methods
Stanford Biosciences, 1984: Isolation of a gene coding for part of the T-cell receptor, a key to the immune system's function
Stanford Biosciences, 1987: Purification of first stem cells
Stanford Biosciences, 1988: Discovery of the nuclear factor of activated T cells
Stanford Biosciences, 1990: Discovery of "Off-switch" for genetic reproduction in bacteria
Stanford Biosciences, 1995: Development of the microarray technology that allows researchers to see at once which genes of the thousands present in a cell are switched "on"
Stanford Biosciences, 2000: First use of gene expression profiling to distinguish cancer sub-types
Stanford Biosciences, 1990-2001: Participation in the Human Genome Project; Stanford is 9th worldwide in contributions to the genome
Stanford Biosciences, 2001: The first molecular snapshot published of the protein machinery responsible for transcription in yeast — RNA polymerase II — in action; this helped explain how cells express all the information the human genome
Stanford Biosciences, 2002: First use of RNAi to switch off genes in mice. RNAi offers an extremely selective method to "mute" a single gene amongst the thousands in the genome, helping provide precise information about the role of the gene
Stanford Biosciences, 2009: A researcher sequences his own genome for less than $50,000 and with a team of just two others
Stanford Biosciences, 2007: Array tomography invented
Stanford Biosciences, 2007: For the first time, researchers use a healthy person's complete genome sequence to predict his risk for dozens of diseases