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            Life in Science
        
    Let’s get rid of confidential ‘reference letters’ in academia — a tool misused by abusive supervisors
            Reference letters hold a lot of power over an academic's career path and can make an ECR's life miserable if they are stuck in an abusive lab. Here, eLife community ambassadors Ruchika, Rio, and Suhaila advocate for alternative ways to get to know an applicant.
        
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    14 Sep 2023
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            Careers
        
    My Successful Mentoring Experiment
            Throughout our scientific training process, many of us find ourselves asking if we have what it takes to become a successful mentor. In this blog post, Ruchika Bajaj shares her experience with designing a mentoring experiment to test the hypothesis that she can, and will be a great mentor.
        
Ruchika Bajaj

    3 Aug 2023
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            eLife Ambassadors
        
    Learning how to change the research environment as an eLife  Community Ambassador
            Research can be incredibly rewarding, but there are a lot of hurdles along the way. Some of these relate to our environments and are difficult to overcome. In this post, Maria Sol Ruiz and Nalaka Wijekoon explain how to take matters into our own hands and step up to induce global change.
        
ecrLife editors

    4 Oct 2022
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            Ideas
        
    Building a Technology-Savvy Workforce to Drive the Future of Research
            The pandemic forced scientists to change how they do research. While some of these changes have improved the scientific method, others further increase pre-existing inequities in the research environment. In this post, Adriana Bankston outlines how she envisions the future of the research workforce.
        
Adriana Bankston

    17 Feb 2022
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            Careers
        
    Paying it forward: bringing innovation to academic funding
            Not every postdoc has the same salary, supportive environment, or benefits. These factors vary greatly among institutions, creating an inequitable environment. Amanda Hurley introduces a new funding mechanism that better supports postdocs to successfully transition into independent positions.
        
Amanda Hurley

    10 Feb 2022
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            Careers
        
    How to avoid overcommitting in grad school
            The drive to publish is a strong motivator for scientists to spend late nights and weekends in the lab. While long hours may initially pay off, the lack of time for self-care and rest quickly  make you less focused and productive. Find out how to keep a healthy balance in our latest blog post.
        
Karishma Gangwani, Aishwarya Kothari

    3 Feb 2022
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            Careers
        
    How to get what you want out of graduate school: lessons from the business world
            Academic training teaches ECRs how to design, run, and analyze experiments, but often overlooks soft skills such as interpersonal and organizational skills. In this blog post, Rachel Meade shows you how to develop these skills and become a more well-rounded scientist.
        
Rachel Meade

    13 Jan 2022
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            Careers
        
    Finding Your Tribe
            We know how hard it can be to decide (and define) a career path once you get your PhD. In this post, Natalia Bielczyk explains the importance of channeling our efforts into finding the right people and the right environment to develop our potential(s) and thrive.
        
Natalia Bielczyk

    25 Mar 2021
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            Careers
        
    Why you should consider university-industry collaboration and how to engage in one
            Are you interested in collaborating with industry, but don't know where or how to start? This blog post has some great clues for you to kickstart the process.
        
Sharon Gill, Ruth Kirk

    18 Feb 2021
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            Careers
        
    A Call to Support Professional Development for Early Career Researchers
            An academic career is no longer the only career goal for PhD graduates. A plethora of job opportunities exist, but do ECRs have the support and resources available to successfully transition into the career of their dreams?
        
eLife Ambassadors' Career Development Initiative

    17 Dec 2020
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            Life in Science
        
    Work-Life balance: A perspective from Early Career Researchers
            How do you feel about your work-life balance? Have you normalized overworking? In this post we share the opinions and suggestions from several early career researchers that can help you be more aware of your time management and set boundaries.
        
Feyza Nur Arslan, Michael Barlett

    29 Oct 2020
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            Careers
        
    Early Career Researchers, take charge and develop your career
            You are not alone in feeling overwhelmed when trying to plan out your career development. Discover some tips and tricks to best overcome this feeling and take charge!
        
ecrLife

    28 Sep 2020
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            Life in Science
        
    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
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            Life in Science
        
    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
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            Careers
        
    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
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            Careers
        
    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
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            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
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            Careers
        
    Fighting the impact factor, one CV at a time
            The impact factor is probably one of the most loved and hated bibliographic
indicators in the scientific community. It is a simple number, really. It
reflects the number of citations
        
Guillaume Lobet

    15 Jan 2020
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