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Getting to know our editorial team: Owen Ouyang

Owen is our newest ecrLife editor! He brings in a lot of enthusiasm and new ideas that will help ECRs along their journey. Welcome to the team, Owen!

6 Nov 2025 • 3 min read

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            Careers
        
    Postdoc interview checklist (Part 1): 10 questions to expect at a postdoc interview
            When PhDs are exploring career opportunities, it is important to ascertain
whether a postdoc would take them closer to their long-term career goal. Most
PhDs do a postdoc with the
        
ecrLife

    8 Mar 2018
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    Boosting ECR involvement in peer review
            Time and time again I have had discussions with early-career researchers who
want to get involved in peer review, but do not have the opportunity. On the
flip side, I
        
ecrLife

    2 Mar 2018
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    Boosting ECR involvement in peer review
            Time and time again I have had discussions with early-career researchers who
want to get involved in peer review, but do not have the opportunity. On the
flip side, I
        
ecrLife

    2 Mar 2018
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    1 min read
    
    eLife Ambassadors: Plans for action
            February saw eLife Ambassadors holding calls based around shared interests,
including equality, reproducibility, preprints and peer review, funding
opportunities, the Indian ECR community, transparency and careers and mentoring.
The outcome
        
ecrLife

    26 Feb 2018
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    eLife Ambassadors: Plans for action
            February saw eLife Ambassadors holding calls based around shared interests,
including equality, reproducibility, preprints and peer review, funding
opportunities, the Indian ECR community, transparency and careers and mentoring.
The outcome
        
ecrLife

    26 Feb 2018
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    3 min read
    
    Interview: Addressing problems in public
            Nic Schmelling (@DerSchmelling [https://twitter.com/derschmelling]) is a PhD
student working in the lab of Synthetic Microbiology at University of Düsseldorf
[http://www.synmikrobiologie.hhu.de/en.html], Germany.
        
ecrLife

    14 Feb 2018
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    4 min read
    
    Interview: Addressing problems in public
            Nic Schmelling (@DerSchmelling [https://twitter.com/derschmelling]) is a PhD
student working in the lab of Synthetic Microbiology at University of Düsseldorf
[http://www.synmikrobiologie.hhu.de/en.html], Germany.
        
ecrLife

    14 Feb 2018
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    4 min read
    
    Mentoring, promoting women in research and more updates from eLife Ambassadors
            A round-up of discussions and articles shared by eLife Ambassadors in early
February 

A new group for discussion of mentoring has been established by Hammad Khan,
there was lots of
        
ecrLife

    9 Feb 2018
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    3 min read
    
    Mentoring, promoting women in research and more updates from eLife Ambassadors
            A round-up of discussions and articles shared by eLife Ambassadors in early
February 

A new group for discussion of mentoring has been established by Hammad Khan,
there was lots of
        
ecrLife

    9 Feb 2018
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    3 min read
    
    Inspiring Girls to Pursue STEM Careers
            Firstly, What is STEM?

STEM stands Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. In its broadest sense, it
relates the work force in the fields of chemistry, physics, engineering,
mathematics, information technology,
        
ecrLife

    8 Feb 2018
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    2 min read
    
    Inspiring Girls to Pursue STEM Careers
            Firstly, What is STEM?

STEM stands Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. In its broadest sense, it
relates the work force in the fields of chemistry, physics, engineering,
mathematics, information technology,
        
ecrLife

    8 Feb 2018
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    2 min read
    
            eLife Ambassadors
        
    eLife Ambassadors: Off to a flying start
            eLife launched its first ambassador program last week
[https://elifesciences.org/inside-elife/912b0679/early-career-advisory-group-elife-welcomes-150-ambassadors-of-good-practice-in-science]
. I have been lucky enough to be involved in coordinating these efforts and I am
excited
        
ecrLife

    1 Feb 2018
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            eLife Ambassadors
        
    eLife Ambassadors: Off to a flying start
            
ecrLife

    1 Feb 2018
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    Welcome
            
ecrLife

    22 Jan 2018
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    Welcome
            
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    22 Jan 2018
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