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🧪 Biologist | Science Writer | PhD in Molecular Biology | Exploring Biology, Careers & AI at Curiosity Bloom | Bridging science, tech & discovery 🚀
💭 What if your science degree paid better than you think? Biology Sales Specialists can out-earn many postdocs and junior researchers. Base + commission means your paycheck grows with your impact. https://curiositybloom.com/biology-sales-specialist-success-formula/
November 28, 2025 at 10:11 PM
💭 What if your science degree paid better than you think? Biology Sales Specialists can out-earn many postdocs and junior researchers. Base + commission means your paycheck grows with your impact. https://curiositybloom.com/biology-sales-specialist-success-formula/
Moving abroad for a PhD is like doing science on “hard mode.” 🌍
New lab, new language, new brand of coffee. ☕
Would you dare to take your experiments to another country?
New lab, new language, new brand of coffee. ☕
Would you dare to take your experiments to another country?
November 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Moving abroad for a PhD is like doing science on “hard mode.” 🌍
New lab, new language, new brand of coffee. ☕
Would you dare to take your experiments to another country?
New lab, new language, new brand of coffee. ☕
Would you dare to take your experiments to another country?
Ever felt guilty about taking holidays during your PhD? I did — and it nearly broke me. In my next post, I’ll share why rest isn’t wasted time but survival fuel. Stay tuned 👀
November 26, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Ever felt guilty about taking holidays during your PhD? I did — and it nearly broke me. In my next post, I’ll share why rest isn’t wasted time but survival fuel. Stay tuned 👀
🎭 Fun fact: some of the best Biology Sales Specialists were introverts who’d rather hang with cells than people. Turns out, listening carefully, spotting patterns, and offering thoughtful solutions = superpowers in sales. Who said quiet can’t crush quotas?
November 25, 2025 at 11:11 AM
🎭 Fun fact: some of the best Biology Sales Specialists were introverts who’d rather hang with cells than people. Turns out, listening carefully, spotting patterns, and offering thoughtful solutions = superpowers in sales. Who said quiet can’t crush quotas?
Can you reboot a router? Congrats—you might qualify.
This role is biotech’s front door, and no, you don’t need to hack NASA to walk through it.
🚪 Read the post. Your new career might be one Ctrl+Alt+Del away:
https://curiositybloom.com/technical-support-scientist-biology/
This role is biotech’s front door, and no, you don’t need to hack NASA to walk through it.
🚪 Read the post. Your new career might be one Ctrl+Alt+Del away:
https://curiositybloom.com/technical-support-scientist-biology/
November 24, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Can you reboot a router? Congrats—you might qualify.
This role is biotech’s front door, and no, you don’t need to hack NASA to walk through it.
🚪 Read the post. Your new career might be one Ctrl+Alt+Del away:
https://curiositybloom.com/technical-support-scientist-biology/
This role is biotech’s front door, and no, you don’t need to hack NASA to walk through it.
🚪 Read the post. Your new career might be one Ctrl+Alt+Del away:
https://curiositybloom.com/technical-support-scientist-biology/
Research topic: aging.
Side effect: also aging. 🕰️
Sometimes I think my samples and I had a race. Who won? Still unclear.
What’s your research, and is it messing with you too?
Side effect: also aging. 🕰️
Sometimes I think my samples and I had a race. Who won? Still unclear.
What’s your research, and is it messing with you too?
November 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Research topic: aging.
Side effect: also aging. 🕰️
Sometimes I think my samples and I had a race. Who won? Still unclear.
What’s your research, and is it messing with you too?
Side effect: also aging. 🕰️
Sometimes I think my samples and I had a race. Who won? Still unclear.
What’s your research, and is it messing with you too?
When I finished my PhD, I thought it was postdoc or bust. I didn’t even know “Field Application Specialist” was a thing. 🧪✈️
Wish someone had told me sooner.
Ever found a career path too late?
https://curiositybloom.com/field-application-specialist-biology-guide/
Wish someone had told me sooner.
Ever found a career path too late?
https://curiositybloom.com/field-application-specialist-biology-guide/
November 20, 2025 at 12:30 PM
When I finished my PhD, I thought it was postdoc or bust. I didn’t even know “Field Application Specialist” was a thing. 🧪✈️
Wish someone had told me sooner.
Ever found a career path too late?
https://curiositybloom.com/field-application-specialist-biology-guide/
Wish someone had told me sooner.
Ever found a career path too late?
https://curiositybloom.com/field-application-specialist-biology-guide/
🧠 Think you need a “sales gene” to thrive in biology sales? Nope. If you’ve ever explained PCR to a sleepy undergrad or survived retail during holiday season—you already have the skills. The job just adds lab coats and bigger price tags.
November 19, 2025 at 12:11 PM
🧠 Think you need a “sales gene” to thrive in biology sales? Nope. If you’ve ever explained PCR to a sleepy undergrad or survived retail during holiday season—you already have the skills. The job just adds lab coats and bigger price tags.
✈️ A day in biology sales? Demo in Paris, training in Stockholm, and wondering where you left your charger. Expect 50–80% travel. It’s not for everyone, but if science + adventure is your thing, this role could fit perfectly.
November 18, 2025 at 12:11 PM
✈️ A day in biology sales? Demo in Paris, training in Stockholm, and wondering where you left your charger. Expect 50–80% travel. It’s not for everyone, but if science + adventure is your thing, this role could fit perfectly.
🌱 Every ecosystem builds in recovery. Trees rest 🌳, animals migrate 🐦, even bacteria pause 🦠. Why do we think we can grind nonstop? Burnout = biology reminding us we’re nature too. What’s your recharge move? ✨
November 13, 2025 at 11:45 AM
🌱 Every ecosystem builds in recovery. Trees rest 🌳, animals migrate 🐦, even bacteria pause 🦠. Why do we think we can grind nonstop? Burnout = biology reminding us we’re nature too. What’s your recharge move? ✨
Few things beat helping a scientist fix a problem they’ve battled for weeks—and seeing that “we did it!” grin.
In Field Application Specialist (FAS) life, those moments happen all the time.
What’s the most rewarding part of your work?
In Field Application Specialist (FAS) life, those moments happen all the time.
What’s the most rewarding part of your work?
November 12, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Few things beat helping a scientist fix a problem they’ve battled for weeks—and seeing that “we did it!” grin.
In Field Application Specialist (FAS) life, those moments happen all the time.
What’s the most rewarding part of your work?
In Field Application Specialist (FAS) life, those moments happen all the time.
What’s the most rewarding part of your work?
🤝 Once during a demo, the device failed mid-session. While I fixed it, the Sales Specialist kept the group engaged with stories. Deal saved. Lesson? In biology sales, you never work alone—teamwork makes or breaks success.
November 11, 2025 at 1:11 PM
🤝 Once during a demo, the device failed mid-session. While I fixed it, the Sales Specialist kept the group engaged with stories. Deal saved. Lesson? In biology sales, you never work alone—teamwork makes or breaks success.
PhD-me: “Customer interaction? Hard pass.”
Field Application Specialist (FAS)-me: “Turns out it’s my favorite part.”
Sometimes the thing you think you’ll hate becomes the thing you love.
Ever been surprised like that?
https://curiositybloom.com/field-application-specialist-biology-guide/
Field Application Specialist (FAS)-me: “Turns out it’s my favorite part.”
Sometimes the thing you think you’ll hate becomes the thing you love.
Ever been surprised like that?
https://curiositybloom.com/field-application-specialist-biology-guide/
November 10, 2025 at 1:11 PM
PhD-me: “Customer interaction? Hard pass.”
Field Application Specialist (FAS)-me: “Turns out it’s my favorite part.”
Sometimes the thing you think you’ll hate becomes the thing you love.
Ever been surprised like that?
https://curiositybloom.com/field-application-specialist-biology-guide/
Field Application Specialist (FAS)-me: “Turns out it’s my favorite part.”
Sometimes the thing you think you’ll hate becomes the thing you love.
Ever been surprised like that?
https://curiositybloom.com/field-application-specialist-biology-guide/
Industry shocker: bosses say “thanks”… and mean it. 😯
After academia’s “constructive silence,” it’s wild how motivating a genuine compliment is.
Would you feel more inspired if thanks were standard?
After academia’s “constructive silence,” it’s wild how motivating a genuine compliment is.
Would you feel more inspired if thanks were standard?
November 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Industry shocker: bosses say “thanks”… and mean it. 😯
After academia’s “constructive silence,” it’s wild how motivating a genuine compliment is.
Would you feel more inspired if thanks were standard?
After academia’s “constructive silence,” it’s wild how motivating a genuine compliment is.
Would you feel more inspired if thanks were standard?
Finished my master’s, didn’t know industry jobs existed… so I started a PhD. 🤷♀️
Anyone else pick the “default” path just because no one showed you the menu? 📜
Anyone else pick the “default” path just because no one showed you the menu? 📜
November 6, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Finished my master’s, didn’t know industry jobs existed… so I started a PhD. 🤷♀️
Anyone else pick the “default” path just because no one showed you the menu? 📜
Anyone else pick the “default” path just because no one showed you the menu? 📜
📈 Life Sciences is booming. With markets growing at 7–8% yearly and devices set to hit $886B by 2032, demand for sales specialists is skyrocketing. For biologists looking beyond the lab, it’s prime time to explore this career path.
November 5, 2025 at 12:11 PM
📈 Life Sciences is booming. With markets growing at 7–8% yearly and devices set to hit $886B by 2032, demand for sales specialists is skyrocketing. For biologists looking beyond the lab, it’s prime time to explore this career path.
📢 It’s live!
Discover what it’s really like to be a Biology Sales Specialist—skills, work settings, pay, and even how AI is shaping the role.
Scientists curious about life beyond the bench, this is for you: https://curiositybloom.com/biology-sales-specialist-success-formula/
Discover what it’s really like to be a Biology Sales Specialist—skills, work settings, pay, and even how AI is shaping the role.
Scientists curious about life beyond the bench, this is for you: https://curiositybloom.com/biology-sales-specialist-success-formula/
November 3, 2025 at 11:11 PM
📢 It’s live!
Discover what it’s really like to be a Biology Sales Specialist—skills, work settings, pay, and even how AI is shaping the role.
Scientists curious about life beyond the bench, this is for you: https://curiositybloom.com/biology-sales-specialist-success-formula/
Discover what it’s really like to be a Biology Sales Specialist—skills, work settings, pay, and even how AI is shaping the role.
Scientists curious about life beyond the bench, this is for you: https://curiositybloom.com/biology-sales-specialist-success-formula/
Only ~9% of Field Application Specialists have a PhD. Yep—bachelor’s or master’s grads, the lab-to-road life is open to you too.
If you can explain tricky science and adapt fast, you might already have what it takes. 🧪✈️
https://curiositybloom.com/field-application-specialist-biology-guide/
If you can explain tricky science and adapt fast, you might already have what it takes. 🧪✈️
https://curiositybloom.com/field-application-specialist-biology-guide/
November 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Only ~9% of Field Application Specialists have a PhD. Yep—bachelor’s or master’s grads, the lab-to-road life is open to you too.
If you can explain tricky science and adapt fast, you might already have what it takes. 🧪✈️
https://curiositybloom.com/field-application-specialist-biology-guide/
If you can explain tricky science and adapt fast, you might already have what it takes. 🧪✈️
https://curiositybloom.com/field-application-specialist-biology-guide/
By year 2 of my PhD, stress was my closest co-author. 😬
Solution? Running. Outside. Far from my incubator. 🏃♂️💨
What’s your go-to lab escape when the experiments start gaslighting you?
Solution? Running. Outside. Far from my incubator. 🏃♂️💨
What’s your go-to lab escape when the experiments start gaslighting you?
October 31, 2025 at 12:45 PM
By year 2 of my PhD, stress was my closest co-author. 😬
Solution? Running. Outside. Far from my incubator. 🏃♂️💨
What’s your go-to lab escape when the experiments start gaslighting you?
Solution? Running. Outside. Far from my incubator. 🏃♂️💨
What’s your go-to lab escape when the experiments start gaslighting you?
One week: Vatican tour between meetings. Next week: a pint after training in Amsterdam.
A Field Application Specialist (FAS) role can feel like paid adventure… but living out of a suitcase gets real fast.
For travel-heavy jobs, finding your balance is everything.
A Field Application Specialist (FAS) role can feel like paid adventure… but living out of a suitcase gets real fast.
For travel-heavy jobs, finding your balance is everything.
October 30, 2025 at 10:30 AM
One week: Vatican tour between meetings. Next week: a pint after training in Amsterdam.
A Field Application Specialist (FAS) role can feel like paid adventure… but living out of a suitcase gets real fast.
For travel-heavy jobs, finding your balance is everything.
A Field Application Specialist (FAS) role can feel like paid adventure… but living out of a suitcase gets real fast.
For travel-heavy jobs, finding your balance is everything.
🔬➡️💼 Ever wondered what happens when you swap your lab coat for a business suit? Next week I’m sharing the full story of the Biology Sales Specialist role—responsibilities, salaries, and why it’s a career biologists should notice. Stay tuned!
October 29, 2025 at 10:11 AM
🔬➡️💼 Ever wondered what happens when you swap your lab coat for a business suit? Next week I’m sharing the full story of the Biology Sales Specialist role—responsibilities, salaries, and why it’s a career biologists should notice. Stay tuned!
I used to stay in my comfort zone. Then I took a leap into a Field Application Specialist (FAS) role I wasn’t sure I could handle—and it changed everything.
Sometimes the scariest step is the best one.
When’s the last time risk paid off for you?
Sometimes the scariest step is the best one.
When’s the last time risk paid off for you?
October 28, 2025 at 12:11 PM
I used to stay in my comfort zone. Then I took a leap into a Field Application Specialist (FAS) role I wasn’t sure I could handle—and it changed everything.
Sometimes the scariest step is the best one.
When’s the last time risk paid off for you?
Sometimes the scariest step is the best one.
When’s the last time risk paid off for you?
PhD life:
🔁 PCR
🔁 Feed cells
🔁 Forget to read papers
I was producing data faster than I was understanding it. 😅
Anyone cracked the code for balancing experiments with actual thinking?
🔁 PCR
🔁 Feed cells
🔁 Forget to read papers
I was producing data faster than I was understanding it. 😅
Anyone cracked the code for balancing experiments with actual thinking?
October 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
PhD life:
🔁 PCR
🔁 Feed cells
🔁 Forget to read papers
I was producing data faster than I was understanding it. 😅
Anyone cracked the code for balancing experiments with actual thinking?
🔁 PCR
🔁 Feed cells
🔁 Forget to read papers
I was producing data faster than I was understanding it. 😅
Anyone cracked the code for balancing experiments with actual thinking?
My PhD journey as told by a rollercoaster: Excitement! Focus! Crying in the supply closet! Confusion! More crying! Breakthrough! Industry job! Better coffee! It's not linear, and that's okay. 🎢🧪 #PhDRollercoaster #ScienceLife
Full article here: https://curiositybloom.com/phd-in-biology-careers/
Full article here: https://curiositybloom.com/phd-in-biology-careers/
October 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
My PhD journey as told by a rollercoaster: Excitement! Focus! Crying in the supply closet! Confusion! More crying! Breakthrough! Industry job! Better coffee! It's not linear, and that's okay. 🎢🧪 #PhDRollercoaster #ScienceLife
Full article here: https://curiositybloom.com/phd-in-biology-careers/
Full article here: https://curiositybloom.com/phd-in-biology-careers/
Discovered a job called “MSL” and thought it was a disease...
Turns out, it’s a very cool role, and people love it.
What biology-related job did you stumble upon and think: “Wait… that’s a thing?”
Turns out, it’s a very cool role, and people love it.
What biology-related job did you stumble upon and think: “Wait… that’s a thing?”
October 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Discovered a job called “MSL” and thought it was a disease...
Turns out, it’s a very cool role, and people love it.
What biology-related job did you stumble upon and think: “Wait… that’s a thing?”
Turns out, it’s a very cool role, and people love it.
What biology-related job did you stumble upon and think: “Wait… that’s a thing?”