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Posted by Thomas Butts, on 23 April 2012
Two weeks ago the Guardian newspaper, the safe port of call for most left-leaning liberal academics in the UK, devoted its entire front page to the rise of open access ...Posted by Nishal Patel, on 5 March 2012
I recently saw a documentary about graduate students called Naturally Obsessed: The Making of a Scientist (available to watch here). It’s hour long movie follows several PhD students from Lawrence ...Posted by Natascha Bushati, on 13 February 2012
Last June, Eva summarised the Node’s alternative careers stories, personal accounts of how scientists made their transitions from research into various alternative career paths. As a friend of Andrea Hutterer, ...Posted by Filipa Simões, on 26 January 2012
EU Initial Training Network searches for 1 PhD Student CardioNeT – Our Initial Training Network in Cardiovascular Research offers 1 PhD student position at the British Heart Foundation Regenerative ...Posted by tkunath, on 23 December 2011
The University of Tsukuba, Japan is offering fully-funded PhD studentships to do research in Japan. They have close ties with many international universities, including the University of Edinburgh. Joint projects ...Posted by Eva Amsen, on 31 October 2011
After the interview with Ottoline Leyser was posted last week, a discussion on Twitter focussed on the last part of the interview, about parenting. That interview question referred to a ...Posted by Kate Lewis, on 30 September 2011
Fully Funded PhD Places available in Developmental Biology and Neuroscience Syracuse University, New York, USA. Interneuron specification in the zebrafish spinal cord. The Lewis Lab recently moved to Syracuse University ...Posted by Thomas Butts, on 10 September 2011
This post was my contribution to Science is Vital’s latest campaign on science careers. If you haven’t done so yet, I warmly encourage to get involved with the movement. THE ...Posted by Natascha Bushati, on 10 September 2011
What shall I do, and once decided, how can I get my dream job after completing my PhD or postdoc, especially if I don’t want to become a group leader? ...Posted by Eva Amsen, on 6 September 2011
Over the past months, we’ve heard from several people who left research for a career away from the bench. Now, a summary of all these posts appears in Development, followed ...