My personal opinion of a professional dilemma Calculations show that only 2–4 % of the global population are flying. Academics from all over…
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Academia Why refraining from academic flying may not be the best career moveRead more
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Academia Behind the Scenes: The Birth, Growth, and Impact of My YouTube Channel on ECRsRead more
Stepping into the world of YouTube was never a calculated career move for me. It was more of a serendipitous stumble into…
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Academia My first chalk talkRead more
After three years of hard work in three different labs, I still consider myself as a junior postdoc who is not yet…
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Academia My view of Society for NeuroscienceRead more
I heard about Society for Neuroscience (SfN) for the first time seven years ago. It was during a smaller conference I attended where everybody was talking…
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Academia We want you… to tell us about your researchRead more
With the COVID-19 pandemic still present in our society, but now more manageable and under control, academics have been able to return…
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Academia Predatory publishing 2.0: Why it is still a thing and what we can do about itRead more
“Greetings of the day”, “Dear Colleague”, “Dear Dr.Vilhelmsson A”, “Dear Dr. Vilhelmsson Andreas” These are just a few examples of how I…
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Academia PLOS expands footprint in Sweden with a new publishing agreement with the Bibsam consortiumRead more
Note: This is a republished post in an effort to share PLOS posts relevant to early career researchers. The blog post was…
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Academia I’m not a quitter, but I quit – leaving a postdoc position during difficult timesRead more
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 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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Academia Moving for science – from UK to Vietnam (via Singapore)Read more
The interview was conducted by Lia Paola Zambetti: Lia currently works as a research manager at the University of Sydney, after a…
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Academia Peer review: time to get ECRs involvedRead more
Approaching Christmas and leaving an autumn with the important recurrent weeks of research behind us. Obviously, I am referring to Peer Review…