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 • 6 min read
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 • 6 min read
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 • 6 min read
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 • 4 min read
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 • 4 min read
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 • 5 min read
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 • 8 min read
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
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 • 6 min read
Careers Grants for graduate students Imagine you’re a fifth year graduate student. Your PI had a tragic accident and, unfortunately, is no more. You need a first author publication to graduate, but more experiments Aalok Varma 10 Dec 2019 • 5 min read
Careers eLife Ambassadors organise a Career Day in Paris By Pablo J. Sáez (@pj_saez), Postdoctoral fellow at Institut Curie, eLife Ambassador. A lot of young scientists around you, like myself, may have made up their minds to pursue ecrLife 27 Dec 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 ecrLife 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 ecrLife 8 Mar 2018 • 4 min read
