In my previous post, I talked broadly about my career path and how it led me to leave my academic comfort zone…
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Early Career Research Community What I learned through fundraising for my favorite non-profit
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Early Career Research Community Having it all figured out, or figuring it all out as you go? A journey back in time
I’ve been asked multiple times in the past several years to describe my transition out of academia. Although I was deep into…
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Early Career Research Community Science of Science Communication with Bruce Lewenstein
If you are a scientist, you have likely been confronted with the challenge of boiling down the work you do for various…
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The Student Blog NatPhil – A Memoir of Mentoring
As many of us know and may have experienced, good mentors can have a long-lasting, positive impact on a young researcher taking…
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Early Career Research Community ‘Stop Acting Like A Grad Student’: review of “The Professor Is In”
Roughly two years ago, a postdoc in my lab recommended a book to me called, “The Professor Is In: The Essential Guide…
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Academia Peer review: time to get ECRs involved
Approaching Christmas and leaving an autumn with the important recurrent weeks of research behind us. Obviously, I am referring to Peer Review…
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Early Career Research Community Open Access Week 2018: time to stand up for science
Towards openness With autumn finally upon us or fast approaching (at least here in Sweden) we have seen several important scientific…
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Early Career Research Community Early career pathways in science and conservation: Where will I be in 10 years?
Are you enrolled in or thinking about embarking on a graduate degree? Do you have a clear idea or goal for…
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Early Career Research Community Guest Post: Learning about preprints with PREreview
Editor’s note: Today on the blog we welcome a guest post by the PREreview Leadership Team, Daniela Saderi, Samantha Hindle, and Monica Granados. Their…
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Early Career Research Community Escape from the ivory tower: why sharing your knowledge with the surrounding society is more than a mission, it’s a necessity
Quite recently I had the privilege of attending the 6th international conference on Preventing Overdiagnosis in Copenhagen. Since this subject is…
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Early Career Research Community Want to succeed in research? Passion is key!
(Editor’s note: This post was originally published on the author’s personal blog, Brain & Beyond.) Everyone wants to know how to…
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Early Career Research Community Kofi Annan 1938-2018: a guiding force for good and a role model for global health
As I have written elsewhere, inspiring people have the ability to change the course and intensity of your research area, in my…