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Overcoming hardships for internationals in academia

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Overcoming hardships for internationals in academia

Doing research abroad is a dream for many scientists. However, the road is not always smooth: it takes time to master the social and bureaucratic aspects. Here, Yseult, Ankita, and Ruchika explain some of these challenges and how to help our international colleagues feel at home.

14 Mar 2024 • 5 min read

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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

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_

3 Apr 2018 • 5 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_

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

27 Mar 2018 • 3 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

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

20 Mar 2018 • 2 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

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.

14 Mar 2018 • 6 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.

14 Mar 2018 • 6 min read

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

8 Mar 2018 • 4 min read

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

8 Mar 2018 • 4 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

2 Mar 2018 • 1 min read

Boosting ECR involvement in peer review

2 Mar 2018 • 1 min read

eLife Ambassadors: Plans for action

26 Feb 2018 • 3 min read

eLife Ambassadors: Plans for action

26 Feb 2018 • 3 min read

Interview: Addressing problems in public

14 Feb 2018 • 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.

14 Feb 2018 • 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

9 Feb 2018 • 3 min read

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