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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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            Life in Science
        
    How volunteering can support you and your research
            While life as a scientist can be incredibly rewarding, day-to-day life at the bench can at times feel like a drag. In this post, Katherine MacInnes tells us how transformative it can be to find an extra passion that provides short-term rewards for the soul to keep us healthy and motivated in life.
        
Katherine MacInnes

    16 Dec 2021
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            Life in Science
        
    Mental health of early career researchers: COVID-19 brings the community together (virtually)
            COVID-19 has restructured the way we produce and share science, producing an unparallelled increase in stress and anxiety-levels among early career researchers. Here, members of the Berlin research community highlight key findings from their virtual brainstorming event to cope with this stress.
        
Berlin Institute of Health Research Community

    9 Sep 2021
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            Life in Science
        
    Higher education re-imagined: goals, societal impacts, and pandemic effects
            Higher education will never be the same again post-pandemic, as hybrid learning is likely here to stay. In this post, Adriana invites us to review and implement today the changes needed in higher education to ensure sustainable training environments for the next generation.
        
Adriana Bankston

    10 Jun 2021
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            Life in Science
        
    My service in the Air Force made me a better scientist
            Pathways that lead to science are not straight forward: life usually doesn’t fit the patterns we draw. In this post, we can see that every experience can be taken as an opportunity for personal growth. The skills needed to achieve our purposes can come to us, very often, in unexpected shapes.
        
L.

    22 Apr 2021
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            Editorial
        
    ecrLife spotlight: Steven Burgess
            Today we have the pleasure to introduce you to our founder! In this post, we travel around ecrLife beginnings, and explore the views and motivations that drove Steven Burgess to actively promote Open Science, Preprint publishing and protocol transparency.
        
ecrLife editors

    15 Apr 2021
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            Ideas
        
    A compilation of web-based resources you should know about as a scientist
            Do you ever feel lost trying to stay on top of the latest research-related softwares, programs and websites? In this post, we share the work of James Ducker, a PhD student who created a synthesised resource database that contains several useful links, especially for early career scientists.
        
James Ducker, Carolina Paz Quezada

    18 Mar 2021
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    3 min read
    
            Life in Science
        
    Finding a path forward after experiencing academic bullying
            How do you handle a toxic work environment in which you are the target of bullying? Pause, step back, breathe and analyze the situation in an organized manner before taking action.
        
 Margherita Perillo

    11 Mar 2021
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            Accessible Science
        
    The real-life experience of a deaf scientist studying in different cultures
            How does studying in societies with varying degree of unconscious biases change the opportunities of deaf people to become successful scientists? Read the analysis of this topic through the eyes of a foreign deaf scientist in the US.
        
Tom (Lok Ming) Tam

    25 Feb 2021
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            Accessible Science
        
    The Invisible Barriers in STEM Education faced by Hard-of-hearing/Deaf Scientists
            The difficulties faced by hard-of-hearing/deaf early career scientists not only come from physiological differences but also significantly from stereotypes that exist against us. What kind? Read about it in this article.
        
Tom (Lok Ming) Tam

    21 Jan 2021
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            Accessible Science
        
    Disability in STEM: A conversation with Dr. Mahita Jarjapu
            Science is difficult, but becomes even more so if you have a disability. In this interview, Dr. Mahita Jarjapu sheds light on her journey as a deaf scientist, sharing with us the biggest challenges in her career, and giving suggestions on how we can contribute to make science more accessible.
        
Madhumala Sadanandappa

    14 Jan 2021
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            Equity
        
    The Science of Invisible Women
            Lab bench too high? Lab jacket doesn’t fit? These common issues experienced by women in science may not come as a surprise after reading Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez. Here, we discuss our thoughts on this book and how scientific research has been built around the “Reference Man”.
        
Diversity, Inclusion and Equity Community Ambassador Book Club

    10 Dec 2020
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            Sustainable Science
        
    Running successful virtual workshops in Africa
            We have all had to grapple with a new virtual academic reality, but some countries have had even more challenges during this transition. Read on to find out about challenges and solutions for organizing virtual workshops in Tanzania.
        
ECRs of Tanzania collective

    19 Nov 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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            Life in Science
        
    How to cope with graduate school when life gets complicated
            Life can get difficult sometimes, and it can be specially hard when you must spend most of your time studying or working in the lab. Find out how to not lose track of your own well-being during those years of training.
        
Joel Encarnacion-Rosado

    15 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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            Publishing
        
    An ECR’s guide to peer review
            As an early career researcher, how do you get invited to review manuscripts?
        
Patricia Resa-Infante, Ewoud Compeer

    11 Sep 2020
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    5 min read
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