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What can you do with that PhD?: FAQs about non-academic jobs
As the school year winds to a close, another class of students nears graduation and will be asked the inevitable question: “So, what’s next?” This year, I’m one of those students, and like 61% of STEM...
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Re-launching the PLOS Student Blog & Introducing Travel Awards!
Hi PLOS readers! My name is Sara Kassabian, and I am a Masters candidate in the Global Health Sciences program at University of California San Francisco. I recently joined the PLOS community as Social...
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It’s time for universities to rethink what counts as field school
Excavation of Roman villa. Photo courtesy of Capture the Uncapturable on Flickr. By Liam Zachary Field school season is approaching for anthropology and earth science undergraduate students, and while...
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Scientists Behaving Badly (On Social Media)
By Brett Buttliere Operant conditioning is well established and suggests individuals will continue behavior that is rewarded (for instance with favorites, retweets, or replies). Image courtesy of...
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Celebrating 10 years of Athena SWAN Charter advancing women in science
A scientist performs some tests in a beaker for AIDS research. Photo courtesy of World Bank Photo Collection. By Sara Carvalhal Gender inequality in science has been in the news lately, particularly...
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Three simple tips to survive grant writing
Tip 2: To survive grant writing, take a break from the computer and go on a walk with friends. Image via Core Athletics. Like any field, working in research has its ups and downs. Ask any scientist and...
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Making Connections in Cell Biology: Recap of 2015 ASCB Annual Meeting and...
From December 12 – 16 veteran scientists and early career researchers (ECRs) alike flocked to the San Diego Convention Center to attend the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) Annual Meeting, a...
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Grad School 101: What to do in year two
Congratulations, it’s your second year of graduate school! If your PhD program is similar to most you likely joined a lab over the summer and were probably really enjoying the glorious time when lab...
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The home of the Nobel: who will blow the whistle on academia?
0000-0002-6635-8182Sweden has been in the limelight for the past few weeks as the Nobel Prizes were announced and a new cohort of laureates revealed. This year, however, was a bit different than...
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Peer review: time to get ECRs involved
0000-0002-6635-8182 Approaching Christmas and leaving an autumn with the important recurrent weeks of research behind us. Obviously, I am referring to Peer Review Week and Open Access Week and since...
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