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Reaching Out to Senior Scientists: A Step Worth Taking

When we start out as early career researchers, we often hesitate to reach out to senior scientists. However, they are often excited to help young scientists. Here, Owen Ouyang discusses how mentorship, collaborations, and encouragement can come from a simple email to a senior colleague.

3 Jul 2025 • 4 min read

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“Give a scientist a tool and you feed science for a day. Teach a scientist to be open and you feed science for a lifetime.”

By Susanne Kirchen, President of RSG Luxembourg, and Philippe Lucarelli, eLife ambassador How can we contribute something helpful for students on their way of becoming the future scientists, PI’s

ecrLife

7 Aug 2018 • 2 min read

Boosting early-career involvement in peer-review - an update

by Steven Burgess Back in March we invited people to join an early-career researcher (ECR) reviewer pool [https://ecrlife.org/boosting-ecr-involvement-in-peer-review/], which aims to increase opportunities for ECRs while addressing

ecrLife

31 Jul 2018 • 2 min read

Boosting early-career involvement in peer-review - an update

ecrLife

31 Jul 2018 • 2 min read

Jason Shepherd

This week we had a pleasure speaking to Dr. Jason Shepherd for our interview with scientist series. Dr. Jason Shepherd is currently an Assistant Professor of Neurobiology and Anatomy at

Chinmaya Sadangi

27 Jul 2018 • 4 min read

Jason Shepherd

This week we had a pleasure speaking to Dr. Jason Shepherd for our interview with scientist series. Dr. Jason Shepherd is currently an Assistant Professor of Neurobiology and Anatomy at

Chinmaya Sadangi

27 Jul 2018 • 4 min read

Have an Idea that Could Improve Science?

Tips for Launching a Successful eLife Ambassador Initiative Most eLife Ambassadors joined the program because they have ideas about how to improve science. If you have an idea but aren’

Rachel Meade

24 Jul 2018 • 6 min read

Have an Idea that Could Improve Science?

Tips for Launching a Successful eLife Ambassador Initiative Most eLife Ambassadors joined the program because they have ideas about how to improve science. If you have an idea but aren’

Rachel Meade

24 Jul 2018 • 6 min read

Deepak Modi

We had a pleasure speaking to Dr. Deepak Modi for our interview with scientist series. Dr Deepak Modi is a Geneticist by training and a faculty at the ICMR National

Chinmaya Sadangi

18 Jul 2018 • 8 min read

5 tips on keeping up with the literature

By Steven Burgess As a postdoc I often feel that there are never enough hours in the day, there is always a long list of things to get done and

ecrLife

17 Jul 2018 • 2 min read

5 tips on keeping up with the literature

By Steven Burgess As a postdoc I often feel that there are never enough hours in the day, there is always a long list of things to get done and

ecrLife

17 Jul 2018 • 2 min read

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Beyond bar graphs: free tools and resources for creating more transparent figures for small datasets

Over the past few years, many journals have implemented policies banning or discouraging the use of bar graphs for continuous data, especially in small sample size studies. This includes PLOS

Rachel Meade

10 Jul 2018 • 4 min read

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Beyond bar graphs: free tools and resources for creating more transparent figures for small datasets

Over the past few years, many journals have implemented policies banning or discouraging the use of bar graphs for continuous data, especially in small sample size studies. This includes PLOS

Rachel Meade

10 Jul 2018 • 4 min read

Dale Martin

Chinmaya Sadangi

6 Jul 2018 • 8 min read

Dale Martin

Chinmaya Sadangi

6 Jul 2018 • 8 min read

New PIs: We need your help!

ecrLife

3 Jul 2018 • 1 min read

New PIs: We need your help!

ecrLife

3 Jul 2018 • 1 min read

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Are scientific societies drifting into irrelevance?

Dramatic declines in the output of some society journals over the last five years has led to a shift of power in publishing, raising tough questions for scientific communities ”Peer-reviewed

Steven Burgess

19 Jun 2018 • 7 min read

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Are scientific societies drifting into irrelevance?

Dramatic declines in the output of some society journals over the last five years has led to a shift of power in publishing, raising tough questions for scientific communities ”Peer-reviewed

Steven Burgess

19 Jun 2018 • 7 min read