where she works with Dr Richard M. Peek. Dr Noto provides practical advice for succeeding in a career as a non–tenure-track scientist in academia. We hope this column will be relevant not only to research scientists but also to junior investigators considering this career path and principal investigators considering working in their own laboratories with research scientists. We welcome feedback...

Postdoctoral fellows in the biomedical sciences have been greatly affected by recent changes in the research enterprise. Many current fellows, like me, entered graduate school in the mid to late 1980s, when academic and industrial research in biological subjects was rapidly expanding. The expansion is markedly slower now, and competition for research jobs and funding has significantly increased...

Critical care practices in India have evolved significantly over the past decade. Critical care initially began as a service in major hospitals, but with the formation of the Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine the development of this speciality has been very rapid. Regular conferences, updates, continuing medical education programmes and workshops have emerged, and postdoctoral training p...