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Zigs Can Zag with Purpose: Finding My Calling in Science

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Zigs Can Zag with Purpose: Finding My Calling in Science

Academic careers are full of surprises. Every step brings new questions that might involve navigating diverse fields. Here, Jonathan Tsay tells us how exploring multiple fields led him to the position where he is today.

17 Apr 2025 • 4 min read

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An ECR’s guide to peer review

An ECR’s guide to peer review

As an early career researcher, how do you get invited to review manuscripts?

Patricia Resa-Infante, Ewoud Compeer

11 Sep 2020 • 5 min read

How to get started in science communication

How to get started in science communication

Science communication refers to sharing and raising awareness about scientific discoveries to a broad audience. Although many scientists engage broad audiences, not all scientists feel this is an important aspect

Jacob L. Steenwyk, Michelle Jonika

21 Aug 2020 • 4 min read

How I learned to approach my research with love in the midst of a pandemic

How I learned to approach my research with love in the midst of a pandemic

It was in mid-March that I last held a pipette in my hands. I miss hearing it squeak as I turn the knob and the satisfactory click as I lodge

Shravanti Suresh

6 Aug 2020 • 4 min read

Building a Culture of Remote Science

Building a Culture of Remote Science

Science lives on exchanging results, ideas, praise and criticism. In this pursuit, we travel vast distances to come face to face with fellow scientists at conferences and other events. While

Daniel Müller-Komorowska

24 Jul 2020 • 4 min read

Boarding the academic career train at any age

Boarding the academic career train at any age

Success in any career can be boiled down to three key ingredients: putting in the work, having the right team, and hoping with a little luck that the timing is

Carolina Makowski

4 Jun 2020 • 5 min read

Making science more inclusive for trans scientists

Making science more inclusive for trans scientists

Many scientists who identify as trans suffer from discrimination. Nearly 50% of trans people in physics have experienced exclusionary behavior in their workplace, according to a 2016 report from the

18 May 2020 • 4 min read

An international student’s guide to grad school

An international student’s guide to grad school

Are you curious about what it takes to earn a postgraduate degree, particularly one from another country? You are not alone. The number of international students worldwide has steadily increased

Janani Hariharan

13 May 2020 • 8 min read

Intersectionality: what it means

Intersectionality: what it means

Consider two female scientists, a heterosexual black woman and an LGBTQ white woman. Both scientists fall under the "woman" umbrella identity, but will have faced entirely different forms

Sarah Hainer, Ashley Albright

7 May 2020 • 5 min read

Here's how COVID-19 is affecting my first year in graduate school

Here's how COVID-19 is affecting my first year in graduate school

The rapidly and constantly evolving COVID-19 situation has dramatically affected career plans for both early-career faculty [https://www.chronicle.com/article/Covid-19-Crisis-Widens-Divide/248276] and senior graduate students [https://emergency.rice.

27 Apr 2020 • 5 min read

Safety vs freedom: the landscape of post-PhD careers

Safety vs freedom: the landscape of post-PhD careers

Like so many others, we faced a huge dilemma at the end of our respective PhD programs: after many long years of working in the lab: where do we go

Natalia Bielczyk, Elisenda Bonet-Carne

23 Apr 2020 • 6 min read

How one university is green-ing up its act

How one university is green-ing up its act

Scientific research has been estimated [https://www.nature.com/articles/528479c] to produce 5.5 million tonnes of plastic waste globally. Recognising that the world is facing a climate emergency

24 Mar 2020 • 6 min read

Include junior researchers in peer review

Include junior researchers in peer review

We, a group of early career researchers (ECRs) involved in the eLife Community Ambassadors programme, believe that the rigour, speed, and inclusivity of existing peer review processes can be significantly improved by including (more) ECRs.

4 Mar 2020 • 4 min read

ecrLife: a reintroduction

ecrLife: a reintroduction

2 Mar 2020 • 2 min read

How to start an open science initiative

How to start an open science initiative

Mariella Paul, Lieneke Janssen

20 Jan 2020 • 6 min read

Fighting the impact factor, one CV at a time

Fighting the impact factor, one CV at a time

Guillaume Lobet

15 Jan 2020 • 6 min read

Grants for graduate students

Grants for graduate students

10 Dec 2019 • 5 min read

Halfway Mark: Environmental sustainability

Halfway Mark: Environmental sustainability

The Environmental Sustainability Initiative aims to promote environmentally sustainable behaviours in science, by raising awareness about the relevant issues and potential solutions. Thus far, we have released our first blogpost

5 Dec 2019 • 1 min read

Halfway Mark: Mentoring and leadership

Halfway Mark: Mentoring and leadership

Mentoring is critical to success in research environments but reports show [https://ecrlife.org/assessing-the-quality-of-mentorship-in-academia/] that the quality of mentorship is not what it needs to be to ensure mentee

5 Dec 2019 • 1 min read

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