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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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Making postdocs ‘less invisible’ in academia

By Adriana Bankston [https://twitter.com/adrianabankston?lang=en] Despite the fact that PhD students express less interest in academic positions [http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/

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24 Apr 2018 • 9 min read

Inspiring women in African and Middle Eastern science

Dina Alsharkawy is a researcher at Botany Dept in the Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia Egypt [http://scuegypt.edu.eg/en/]. In addition to her work researching the

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17 Apr 2018 • 3 min read

Inspiring women in African and Middle Eastern science

Dina Alsharkawy is a researcher at Botany Dept in the Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia Egypt [http://scuegypt.edu.eg/en/]. In addition to her work researching the

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17 Apr 2018 • 3 min read

Peer review reading list

Are you in the process of reviewing a paper? do you need to evaluate the stats or experimental design in a manuscript but could do with some additional guidance? You

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10 Apr 2018 • 3 min read

Peer review reading list

Are you in the process of reviewing a paper? do you need to evaluate the stats or experimental design in a manuscript but could do with some additional guidance? You

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10 Apr 2018 • 3 min read

Doodling in seminars

“Stop doodling and concentrate!” may be a familiar refrain from your school days. However, evidence suggests that doodlingmay actually help you focus [https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/17/doodling-benefits_

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3 Apr 2018 • 5 min read

Doodling in seminars

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3 Apr 2018 • 5 min read

eLife Ambassadors: On the March

March saw eLife Ambassadors consolidating plans and taking action in a range of areas from supporting preprints to highlighting funding opportunities. Brief updates Ambassadors held severalpreprint journal clubs, including Elisa

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27 Mar 2018 • 3 min read

eLife Ambassadors: On the March

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27 Mar 2018 • 3 min read

Checklist for peer review

Are you undertaking your first peer review, or looking to train a class of students? This post provides an in-depth, step-by-step, guide for reviewing research articles developed in collaboration with

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20 Mar 2018 • 2 min read

Checklist for peer review

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20 Mar 2018 • 2 min read

Involving the public in your research: How and Why

By Emma Dorris Last year, we initiated a Public Patient Involvement (PPI) scheme for researchers from all disciplines studying arthritis & rheumatic disease in University College Dublin [http://www.ucd.

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14 Mar 2018 • 6 min read

Involving the public in your research: How and Why

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14 Mar 2018 • 6 min read

Careers

Postdoc interview checklist (Part 1): 10 questions to expect at a postdoc interview

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8 Mar 2018 • 4 min read

Careers

Postdoc interview checklist (Part 1): 10 questions to expect at a postdoc interview

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8 Mar 2018 • 4 min read

Boosting ECR involvement in peer review

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2 Mar 2018 • 1 min read

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

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2 Mar 2018 • 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

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26 Feb 2018 • 3 min read

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