The most important lesson I learnt from my postdoc career up until now is that there is no best lab nor best mentor…
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Academia I’m not a quitter, but I quit – leaving a postdoc position during difficult timesRead more
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Early Career Research Community Open for submissions (Part 1)Read more
Note: This blog was originally published on the Official PLOS Blog to announce that five new PLOS journals now were open for…
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Early Career Research Community Two obvious tips to improve your scientific writingRead more
If you asked 16-year-old me what a scientist did with their time I would have given you the obvious answer: in the…
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Early Career Research Community A new scientific journey in a foreign countryRead more
No matter how long you have stayed in your hometown or somewhere else in the world, I believe that every scientific journey…
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post The importance of early career researchers for promoting open researchRead more
Note: This blog was originally published on the Official PLOS Blog Author: Iain Hrynaszkiewicz, PLOS’ Director of Open Research Solutions Early career…
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The following blog was originally posted on the Official PLOS Blog and is crossposted here because it contains may helpful tips for…
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COVID-19 Lessons learnt from a PhD thesis submissionRead more
My heart was pounding out of my chest when I was ready to press the send button to proceed to the initial…
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COVID-19 Doing both COVID-19 and non-COVID research simultaneously during lockdownRead more
I cannot believe a whole year has gone by since lockdown last March. All of a sudden, non-essential should work from home…
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COVID-19 How We’ve Bonded with Our Labs Through Gift-GivingRead more
We didn’t realize it until recently, but the act of gift giving does more than just show our appreciation for our lab-mates…
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Academia The importance of sustainable public funding in academic researchRead more
During the first week of November 2020, I had the pleasure to participate at Hill Week next to amazing and inspiring colleagues…
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Early Career Research Community Three reasons to use social media for scientific self-promotionRead more
In the last few years social media has dominated headlines. There are growing concerns about how it impacted election results, it has started…
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Early Career Research Community Keeping up with COVID science through Covid Act Now’s Research RundownRead more
Scientific research about COVID is appearing at an impressively rapid pace. Anecdotally I felt this to be the case, but if you…