| 单词 | postdoc |
| 例句 | “Work all day and night if you have to,” he told his postdocs and assistants. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I just read this morning a paper by a postdoc at Harvard writing about people who experience negative outcomes. Q&A with Steven Pinker, author of ‘The Sense of Style’ “In graduate school, the only Black woman; when I was a postdoc here, I was the only Black woman.” Dragonflies, Beetles, Cicadas — What’s Not to Love? 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z The devices themselves may cause stress, and being piloted around a lab by an ambitious postdoc can’t be any great picnic. Science-fiction turns real: Genetically engineering animals for war 2013-03-23T19:00:00Z I had been a wandering postdoc for a long time and was tired. My trigger-warning disaster: “9 1/2 Weeks,” “The Wire” and how coddled young radicals got discomfort all wrong 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z Kit, by then, is living in a one of those “postgrad shoe boxes” and toiling night and day as a postdoc researcher in the high-pressure lab of Dr. Lena Severin. Review | Cliques, obsessive moms and now PhDs: Megan Abbott sets female rivalries afire 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z He’s about to take up a postdoc at Princeton, and he and his fiancé, Jasper, are thinking about buying a house. ‘Flee’ Review: From Kabul to Copenhagen 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z As the competition to squeeze into those two slots becomes more frenzied, one of the postdocs quips, “There will be blood.” Review | Cliques, obsessive moms and now PhDs: Megan Abbott sets female rivalries afire 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z “There is a long history of segregation and control and policies that are meant to maintain racial and class boundaries,” said Douglas Flowe, the postdoc. How colleges are teaching Ferguson, Trayvon, etc. 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z Benjamin Burke '23 and postdoc Gang Fan are the lead authors of the paper, which appears in the Journal of the American Chemical Society Au. Microbes could help reduce the need for chemical fertilizers 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z Yuri Kovalev remembers how some of his older colleagues took offense when he moved to the United States in 2003 to take a postdoc position at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory. Scientists in Russia struggle in a world transformed by its war with Ukraine 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z As a postdoc in the lab of University of Florida geneticist David Reed investigating the genetic relationships between mammals and their parasites, Ascunce wondered whether lice could offer even more detail about our history. Lice DNA records the moment Europeans colonized the Americas 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z Also awaiting Bertagnolli is an advisory panel’s report, due in December, on low salaries for postdocs and the increasing difficulty senior scientists face in recruiting that pivotal workforce. U.S. Senate confirms Monica Bertagnolli as NIH director 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z Last winter, UC graduate students and postdocs won contracts that raised their base pay by thousands of dollars, among other benefits. As student and postdoc unions proliferate, academia is scrambling to adapt 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z "We knew something interesting would happen in this structure, but we didn't know exactly what, until we tested it," says co-first author Lu, a postdoc in Ju's group. From a five-layer graphene sandwich, a rare electronic state emerges 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z Schurov says it was a big step down to trade a senior position for a postdoc, but he appreciates his academic freedom. Scientists in Russia struggle in a world transformed by its war with Ukraine 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z He subsequently undertook research as a postdoc at the Institute of Environmental Science and Geography of the University of Potsdam. Second report on the status of global water resources published 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z "It's a wonderful opportunity to be a postdoc at Brookhaven Lab, especially after being a Columbia University student who would work at the CFN quite often," recalled Michelson. Strength is in this glass's DNA 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z Individual faculty members, who support grad student researchers and postdocs out of their own grants, are having to take a careful look at their budgets as well. As student and postdoc unions proliferate, academia is scrambling to adapt 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z I am very pleased I was able to make a success of it because there were certainly times when I was younger, as a graduate student and a postdoc, when it seemed really, really hard. Bizarre Quantum Theory Explains Why Your Coffee Takes So Long to Drip through a Narrow Filter 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z Other authors include former MIT postdoc and lead author Morgan Schmidt, anthropologist Michael Heckenberger of the University of Florida, and collaborators from multiple institutions across Brazil. Ancient Amazonians intentionally created fertile 'dark earth' 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z When I was a postdoc at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, my colleagues and I did one of the first studies that integrated optogenetics and engram labeling. Forgotten Memories May Remain Intact in the Brain 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z "This is what led me to continue there as a postdoc. The capabilities that we have at the CFN, especially in regard to imaging, really helped to propel my work." Strength is in this glass's DNA 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z At Rutgers University, where 9000 graduate students, postdocs, and faculty engaged in a weeklong strike earlier this year, the university did agree to fund raises that weren’t budgeted into grants. As student and postdoc unions proliferate, academia is scrambling to adapt 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z With her postdoc coming to an end and her efforts to find a job and secure financial stability falling short, she was feeling desperate, she says. Criticism builds against Ph.D. careers firm Cheeky Scientist 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z In search of a connection, Schmidt joined Perron's group as a postdoc at MIT. Ancient Amazonians intentionally created fertile 'dark earth' 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z As his training ground on, she mastered glucagon synthesis and stayed in Merrifield’s lab as a postdoc to refine her techniques. Her work paved the way for blockbuster obesity drugs. Now, she’s fighting for recognition 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z The disputes come amid rising tension in higher education over low graduate student and postdoc salaries and surging unionization efforts. After historic strike, UC grad students say university isn’t honoring pay agreements 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z Still, the need to pay graduate students and postdocs better is clear: “We have to do this. This is the way the … research enterprise will have to change.” As student and postdoc unions proliferate, academia is scrambling to adapt 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z The result falsely implied a large portion of the university’s Ph.D.s were stuck in endless postdocs. Criticism builds against Ph.D. careers firm Cheeky Scientist 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z When Vicki Losick got her Ph.D. and joined a fruit fly lab at the Carnegie Institution for Science in 2008, its head announced that he expected his postdocs to launch new fields of inquiry. Cells with extra genomes may help tissues respond to injuries—and species survive cataclysms 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z In a filing with the Federal Labor Relations Authority, NIH officials had contended that many potential members, including postdocs and graduate students, weren’t “employees” with a right to unionize. News at a glance: A win for young climate activists, a research suspension, and China’s mpox surge 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z That’s especially problematic for international postdocs, he says, because that means they’ll be granted a visa that lasts just 1 year. After historic strike, UC grad students say university isn’t honoring pay agreements 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z Ninety-nine percent of members in both the researchers and engineer’s unit and the postdoc unit voted for the tentative agreements reached last week. UW researchers, engineers, postdocs ratify contracts, end strike 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z However, postdocs who receive fellowships from external organizations and are paid directly by those organizations won’t see the same increases. Postdocs and staff researchers end strike at the University of Washington 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z So, she and another postdoc, Don Fox, began stabbing fruit flies with a tiny needle, hoping to document stem cells coming to the rescue. Cells with extra genomes may help tissues respond to injuries—and species survive cataclysms 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z Originally from Romania, Girnita came to the United States to do a postdoc at Harvard and was dazzled by the quality of the training she received. The Moral Crisis of America’s Doctors 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z Larger legal disputes are playing out at UCSD, where two graduate students and a postdoc were arrested in June and charged with felony vandalism for allegedly writing “Living Wage Now” with chalk on a sidewalk. After historic strike, UC grad students say university isn’t honoring pay agreements 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z The postdoc agreement ensures that minimum pay will increase by 28% by January of next year, and be renegotiated before the next increase in 2025. UW researchers, engineers, postdocs ratify contracts, end strike 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z For the contracts to be ratified, a majority of the 900 postdocs and 1500 staff scientists must vote to approve them. Postdocs and staff researchers end strike at the University of Washington 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z Instead, the two postdocs, working independently, saw other cells near the wounds behaving oddly. Cells with extra genomes may help tissues respond to injuries—and species survive cataclysms 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z As graduates filed into Husky Stadium on Saturday afternoon for commencement, research scientists, engineers and postdocs who have been striking for four days stood outside and cheered them on. Why Ed Secretary Cardona backed out of UW commencement speech 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z Meeting online last week to discuss its progress, the group laid out “guiding principles” that include boosting postdoc pay, pushing for benefits, and capping the length of postdocs. NIH working group calls for fewer—but better paid—postdocs 2023-06-18T04:00:00Z “We are pleased to have reached agreements with the postdocs and the research scientists and engineers,” said UW spokesperson Victor Balta in a statement released Friday. UW researchers, engineers, postdocs ratify contracts, end strike 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z A university spokesperson declined to comment on contract details until they’re finalized, but noted that “we are pleased to have reached agreements with the postdocs and the research scientists and engineers.” Postdocs and staff researchers end strike at the University of Washington 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z That realization pleases Losick, who recalls the high expectations of her postdoc adviser. Cells with extra genomes may help tissues respond to injuries—and species survive cataclysms 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z Instead, he had scrapped his speech to stand in solidarity with the postdocs on strike for higher pay, child care and an inclusive work force. Why Ed Secretary Cardona backed out of UW commencement speech 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z The 21-member group—comprised of NIH officials and researchers at different stages of their career—was convened in November 2022 amid reports that faculty members were struggling to fill open postdoc slots. NIH working group calls for fewer—but better paid—postdocs 2023-06-18T04:00:00Z Kim said researchers and postdocs plan to strike until a tentative agreement is reached. Secretary Cardona cancels UW commencement speech amid researchers strike 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z The bargaining unit representing postdocs and staff scientists reached an agreement that secured higher pay after 2 weeks, but for graduate students, it took more than 5 weeks to reach a similar agreement. Postdocs and staff researchers end strike at the University of Washington 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z Organizers gathered signatures in support from roughly 3000 of the 4800 postdocs, graduate students, and other junior researchers who would be represented by the union and submitted the petition to the U.S. News at a glance: Weather radar, solar energy beamed from space, and an ode to Europa 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z The roughly 6000 graduate students at UW won’t be on strike, but some of them—as members of the same union that represents postdocs and staff researchers—have pledged to not cross the picket lines. Postdocs and staff researchers go on strike at the University of Washington 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z During Friday’s session, Berger presented data showing a recent decline in the number of biomedical postdocs and stated that the minimum postdoc salary set by NIH—$56,484—hasn’t kept up with inflation. NIH working group calls for fewer—but better paid—postdocs 2023-06-18T04:00:00Z UW officials have held that the state’s minimum wage act does not apply to postdocs, according to union organizers. Why over 2,000 University of Washington researchers are now on strike 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z Both the postdocs and research scientists won raises they say will make it easier to afford to live in Seattle, one of the priciest cities in the country. Postdocs and staff researchers end strike at the University of Washington 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z Thousands of scientists across Canada walked off the job on 1 May to protest low wages for graduate students and postdocs. News at a glance: U.S. tallies old-growth forests, Canadian scientists march for higher pay, and condor poop reveals the birds’ ancient history 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z But the agency didn’t agree, making it clear in a 16 May response that it views postdocs as professional workers who are covered under the law. Postdocs and staff researchers go on strike at the University of Washington 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z If additional funding doesn’t materialize, faculty members say they will have no other choice but to hire fewer postdocs—a problem that could disproportionately impact faculty members in high cost of living areas. NIH working group calls for fewer—but better paid—postdocs 2023-06-18T04:00:00Z “We need to be making science more inclusive, not less, and a career in science more sustainable, not less,” Andrew Brown, a postdoc in philosophy, said in a statement. Why over 2,000 University of Washington researchers are now on strike 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z “I was so deeply affected I could not respond right away,” says Laurie Sanders, a neuroscientist who studies Parkinson’s at Duke University School of Medicine and is a former Greenamyre postdoc. Twist of fate: What happens when a top Parkinson’s researcher gets the disease 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z The organization, which staged the 1-day protest, is asking the federal government to increase pay for graduate students and postdocs who are funded through federal scholarships and fellowships. News at a glance: U.S. tallies old-growth forests, Canadian scientists march for higher pay, and condor poop reveals the birds’ ancient history 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z The university increased the pay of some postdocs and staff researchers at the start of the year to comply with the law. Postdocs and staff researchers go on strike at the University of Washington 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z “We shouldn’t be balancing our budgets through wage theft from our postdocs.” NIH working group calls for fewer—but better paid—postdocs 2023-06-18T04:00:00Z Hamlin and Kimber also found that descriptions of research on Dias’s websites, for both U of R and Harvard University, where he completed a postdoc, contain several passages identical to at least three other sources. Plagiarism allegations pursue physicist behind stunning superconductivity claims 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z Former grad students and postdocs say Greenamyre has an encouraging but hands-off style of mentoring. Twist of fate: What happens when a top Parkinson’s researcher gets the disease 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z “You have postdocs who have spent years of their life working on this and making these observations possible,” says Rebecca Larson of U.T. JWST’s Newfound Galaxies Are the Oldest Ever Seen 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z But postdocs paid through fellowships didn’t see the same bump in pay. Postdocs and staff researchers go on strike at the University of Washington 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z Whereas concerns in the past largely centered around postdocs’ difficulty getting faculty positions, “now, academe is really worried about the low applicant pool,” she says. NIH working group calls for fewer—but better paid—postdocs 2023-06-18T04:00:00Z A misconduct complaint filed in 2010 against a postdoc on an unrelated project led to a manuscript being withdrawn from a journal and the postdoc being fired. No evidence that Stanford president Marc Tessier-Lavigne hid fraud at Genentech, company says 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z He pointed to his “track record of successful female Ph.D. students and postdocs,” and said he is unable to comment further because of “ongoing procedures.” Sexual harassment allegations leveled at leading evolutionary biologist 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z In intimate detail, Zernike narrates Hopkins’ entire journey — from uncertain undergraduate in 1963 to determined postdoc to innovative cancer researcher and admired professor. How MIT scientists fought for gender equality — and won 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z The university also hasn’t committed to increasing postdoc pay in future years to match the state minimum. Postdocs and staff researchers go on strike at the University of Washington 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z She continued taking it after she moved for her postdoc and started seeing a new doctor. ‘Unfair’ medical screening plagues polar research 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z On March 6, a follow-up story about the alleged falsifications said Genentech had linked them to a postdoc on the paper. No evidence that Stanford president Marc Tessier-Lavigne hid fraud at Genentech, company says 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z But the problem has intensified over the past year as postdocs struggle to get by amid soaring inflation and professors report problems recruiting Ph.D. graduates to fill positions. Postdocs need raises. But who will foot the bill? 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z And he’s worried about the burden the new mandate will impose on his postdocs and graduate students. Ready, set, share: Researchers brace for new data-sharing rules 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z Nearly 100 UW faculty members sent a letter to Cauce last week urging university administrators to keep postdoc salaries above the state minimum thresholds. Postdocs and staff researchers go on strike at the University of Washington 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z The postdoc who received an NPQ notice after changing institutions was able to secure a waiver to travel to Antarctica last year, where she had an “amazing” experience. ‘Unfair’ medical screening plagues polar research 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z You can ask them to rewrite Queen’s pop operetta, “Bohemian Rhapsody,” so that it rhapsodizes about the life of a postdoc academic researcher, and they will. The Chatbots Can’t Outsmart You. Yet. 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z And last week, Princeton University announced it will raise its minimum postdoc salary to $65,000 in March. Postdocs need raises. But who will foot the bill? 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z A clue emerged when Li’s postdoc, Ni A. An, discovered that many lncRNAs have a hard time exiting the nucleus. Human gene linked to bigger brains was born from seemingly useless DNA 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z They also argued that it would create an administrative burden and that it’s often not practical for postdocs to track their hours. Postdocs and staff researchers go on strike at the University of Washington 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z That leaves many graduate students and postdocs struggling to live in the cities where their universities are based, and some are leaving Canada or giving up on science altogether, Wouters says. In Canada, scientists are struggling with stagnant funding 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z For postdocs, the deal provides a salary increase of up to 23 percent by next October and child-care subsidies starting at $2,500 annually. Some University of California workers reach tentative deal, but strike remains 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z “A postdoc has to earn a living wage,” says Benedict Borer, an environmental microbiologist and president of the MIT Postdoctoral Association. Postdocs need raises. But who will foot the bill? 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z The tentative five-year agreement announced Tuesday would raise salaries by some 20 percent for most postdocs over the next year, and would increase pay for the lowest-paid postdoctoral workers 57 percent by 2027. A Breakthrough in the University of California Labor Dispute 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z Faculty members, she added, will have the option of paying their postdocs more than the minimum if they’re able to do so. Postdocs and staff researchers go on strike at the University of Washington 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z Students and postdocs have been calling on the government to boost funding for scholarships and fellowships. In Canada, scientists are struggling with stagnant funding 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z “It’s an amazing contract. … I think that everyone realizes that this contract is a lot stronger than anything that postdocs could have won without” striking alongside the other bargaining units, he adds. Postdoc union reaches tentative agreement with University of California 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z “The whole profession has to face up to, ‘Yeah, OK, we have all been collectively underpaying the postdocs,’” one says. Postdocs need raises. But who will foot the bill? 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z Ott would “work on his research projects, including interacting with students and postdocs,” Harrison wrote. Astronomers await verdict in defamation case after protesting hire of accused harasser 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z The situation is trickier still for European astronomers who don’t get automatic funding for postdocs and other expenses linked to winning time on a space telescope as U.S. astronomers do. Should Webb telescope’s data be open to all? 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z Not just because I was dodging icicles when entering the shower, but because riding the postdoc train was the next logical step for a biologist. How I found myself befriending a wild fox 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z There’s always room for improvement, says Jade Moore, a postdoc in radiation oncology at UC San Francisco. Postdoc union reaches tentative agreement with University of California 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z That’s fine for him personally—he likes the feel of a smaller lab and wants to pay his postdocs a wage that makes their lives “stress-free.” Postdocs need raises. But who will foot the bill? 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z A team led by Church and his postdoc Akos Nyerges showed it was susceptible to 12 types of viruses isolated from various sources, including pig manure and a chicken shed. Rewritten genetic code allows bacteria to fend off viral attacks 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z Now she’s working as postdoc in the same lab where she completed her Ph.D., still trying to wrap up her projects. Pandemic led to historic drop in U.S. STEM Ph.D. graduates, new data suggest 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z In February, she won AAAS’s Lifetime Mentor Award for mentoring more than 170 grad students and postdocs, including 73 women and 61 members of other underrepresented groups. News at a glance: LGBTQ+ Nobel laureates, a statistics prize, and the return of the snail darter 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z The new contract will raise the salaries of most postdocs and academic researchers and yield other benefits, including childcare subsidies, paid parental leave, and public transportation passes. Postdoc union reaches tentative agreement with University of California 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z NIH established a working group in November to come up with recommendations to better support and retain postdocs, which it will issue later this year. Postdocs need raises. But who will foot the bill? 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z Hodari, who is Black, says she experienced such treatment when she was a postdoc. Department of Energy requires plans to promote diversity from grant applicants 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z She’s also noticed that women are more likely to ask for other forms of support, such as funding for a graduate student or postdoc. Gender pay gap hits university faculty 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z The university would then need $80 million a year in research grants to operate the lab, which could train some 500 graduate students and postdocs. To beat China, new U.S. law offers billions for microchip research and training 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z “As soon as I dug that out, I knew that I was holding Africa’s oldest dinosaur,” says Griffin, now a postdoc at Yale University. ‘I’ve got a dinosaur!’ African find illuminates dawn of dinos 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z She’s currently looking at her institution’s finances to determine how much it can afford to raise its postdoc salaries—and she hopes government agencies are doing the same. Postdocs need raises. But who will foot the bill? 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z When postdoc Matthew Guberman-Pfeffer wants to read a journal article, he has to run through an obstacle course of potential problems. How 3D printing could help blind researchers ‘see’ data 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z In several cases the activity of the new proteins, such as those designed to bind metals, didn’t initially match natural versions, notes Joe Watson, a postdoc in Baker’s lab. Dreaming up new proteins, AI churns out possible medicines and vaccines 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z “The originally envisioned ideal was for academics to become assistant professors after one or two postdocs and to gain a permanent position if tenure is approved,” he says. Mass layoff looms for Japanese researchers 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z “Any person capable of childbearing could have an emergency related to pregnancy at your conference,” Northwestern University neuroscience postdoc Ana Vlasits tweeted. For scientists, Roe’s end raises concerns about personal safety and professional choices 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z “This is much needed change; postdocs are simply not paid enough,” says Kelly Stevens, an associate professor of bioengineering at the University of Washington, Seattle. Postdocs need raises. But who will foot the bill? 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z To conduct the research, Chuchu Zhang, a neuroscience postdoc at Harvard University, and her colleagues focused on the “area postrema,” a tiny structure in the brainstem first linked to nausea in the 1950s. Scientists pinpoint new brain target for antinausea drugs 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z When Jennifer Mason posted an ad for a postdoc position in early March, she was eager to have someone on board by April or May to tackle recently funded projects. As professors struggle to recruit postdocs, calls for structural change in academia intensify 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z But genetics of living birds could not narrow the window for domestication, says geneticist Ming-Shan Wang, a postdoc at the University of California, Santa Cruz, first author of the genetic study. How the wild jungle fowl became the chicken 2022-06-05T04:00:00Z Thousands of years spent selectively breeding for hunting, guarding, herding, and other proclivities, postdoc researcher and co-author Kathryn Lord explained in a press briefing, physically molded these populations to their roles. From stubborn Akitas to loyal Collies, our stereotypes of dog breeds are all wrong, study says 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z Before the recent raise at MIT, he adds, it had “become difficult for … postdocs, especially postdocs with family, to actually just get through the year.” Postdocs need raises. But who will foot the bill? 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z Hundreds of students, postdocs, faculty, and external scientists dissented vehemently, staging a walkout and writing protest letters. Biologist accused of sexual harassment quits NYU job quest 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z On social media, many U.S. academics have been pointing to widespread challenges in recruiting postdocs. As professors struggle to recruit postdocs, calls for structural change in academia intensify 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z We have become “a bit blasé” about climate disasters when they happen to strangers, says lead researcher Sasha Luccioni, a postdoc at the Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute. What AI Can Do for Climate Change, and What Climate Change Can Do for AI 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z Depending on the field, between 20 and 40 percent of respondents reported that they were continuing on the academic path — the vast majority in postdocs, short-term research positions typically lasting one to three years. Universities are failing the next generation of scientists 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z His postdoc, Yi Yang, compiled the world’s most extensive database of repeating earthquakes, with sources not just in the South Sandwich Islands, but also in places like Chile and Kazakhstan. Scientists are probing the secrets of Earth’s inner core—and how it saved life on our planet 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z “And one can never forget the encouragement he gave to everyone he interacted with—his own students and postdocs, and his colleagues. His passing indeed marks a great loss for us all.” Eugene Parker, Namesake of NASA’s Sun-Touching Spacecraft, Dies at Age 94 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z “It took two rounds of advertising my current postdoc opening—once in October 2021 and again in April 2022—to find a competitive applicant,” one researcher wrote by email. As professors struggle to recruit postdocs, calls for structural change in academia intensify 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z “This could be me, this could have been my family” Meanwhile, in California, Robert Hunt has opened the doors of his lab to Ukrainian postdoc and PhD students in neuroscience. Efforts to aid Ukrainian scientists went viral — then they ran into the challenging reality of war 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z One option is to dramatically increase the number of tenured professorships and long-term research associate positions, to ensure that postdocs can find a secure home in academia. Universities are failing the next generation of scientists 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z She was offered a postdoc at the University of California, Berkeley, the kind of prestigious apprenticeship that could catapult her to an academic faculty position. Many Black physicists find fulfillment teaching outside the ivory tower 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z “The rate at which it occurs indoors is surprising,” says co-author Colleen Rosales, a postdoc at the University of California, Davis. Mopping can create air pollution that rivals city streets 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z National Institutes of Health sets as its standard, “and that’s pretty low,” says Daniel Wolf Savin, a physicist and senior research scientist at Columbia University who is currently struggling to fill five postdoc positions. As professors struggle to recruit postdocs, calls for structural change in academia intensify 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z His interest was piqued when his postdoc, electrical engineer Yasemin Ozkan-Aydin, discovered the value of having numerous body segments and legs. Centipedes, the ‘envy of engineers,’ inspire a new generation of robots 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z But another, seemingly harsher approach could be the tough medicine we need: Severely cut the number of available postdocs. Universities are failing the next generation of scientists 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z But it was more a cumulative effect—like sometimes people taking you for the postdoc when you’re the permanent researcher. News at a glance: African vaccine factories, centipede-inspired robots, and Antarctic pollution 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z “I knew the director of counterintelligence at Sandia very well. And every now and then, he would come visit me and say, ‘OK, you are hiring this postdoc. U.S. science no longer leads the world. Here’s how top advisers say the nation should respond 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z Others also point to growing disenchantment with academia during the pandemic as potentially contributing to the decreased postdoc applications. As professors struggle to recruit postdocs, calls for structural change in academia intensify 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z Scientists at universities perform much of the world’s cutting-edge scientific research—often while relying on shaky, homemade computer software written by students and postdocs. Former Google CEO invests in computing help for university scientists 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z A: We still have a problem that academic institutes keep trainees in graduate and postdoc positions too long. ‘I won’t miss the nasty politics.’ Francis Collins reflects on his tenure at NIH 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z Supporters of the provision, which legislators voted on without consulting university representatives, say it will improve working conditions for postdocs in the city. Controversial Berlin law gives postdocs pathway to permanent jobs 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z The assembled staff were told permanent staffers would keep their contracts and other researchers and postdocs would be allowed to finish out their contracts. Max Planck Institute demotes noted archaeologist 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z Funding agencies and universities set many of the policies that determine postdoc salary and working conditions, she continues. As professors struggle to recruit postdocs, calls for structural change in academia intensify 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z Wang says it could reflect fewer new collaborations forming, fewer new grant applications being submitted, or fewer new graduate students or postdocs starting in the researchers’ labs. The pandemic’s slowing of research productivity may last years—especially for women and parents 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z After the genomes were sequenced, he and postdoc Pablo Librado sorted them into a family tree, to see how they were related to each other and to modern horses. Ancient DNA reveals the long-sought homeland of modern horses 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z Like early-career researchers elsewhere, German postdocs face stiff competition for limited faculty vacancies. Controversial Berlin law gives postdocs pathway to permanent jobs 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z Senior researchers have been meeting the past few days with representatives from MPG to make sure the turmoil “does not adversely affect the students and postdocs,” says Robert Spengler, an ethnobotanist at the Jena institute. Max Planck Institute demotes noted archaeologist 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z At the time, the fear was that postdocs would stay in their positions longer, leaving few openings for new Ph.D. graduates. As professors struggle to recruit postdocs, calls for structural change in academia intensify 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z From there, he moved to Harvard University to do a postdoc with Isaac Silvera, a physicist working to use intense pressures to turn hydrogen gas into a metal, which they suspected might be superconducting. Thanks to a bit of diamond smashing, practical superconductivity could be close to reality 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Shin oversaw 12 people: seven Ph.D. students, three postdocs, an undergrad, and a lab manager. ‘It absolutely wrecked me.’ How a lab came back from the pandemic 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z It told the story of a postdoc named Hanna, explaining that the law created opportunities for junior scholars by encouraging senior postdocs like Hanna to move on—to nonacademic jobs if necessary. Controversial Berlin law gives postdocs pathway to permanent jobs 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z But he thinks it should be used primarily for attracting graduate students and postdocs, that unsung but essential segment of the overall scientific workforce. Senate bill gives ‘have-not’ states a gigantic research set-aside 2021-07-12T04:00:00Z “They recognize that there’s exciting career opportunities out there that don’t actually necessitate postdoc training,” she says, which she partially credits to the rise in career development services over the past decade. As professors struggle to recruit postdocs, calls for structural change in academia intensify 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z “But I think the lab needs to start taking recruitment and retention of minority scientists, including postdocs, a lot more seriously than it does now.” A year ago, Black physicists at Fermilab demanded change. What’s happened? 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, nearly 70% of the postdocs surveyed said the pandemic would negatively impact their careers, with those caring for young children expressing the most anxiety. ‘It absolutely wrecked me.’ How a lab came back from the pandemic 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z Without the law, the video said, senior postdocs would “clog the system.” Controversial Berlin law gives postdocs pathway to permanent jobs 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z As a postdoc, he became intrigued by cosmic chemistry and the atmosphere of Venus. Atmospheric science is overwhelmingly white. Black scientists have ignited a change 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z During her postdoc years, for instance, she and her husband struggled to afford child care. As professors struggle to recruit postdocs, calls for structural change in academia intensify 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z Together with my postdoc Mohammad Safarzadeh, I studied recently the latest data available from the Gaia survey of ultrafaint dwarf galaxies that are satellites of the Milky Way. Maybe Dark Matter Is More Than One Thing 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z One of Shin’s postdocs left academia, taking a job in industry that didn’t involve bench research. ‘It absolutely wrecked me.’ How a lab came back from the pandemic 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z The law also fails to specify what the pathway to permanence looks like—for instance, what criteria to set for a postdoc to qualify and who decides whether they have been fulfilled. Controversial Berlin law gives postdocs pathway to permanent jobs 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z Alcantar was studying lubrication and friction at the time, and her postdoc went to the library and suggested studying a friction mechanism for oil in snakes. Professor who harnessed power of cactuses is a top inventor 2021-05-09T04:00:00Z “Preexisting privilege … determines whether or not you’re able to stick it out” through the economic hardships of a postdoc position, she says. As professors struggle to recruit postdocs, calls for structural change in academia intensify 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z In 2014 I and my former postdoc James Guillochon calculated the abundance of free-fall relativistic stars in the vast space between galaxies and the difficulties involved in detecting them at the large distances. Stars That Race through Space at Nearly the Speed of Light 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z Worried about supporting her postdocs if she couldn’t renew her grants, Shin took a 6-month sabbatical during which the university, rather than grants, covered most of her salary. ‘It absolutely wrecked me.’ How a lab came back from the pandemic 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z But in the meantime, the Free University of Berlin—one of four research intensive universities the law affects—has halted all postdoc hiring. Controversial Berlin law gives postdocs pathway to permanent jobs 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z In November 1988, soon after she went to M.I.T. as a postdoc, she checked into the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston to drain a small cyst on her left ovary. Reinventing the Uterus, One Organoid at a Time 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z Many faculty members expressed sympathy for the situation academic postdocs are in and acknowledged they should be paid more. As professors struggle to recruit postdocs, calls for structural change in academia intensify 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z Two weeks after it opened, she and I were on a plane bound for Montreal to join my father, who was then completing a postdoc that would leave him broke for years. Why the Filet-O-Fish Is My Gold Standard for Fast Food 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z But instead of taking that time off from her duties, she kept working and funneled the saved money to her postdocs. ‘It absolutely wrecked me.’ How a lab came back from the pandemic 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z The law will also impact the university’s ability to recruit established professors from elsewhere, she fears, because any postdocs they want to bring with them would automatically become eligible for permanent positions. Controversial Berlin law gives postdocs pathway to permanent jobs 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z As a postdoc at the University of Vermont, she plans to study whether habitat restoration benefits cotton farmers by boosting the diversity of pollinators. Butterflies provide ‘extraordinary’ help pollinating cotton fields 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z The Austrian standards—mandated by the postdoc’s Austrian research funding contract—forbid “honorary authorship” for researchers who did not contribute substantially to a paper. What is research misconduct? European countries can’t agree 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z To see whether the girdle might contain evidence for its use, Sarah Fiddyment, a postdoc studying ancient proteins at the University of Cambridge, and her colleagues examined it. Medieval ‘birthing girdle’ contains delivery fluid, milk, and honey 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, in February NIH announced it would extend many of the grants given to grad students, postdocs, and young faculty. ‘It absolutely wrecked me.’ How a lab came back from the pandemic 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z I first articulated this hypothesis in a commentary that I published in Scientific American; I subsequently quantified it in a scientific paper with my postdoc, Shmuel Bialy. From astronomy to immunology, it's time to restore confidence in evidence-based science 2021-02-13T05:00:00Z Paleontologists study fossils to find out, but M. Brent Hawkins, a postdoc at Harvard Medical School, found clues while studying the development of zebrafish. Mutant zebrafish with extra fin bones may hold clues to how the first animals walked on land 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z With a postdoc offer pending, he changed tack this week and applied to the U.S. End of Trump’s ‘Muslim ban’ a relief to researchers, but obstacles remain 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z The granules’ watery behavior “was mind-blowing. It was so different than anything in cells,” says Weber, a former postdoc of Brangwynne’s. Sloppy science or groundbreaking idea? Theory for how cells organize contents divides biologists 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z Crucially, the broader network of stakeholders engaging with the Roundtable also includes more than 500 professors, postdocs, librarians, professional society representatives, publishers, funders and other stakeholders. We Must Tear Down the Barriers That Impede Scientific Progress 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z At Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, microbiologist Frank Aylward and his postdoc Mohammad Moniruzzaman followed up on this mystery by matching genes found in giant virus DNA to those previously documented in other genomes. Giant virus genomes discovered lurking in DNA of common algae 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z “Her presence in the lab made us all smarter and better,” recalls James “Ned” Jackson, her postdoc adviser at UM and a good friend. In New York, chemist Nancy Goroff is battling a Trump loyalist for a seat in Congress 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z As a postdoc at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC, she studied the impacts of inbreeding on captive animals. Georgina Mace (1953–2020) 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z But because postdoc salaries are funded by a variety of mechanisms, co-author Amir Behbahani acknowledges, finding money to extend everyone’s salary would be challenging. Amid pandemic, U.S. faculty job openings plummet 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z Five international students and postdocs reflect on a turbulent year triggered by visa restrictions in the United States. Daily briefing: COVID-19 vaccine development — where we are now 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z At my institution, it’s not just students but also a massive body of postdocs who are immigrants or are on visas. The visa woes that shattered scientists’ American dreams 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z These programmes help people to move from postdoc to independent investigator and from lecturer to professor. How the pandemic could choke gender equity for female researchers in Denmark 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z And, as the results of a new Nature survey show, the pandemic is adding to postdocs’ distress. Postdocs in crisis: science cannot risk losing the next generation 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z “This is not an easy problem to fix,” says Behbahani, a postdoc at the California Institute of Technology. Amid pandemic, U.S. faculty job openings plummet 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z I was going to do my postdoc in the United States, but now I am stuck in China. Pandemic darkens postdocs’ work and career hopes 2020-09-07T04:00:00Z Some differences jumped out within a few months: “They looked much blacker, shinier, and younger” than control mice, says Azar Asadi Shahmirzadi, a postdoc at the Buck who did the experiments as a graduate student. Bodybuilding supplement promotes healthy aging and extends life span, at least in mice 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z One day, Dr. Gallant and his postdocs got to talking. Opinion | The Brain Implants That Could Change Humanity 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z Such uncertainty is adding to the strain being experienced by postdocs, who rightly worry that shuttered experiments and unfinished manuscripts will set back their quest for grants and jobs. Postdocs in crisis: science cannot risk losing the next generation 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z Stephan adds that if postdoc appointments are extended, the academic community may see downstream impacts on another group: soon-to-be Ph.D. graduates. Amid pandemic, U.S. faculty job openings plummet 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z Two postdocs on my team are working in different labs, starting to put optics together, building lasers, aligning mirrors. Bridging the gap between biologists and physicists 2020-08-23T04:00:00Z Reports by the Association of American Medical Colleges and the US National Science Foundation show that this under-representation is pervasive at every level of academia, including graduate students, postdocs and faculty members. Five tips for boosting diversity on campus 2020-08-10T04:00:00Z I did my MD–PhD at New York University School of Medicine, where I studied developmental neurobiology, and now I’m a postdoc at Columbia. Coronavirus lockdown lessons from single-parent scientists 2020-08-10T04:00:00Z A crushing, urgent crisis for individuals now risks becoming an existential crisis for a system that needs today’s postdocs to become tomorrow’s research leaders in academia, industry, government and the non-profit world. Postdocs in crisis: science cannot risk losing the next generation 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z In February, Ashley Ingiosi was excited to finally interview for a faculty position after spending 10 years in training as a grad student and postdoc. Amid pandemic, U.S. faculty job openings plummet 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z At Stanford University, postdocs and faculty members sent letters to administrators last month, asking that campus day care centers be reopened as soon as possible. The pandemic is hitting scientist parents hard, and some solutions may backfire 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z For decades, they’ve trained tens of thousands of students and postdocs from under-represented groups to find research opportunities, present their research and identify mentors and collaborators. Five tips for boosting diversity on campus 2020-08-10T04:00:00Z I was invited to do a postdoc at the University of Oxford, UK, in biochemistry and organic chemistry. Coronavirus lockdown lessons from single-parent scientists 2020-08-10T04:00:00Z It means creating institutional transition programmes to help Black postdocs and other emerging scientists from historically marginalized groups to move into well-resourced faculty positions. Too many senior white academics still resist recognizing racism 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z After earning a Ph.D. in relativistic astrophysics from Yale University, he worked as a postdoc and professor at the University of Illinois. New University of Wyoming president faces COVID-19 reopening 2020-07-25T04:00:00Z An established postdoc helped me, and was brilliant at building a bridge between the tenured academic staff and the postdoc community. How I navigated a new job during the coronavirus pandemic 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z Such conferences, most of which are virtual now, are a wonderful opportunity to establish relationships with potential students, postdocs and their advisers. Five tips for boosting diversity on campus 2020-08-10T04:00:00Z It soon became clear to me that the schedule needed to be flexible because one of my postdocs much prefers working in the evening, and two PhD students are currently based in Brazil and California. How I ran a virtual research retreat during a pandemic 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z Jobseekers do better when they send applications that are precisely tailored to the position sought, says survey co-author Chris Smith, manager of the postdoc programme at North Carolina State University in Raleigh. Fifteen to one: how many applications it can take to land a single academic job offer 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z The findings are an “excellent starting point for understanding the superstar immune systems of bats,” says Laurel Yohe, a postdoc at Yale University who studies bat evolution and was not involved with the work. How bats have outsmarted viruses—including coronaviruses—for 65 million years 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z Over years of reading recommendation letters for graduate students, postdocs and junior faculty members, I took note of techniques that I found compelling. Writing the perfect recommendation letter 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z Dr. Raymo said, “the students and postdocs are leading on our campus right now.” She’s an Authority on Earth’s Past. Now, Her Focus Is the Planet’s Future. 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z A week before the virtual retreat, I encouraged my students and postdocs to identify ‘urgent’ e-mails that needed to be dealt with in advance. How I ran a virtual research retreat during a pandemic 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z In this environment, postdocs should keep in mind that unsuccessful applications do not mean failure, says biochemist Rosemary Bass, a careers adviser at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, UK. Fifteen to one: how many applications it can take to land a single academic job offer 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z For graduate students and postdocs, scrapping months or years of work can be devastating. 'It takes a toll': researchers struggle with lockdown cull of lab mice 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z Undergraduates need them for graduate-school applications; PhD students and postdocs use them to apply for fellowships and jobs; senior scientists often have to have them to apply for awards and promotions. Writing the perfect recommendation letter 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z Six of us are postdocs from abroad who work in the United States. US visa changes leave postdocs like us in limbo 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z She says that she was discouraged by the numbers: too many postdocs were vying for too few tenure-track positions, leaving many trapped for years in dead-end posts. Seeking an ‘exit plan’ for leaving academia amid coronavirus worries 2020-07-05T04:00:00Z He says he pursued an inappropriate relationship with a postdoc at Harvard. Former Harvard researcher who sexually harassed postdoc sparks turmoil at Italian institute 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z One lab head expressed her concern for students across the US, explaining that postdocs who are leaving their labs this year will have an extremely hard time getting a job, either in academia or industry. 'It takes a toll': researchers struggle with lockdown cull of lab mice 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z Guardiola, an electrical engineer, got her start in the field as a postdoc investigating how microwave technology might be used to detect breast cancers and cerebral haemorrhages. MiWEndo Solutions: using microwave technology to improve colonoscopies 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z We urge the United States to safeguard international postdocs to reinforce these mutual benefits. US visa changes leave postdocs like us in limbo 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z Large numbers of students, postdocs and highly trained staff doing this work are foreign-born and use work visas to contribute to this knowledge. Opinion | Closing our doors to the best and the brightest 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z The postdoc was transferred to a different research group after she reported his behaviour in April 2019. Former Harvard researcher who sexually harassed postdoc sparks turmoil at Italian institute 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z Before joining the lab he did two postdocs, taught at City College of San Francisco and Sonoma State University, and worked for 8 years at Agilent Technologies. Lawsuit alleges scientific misconduct at U.S. nuclear weapons lab 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z At Vanderbilt, I am one of two Black postdocs on a floor with at least ten labs. What Black scientists want from colleagues and their institutions 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z My goal-focused approach as a postdoc was successful: I did become a principal investigator. Coronavirus diaries: a lockdown letter to myself as a PhD student 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z Many postdocs worldwide might be concerned about their career paths in the wake of coronavirus.Credit: Take our postdoctoral-researcher survey 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z The first postdoc on the project, James Campbell, used this approach to obtain several cultures containing Saccharibacteria. The search for microbial dark matter 2020-06-07T04:00:00Z She left Harvard in 2011 for a postdoc in anthropology at Michigan. Prominent Harvard archaeologist put on leave amid allegations of sexual harassment 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z Many researchers are in limbo waiting to start postdocs or other jobs. Frozen cells and empty cages: researchers struggle to revive stalled experiments after the lockdown 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z “The Max Planck Society has no reason to curtail hiring of postdocs or PhDs at our institutes,” says spokesperson Christina Beck. Junior researchers hit by coronavirus-triggered hiring freezes 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z A significant number of postdoctoral researchers participated in the satisfaction and salary surveys, and Kaplan says that it was time to create one that focuses exclusively on postdocs and their concerns, fears and triumphs. Take our postdoctoral-researcher survey 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z “It was so hard, and there were many instances where it felt like it was never going to happen,” recalls Cross, now a postdoc at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. The search for microbial dark matter 2020-06-07T04:00:00Z The team, led by tropical ecologist Oliver Phillips of Leeds University and his postdoc Martin Sullivan, calculated how much carbon the different forests now store based on the height, diameter, and species of each tree. Tropical forests soak up huge amounts of greenhouse gas. Climate change could end that 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z I hope that US postdocs retain their funding, and that PhD students are able to continue their studies. Science superpowers after COVID-19 lockdowns lift: a letter of hope from China to the United States 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z After three weeks of waiting and worrying, Vazquez learnt that the petition had been successful and he could start his postdoc as planned. Junior researchers hit by coronavirus-triggered hiring freezes 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z Nature is encouraging postdoctoral researchers working in academia in science, technology, engineering and mathematics to respond to its first-ever survey dedicated entirely to postdocs, a crucial but often marginalized segment of the scientific workforce. Take our postdoctoral-researcher survey 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z A postdoc at Cornell University led to a faculty position—and, eventually, a tenured professorship—in what was then the biometrics department. Acclaimed mentor of minority mathematicians relied on tough love—but some say he went too far 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z “You have postdocs and students wasting months or years chasing things which turn out to not be valid,” he says. Meet this super-spotter of duplicated images in science papers 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z We urge national funding agencies to provide gap funding for graduate students and postdocs who are particularly affected by the current crisis. Scientist-Mothers Face Extra Challenges in the Face of COVID-19 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z “People are still applying for postdocs and careers at the universities,” she says. Junior researchers hit by coronavirus-triggered hiring freezes 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z To prevent early-career researchers from being professionally derailed by the pandemic, many institutions are extending tenure clocks, providing additional funding for grad students, and creating new positions that would allow postdocs to stay longer. ‘It will not be easy.’ As labs begin to reopen, enormous challenges remain 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z After doing a postdoc at the University of Alabama, Birmingham, she accepted Castillo-Chavez’s invitation last year to join him at Brown University. Acclaimed mentor of minority mathematicians relied on tough love—but some say he went too far 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z When I was a postdoc seeking to join a lab, I took a close look at its websites to help me imagine what it might be like to work there. Use your lab website to make a compelling first impression 2020-05-03T04:00:00Z My appointments with postdocs and students are set for approximate times and are occasionally rescheduled to accommodate my wife’s working hours. Six ways to juggle science and childcare from home 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z “New PhDs who haven’t started their first postdoc are the most endangered,” she says. Junior researchers hit by coronavirus-triggered hiring freezes 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z We now urgently need a commitment to ‘costed’ extensions, which supplement a project’s original budget, for PhD students, postdocs and new PIs. Support early-career researchers for post-pandemic prospects 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z Already, the university has recognized our essential work and commitment to safety, and has allowed postdocs and graduate students to continue working in our lab. Safely conducting essential research in the face of COVID-19 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z In 2013, Marina Cortês, then a postdoc in cosmology at the University of Edinburgh, UK, was feeling uninspired. You can get that paper, thesis or grant written — with a little help 2020-03-29T04:00:00Z First trained as a veterinarian, Gao later earned a Ph.D. in biochemistry at the University of Oxford and did postdocs there and at Harvard University, specializing in immunology and virology. Not wearing masks to protect against coronavirus is a ‘big mistake,’ top Chinese scientist says 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z “I’ve kept my foot in both doors. As I was doing my postdoc search, I updated my CV in case I had to switch gears and find a job in industry.” Junior researchers hit by coronavirus-triggered hiring freezes 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z A postdoc, who just joined my lab, will read background literature, outline future experiments and plan controls. Science-ing from home 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z Given the disruptions the mouse culling will have on the projects of her lab members, Shin also worries about her two senior postdocs, who were both planning on entering the job market this fall. ‘It’s heartbreaking.’ Labs are euthanizing thousands of mice in response to coronavirus pandemic 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z Many of the postdocs and PhD students are from different parts of Italy and some are from other European countries or the United States; many live alone. Coronavirus lockdown: What I learnt when I shut my cancer lab in 48 hours 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z All of us grad students and postdocs would then scamper into the target area to retrieve our data, collecting film and saving images from the sometimes 30 or more instruments. Superfast, Superpowerful Lasers Are About to Revolutionize Physics 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z Germany’s Max Planck Society, which has institutes across Europe as well as in the United States and South Korea, continues to advertise job openings for early-career researchers, including postdocs, and technicians. Junior researchers hit by coronavirus-triggered hiring freezes 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z Another postdoc will put together final figures and revise a manuscript. Science-ing from home 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z As a fledgling postdoc, I was advised by my senior mentors to focus on a narrow research topic and become the world expert in that specialized niche. Advice for Young Scientists: Be Generalists 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z Forneris doesn’t have a technician, so he’s urging his university to let in a student or postdoc to tend to cultured cells. Labs go quiet as researchers brace for long-term coronavirus disruptions 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z Still, she fears the Moffitt investigation will impugn the reputations of the Chinese postdocs who worked in her lab as part of the joint agreement with TMUCIH. Fired cancer scientist says ‘good people are being crushed’ by overzealous probes into possible Chinese ties 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z The University of Edinburgh, UK, where atmospheric scientist Shipra Jain is doing her third postdoc job.Credit: Why it took me eight years and three postdoc jobs to describe myself as a scientist 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z Undergraduates, grad students and postdocs rely on conferences to meet more senior scientists, present their work and find jobs. How the Coronavirus Is Hampering Science 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z Over the past three decades since my postdoc years, the landscape of astrophysics changed dramatically. Advice for Young Scientists: Be Generalists 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z Travel restrictions have twice vexed Michael Clark, an astrophysicist and postdoc at Purdue University. Labs go quiet as researchers brace for long-term coronavirus disruptions 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z But I thought an overseas move with postdoc experience might help me to land a good position back home. Moving for research 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z “Lots of people have the experience where you buy it, your amazing postdoc uses it, your amazing postdoc leaves, and then no one knows how to turn it on,” says Patron. How to build a genome 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z She adds that many early-career scientists seek to apply a technique or expertise they honed during a postdoc to a new area of research. What to do when your grant is rejected 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z “Science and dance have always been my passions,” says Groneberg, who is now a postdoc at Charité University Hospital in Berlin. Watch the winner of this year’s ‘Dance Your Ph.D.’ contest 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Since Monday, his university has allowed only faculty and technicians—not Ph.D. students or postdocs—to enter labs, and only for essential tasks such as keeping cell lines or lab animals alive. Labs go quiet as researchers brace for long-term coronavirus disruptions 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z Then he found the postdoc opportunity in Lyon. Moving for research 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z Last September, she co-authored an online letter to NIH director Francis Collins asking for more support for graduate students and postdocs who are raising families. US National Institutes of Health launches supplementary grants for researchers with family commitments 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z My first postdoc was in Kevin Brindle’s biochemistry laboratory at the University of Cambridge, UK. Twelve tips for engaging with biologists, as told by a physicist 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z Now European postdocs are coming to China to work with him. The Future of America’s Contest with China 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z For example, the 160 faculty members who were trained as facilitators returned to their campuses and led mentoring workshops attended by 2700 students, postdocs, and other faculty—demonstrating the ability to scale up successful practices. From service to science: NIH shifts focus of mentoring network aimed at boosting grantee diversity 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z It was the job I’d been waiting for, and was a continuation of the career path I’d started to follow through my PhD programme and postdocs. Moving for research 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z Last month, I got a private Twitter message from a postdoc bruised by the clash between science as it is and how it should be. A toast to the error detectors 2019-12-29T05:00:00Z My second postdoc, with Sam Gambhir in the department of radiology at Stanford University, California, took me back to my roots. Twelve tips for engaging with biologists, as told by a physicist 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z She kept the worst review she ever received, a scathing response to a grant proposal she submitted to the NSF in 2003, when she was a postdoc studying comparative phylogeography. Secrets to writing a winning grant 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z I won a grant from the European Research Council last year, so actively hiring postdocs and PhD students. What publishing as a lead author has taught me 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z Those are issues that microbial ecologist Adriana Romero-Olivares, a postdoc at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, can relate to. Rude paper reviews are pervasive and sometimes harmful, study finds 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z The temporary nature of a research workforce comprising graduate students and postdocs means there is not time to run ocean models at ever-higher resolution. A sharper view of the world’s oceans 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z For me, learning the language was the most important reason why I moved from physics to biochemistry for my first postdoc. Twelve tips for engaging with biologists, as told by a physicist 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z “Re-entering society is incredibly difficult, even more so when you bring the stigma of prison into academia,” says psychology postdoc Noel Vest, who knows the struggles first-hand. Daily briefing: Triple-therapy drug shows dramatic effect on cystic fibrosis 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z I did two years of a postdoc at Johns Hopkins before transitioning into a faculty role there. Moving from prison to a PhD 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z He recently hired a female postdoc to join the lab's leadership, part of fulfilling a vow to fill at least four of the lab's next five positions with women. Catchy findings have propelled this young ecologist to fame—and enraged his critics 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z Liu, his postdoc Andrew Anzalone, and co-workers tested variations of their prime editors on several human and mouse cells, performing more than 175 different edits. New ‘prime’ genome editor could surpass CRISPR 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z Recently, she unleashed some of her postdocs and graduate students on one of the most studied organisms, the K12 strain of E. coli. New universe of miniproteins is upending cell biology and genetics 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z Young female scientists — graduate students and postdocs — attend and share their career paths. Award recognizes efforts to inspire girls to pursue science careers 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z Originally from Boston, he moved to Berlin two months ago, for a postdoc position in mathematics at the Technical University of Dresden. A Terrorist Attack on Yom Kippur in Halle, Germany 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z Amodei, thirty-six, has a Ph.D. in computational neuroscience from Princeton and did a postdoc at Stanford. Can a Machine Learn to Write for The New Yorker? 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z So did worries that it would be hard to lure grad students and postdocs to a U.K. lab. Split decisions: How Brexit has taken a toll on five researchers 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z Yet postdocs receive no formal training in how to complete it. Four ways scientists band together outside the lab 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z “A postdoc is just like a faculty position minus all the hassles of teaching,” a visiting professor told me and a handful of postdoctoral colleagues during an informal networking lunch earlier this year. Teaching at the university level is not a hassle 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z A few years later, after earning her doctorate, she left classical bits behind and joined Preskill’s group at the California Institute of Technology as a postdoc. To Invent a Quantum Internet 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z It was only during my postdoc did I decide to switch things around to neuroscience. Neuroscientist Named MacArthur “Genius” Talks Creativity in Science 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z They moved to Canada in 2006 as postdocs and won faculty positions at the University of Calgary. Split decisions: How Brexit has taken a toll on five researchers 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z About once a month, the postdocs get together in person to commiserate about the process or celebrate if someone wins funding. Four ways scientists band together outside the lab 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z Van Savage, a theoretical biologist and ecologist, first met McCarthy in 2000, and they overlapped at the SFI for about four years while Savage was a graduate student and then a postdoc. Novelist Cormac McCarthy’s tips on how to write a great science paper 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z He said that it is “morally unacceptable” that postdocs are unnamed on most grant applications even though 60% of UKRI’s funding goes to their salaries. Funders pledge career support for UK researchers 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z In the first study3, conducted when she was a postdoc at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, Zimmermann-Kogadeeva and her colleagues looked at the antiviral drug brivudine, from which gut microbes produce a toxic metabolite. Microbial chemistry gains fresh focus 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z Before moving to UCL she completed her PhD as a Gates Scholar and later postdoc at the University of Cambridge. Cultivating Emotion Regulation and Mental Health 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z In 2012, having completed his degree and doctorate at Cardiff University in the United Kingdom, he arrived at Yale to begin a postdoc in Bradford’s lab. The ecologist who wants to map everything 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z One difference between China and many academic labs in the West is the reduced dependence on postdocs. When Europeans do science in China 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z The concordat targets staff members who are primarily employed to do research, including postdocs, contract researchers and technicians. Funders pledge career support for UK researchers 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z Those of us who are in postgraduate programmes need high marks in our classes and a lot of publications under our belts if we want to get excellent scholarships and postdoc positions. Three tips to achieve academic success — while enjoying a social life 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z Tom Weller taught physics for eight years at a west London school following his second postdoc at Harvard University, a career change triggered in part by the enjoyment he derived from organising children's science parties. Working Scientist podcast: The school physics talk that proved more popular than Lady Gaga's boots 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z “And when I started they definitely didn’t want to — no one wants to give all their hard-earned data to some stupid postdoc who’s just starting up.” The ecologist who wants to map everything 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z But the downside of that practice is a smaller domestic pool of top-notch postdocs. When Europeans do science in China 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z But as the discussion progressed, He and his postdoc walked the couples through informed consent forms that described what many ethicists and scientists view as a far more frightening proposition. The untold story of the ‘circle of trust’ behind the world’s first gene-edited babies 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z A senior scientist at a well-known influenza research lab there says that a number of postdocs invited to present recent findings at conferences in the United States did not get visas in time to attend. China’s scientists alarmed, bewildered by growing anti-Chinese sentiment in the United States 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z The policy also forbids the use of fetal tissue by young scientists on training grants and fellowships that support graduate students and postdocs. Trump administration releases details on fetal tissue restrictions 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z Jones then ushered him towards the postdoc at Bradford’s lab. The ecologist who wants to map everything 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z He’s now pursuing his passion at Harvard, following in his mentor’s footsteps as a postdoc in Rubin’s lab. When Europeans do science in China 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z "We train these people, and especially foreign postdocs, and yet we don't provide any real context and training on the ethical applications of what they're working on," Hurlbut now says. The untold story of the ‘circle of trust’ behind the world’s first gene-edited babies 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z Seek help and advice from those with more experience, such as senior colleagues, postdocs or your adviser. What not to do in graduate school 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z This also includes asking investigators to keep records of interviews with students and postdocs, concerning their plans after leaving a laboratory. Diversity and international collaboration should not become casualties of anti-espionage policies 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z Even before the museum burnt down, Buckup was losing postdocs and research assistants because of funding cuts. The battle to rebuild centuries of science after an epic inferno 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z “I would be happy to take a few postdocs with the right backgrounds if they have to leave the U.S. in a hurry,” he says. When Europeans do science in China 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z Deem introduced his student to Stephen Quake, a sequencing guru at Stanford, where He moved for a postdoc in 2011. The untold story of the ‘circle of trust’ behind the world’s first gene-edited babies 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z She is now a postdoc at the University of Helsinki, where she researches and develops tools for diagnosing viral haemorrhagic fevers. Explosions, floods and hurricanes: dealing with a lab disaster 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z My tasks would include setting up a science-communication training programme for PhD students, postdocs and principal investigators, and working as an editor of the institution’s internal publication, A*STAR Research. How I lost my identity — and embraced a new one 2019-07-07T04:00:00Z The guide and additional web content were written between June and August 2018, with contributions from 25 students and postdocs. Use peer support to improve well-being and research outcomes 2019-07-07T04:00:00Z When a postdoc’s gender transition is taken to mean she’s “indecisive” and not yet ready for the tenure track, that’s bias. How to Fight STEM's Unconscious Bias against LGBTQ People 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z But she eventually decided to do a postdoc with Michael Akam, a zoologist and embryologist at the University of Cambridge, UK. The biologist overturning evolutionary doctrine 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z Moore was able to place two of her postdocs in colleagues’ labs elsewhere. Explosions, floods and hurricanes: dealing with a lab disaster 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z That complexity is humbling, says Paul Sternberg, a biology professor at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, a former Emmons postdoc, who reviewed the paper, but was not involved in writing it. Worm Wiring Diagram May Help Us Understand Our Own Nervous System 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z The institution typically pays for faculty members’ moving expenses, but assistance for postdocs depends on factors such as their school and funding source. How a long-distance job move can leave early-career researchers short of cash 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z “It was scary,” says one former MIT engineering postdoc, now at Peking University in Beijing, who says he was twice interviewed last year by federal agents and asked not to be named in this article. ‘Psychological fear’: MIT scientists of Chinese origin protest toxic US climate 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z The Max Planck’s international make-up was another focus of the survey — 36% of research directors are from outside Germany as are 75% of postdocs. Germany’s top research organization conducts huge social study of staff 2019-06-30T04:00:00Z We did an informal audit of three DNA testing companies when I was a postdoc at UCLA. Ruha Benjamin: ‘We definitely can’t wait for Silicon Valley to become more diverse’ 2019-06-29T04:00:00Z Pursue those questions with zeal together, working with your graduate students and postdocs. Step up to leadership for mid-career growth 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z A spokesperson said he was not aware of any reimbursement for PhD students or postdocs. How a long-distance job move can leave early-career researchers short of cash 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z “There are people who will download an application and share it with a postdoc or a buddy down the hall and ask a question,” he says. NIH probe of foreign ties has led to undisclosed firings—and refunds from institutions 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z As an epidemiology postdoc at the Pasteur Institute in Paris, Maya Nadimpalli became interested in antibiotic resistance among young children in low-income countries. A battle against antibiotic resistance 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z “MIT aims to hire gifted and driven faculty and attract the best students, postdocs and research staff,” says vice-president for research, Maria Zuber. The top 10 global institutions for 2018 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z After gaining my PhD in 2014, I applied for 32 postdocs in biological anthropology around the world unsuccessfully. How adapting to research setbacks can pave the way to greater outcomes 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z Other staff members, including postdocs, might be able to get an advance on their first month’s salary. How a long-distance job move can leave early-career researchers short of cash 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z The next year, as a 22-year-old postdoc with Enrico Fermi at the University of Chicago, Illinois, he tackled a knotty problem. Murray Gell-Mann (1929–2019) 2019-06-16T04:00:00Z As a postdoc at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, he studied how juries make decisions and was struck by the power of a confession to practically guarantee a guilty verdict. This psychologist explains why people confess to crimes they didn’t commit 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z Since then, Vazirgiannis has visited Tang’s laboratory frequently and one of his postdocs spent several weeks in China deploying an algorithm to compute a new metric that has improved the effectiveness of Aminer’s services. AI researchers in China want to keep the global-sharing culture alive 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z In April, Dr. Arnold and three of her former postdocs filed the papers for a start-up called Aralez Bio, which will apply the principles of directed evolution to produce customized amino acids for drug companies. Frances Arnold Turns Microbes Into Living Factories 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z Interviews with financial advisers, university administrators and researchers suggest that although faculty members and industry employees often get relocation assistance, such support is patchy for postdocs and PhD students. How a long-distance job move can leave early-career researchers short of cash 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z Goonoo, now a postdoc at the University of Mauritius, says that she found her stint in Germany — funded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation — to be an enriching experience on a professional and personal level. Europe is a top destination for many researchers 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z My postdoc supervisor at the Estonian biobank was also very supportive when I was raising small children. Lili Milani banks Estonia’s genomic potential 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z Recently, I attended a multiday science communication workshop at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign aimed at graduate students and postdocs. How to Become a Scientist-Communicator 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z Numerous graduate students and postdocs around the world ghostwrite peer reviews for senior colleagues, receiving no authorship credit.Credit: Junior researchers are losing out by ghostwriting peer reviews 2019-05-12T04:00:00Z But the itinerant lifestyle of a postdoc is one reason that help should be offered to them, he says. How a long-distance job move can leave early-career researchers short of cash 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z “Finding PhD students and postdocs was quite a challenge,” he says now. Europe is a top destination for many researchers 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z Church and Noah Davidsohn, a former postdoc in his lab, have engaged in a secretive but much talked-about venture to make old dogs new. Can We Live Longer but Stay Younger? 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z In 2013, I completed a PhD in Australia in the hope of paving a way to the United States for a postdoc. What scientists should know about visa hurdles 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z A large proportion of graduate students and postdocs ghostwrite peer reviews for senior colleagues and supervisors, receiving no professional credit for their work, finds a study1. Junior researchers are losing out by ghostwriting peer reviews 2019-05-12T04:00:00Z Paying outlays from his salary in euros was therefore “a dream”, says Pal, who is now a postdoc at IFOM. How a long-distance job move can leave early-career researchers short of cash 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z Staying in Europe for an extended period — beyond a three-year postdoc position, for example — requires careful planning and perhaps some luck. Europe is a top destination for many researchers 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z Welker, now a postdoc at the University of Copenhagen, was able to extract collagen, a common structural protein, from a molar of the Xiahe jawbone. First fossil jaw of Denisovans finally puts a face on elusive human relatives 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z As I was finishing my PhD, I secured a few interviews for postdocs — three in Europe and two in the United States. What scientists should know about visa hurdles 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z Researcher-mums say that transparency of institutional policies around family leave for graduate students and postdocs is imperative. Why scientist-mums in the United States need better parental-support policies 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z PhD students who anticipate moving for a postdoc should start saving when they begin their postgraduate programme, if possible, Mielitz says. How a long-distance job move can leave early-career researchers short of cash 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z Flexibility and networking are key for establishing a career outside academia, says molecular biologist Clarissa Rios, a Peruvian postdoc at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy’s global fellowship initiative in Switzerland. Europe is a top destination for many researchers 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z After getting my PhD in electrical engineering and computer sciences at the University of California, Berkeley, I did a postdoc and then worked as a full-time researcher at Microsoft Research in Redmond, Washington. Junior AI researchers are in demand by universities and industry 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z I then did a postdoc at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. What scientists should know about visa hurdles 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z The NIH Office of Extramural Research says that many NIH-supported postdocs are entitled to two months of paid parental leave per year, regardless of their institution’s policy. Why scientist-mums in the United States need better parental-support policies 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z Back in 1972, the synthesis of vitamin B12 took 91 postdocs and a dozen PhD students 12 years to complete. Automation: Chemistry shoots for the Moon 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z “When a postdoc first showed me the results and we saw tens of thousands of RNA cytosines being edited, I was like, ‘Wait a minute, what are we looking at here?’” Powerful CRISPR cousin accidentally mutates RNA while editing DNA target 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z For junior faculty members who are putting together their own team, attracting top-notch postdocs and other researchers is always a problem. Junior AI researchers are in demand by universities and industry 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z In 2015, I moved from the United States to the United Kingdom, to do a postdoc at the University of Cambridge, on a Tier 5 temporary-worker visa. What scientists should know about visa hurdles 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z She notes that many faculty members who would like to support graduate students and postdocs through pregnancy and childbirth are constrained by pressure to produce results and maintain funding. Why scientist-mums in the United States need better parental-support policies 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z A similar proportion of referees from early, middle and late career stages were happy to be named: 54% of researchers/postdocs, 50% of assistant/associate professors, and 55% of professors opted in to the trial. Three-year trial shows support for recognizing peer reviewers 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z In addition, PhD students and postdocs are usually more skilled in the laboratory than PIs, owing to their more recent experience and previous training. How I led my lab from 18,900 kilometres away 2019-04-14T04:00:00Z So, as Bassett moved to her postdoc at UC Santa Barbara, she added another type of analysis to her study of networks: dynamical systems theory, a way of modeling how network structure changes. This physicist is trying to make sense of the brain’s tangled networks 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z After several months, Lebedev suggested that I consider a plan B, and kindly wrote me excellent letters of recommendation, which helped me to secure an alternative postdoc position in Lausanne, Switzerland. What scientists should know about visa hurdles 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z Stewart says student and postdoc parents need guaranteed leave and continued health benefits, along with the opportunity to extend degrees and grants, and a change to attitudes regarding the accommodation of parenting duties. Why scientist-mums in the United States need better parental-support policies 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z During my first few meet and greets, happy hours and social events as a postdoc, I felt immense pressure to network and develop advantageous relationships to propel my future career. A New Way for Scientists To Connect 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z The current funding structure for postdocs, however, does very little of this. Paid Family Leave for Postdocs 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z A data-management plan must be easy to follow for new members of the lab, as well as for postdocs who are pulling an all-nighter. 11 ways to avert a data-storage disaster 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z It took a bit longer than three months to get my visa approved there, and it took only five weeks to get a visa to start my current postdoc at the Karolinska Institute. What scientists should know about visa hurdles 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z Two years into his postdoc at Harvard University, he was probing potential interactions between tuft cells and intestinal bacteria. Closing in on a century-old mystery, scientists are figuring out what the body’s ‘tuft cells’ do 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z I was a postdoc at the University of California, Berkeley, during the Vietnam War, and that was a momentous event in my life. A Groundbreaking Mathematician on the Politics of Her Field 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z There’s a no man’s land aspect to being a postdoc. Five scientists explain how they decided whether to move to another country for their work or studies 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z Childcare should be subsidized for those with lower incomes, particularly students and postdocs. Science Should Be More Helpful to New Parents 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z I was offered the postdoc in spring, yet couldn’t start it until 1 October because of the certification requirement. What scientists should know about visa hurdles 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z The 29-year-old materials scientist was back in China with his wife and son, ready to begin a postdoc at the University of Science and Technology Beijing — one of the country’s leading materials institutes. Materials science is helping to transform China into a high-tech economy 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z At the same time, my husband was doing his postdoc at the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington DC under Ho-Kwang Mao, who founded HPSTAR. High-pressure research and a return to China: meet Haiyan Zheng 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z Coming from a working-class background, I stumbled into Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia, in the early 2000s, and stayed on for a PhD and two postdoc positions. Five scientists explain how they decided whether to move to another country for their work or studies 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z A postdoc at Oregon State University ran into this predicament when expecting her second child in 2017. Science Should Be More Helpful to New Parents 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z Now in its 26th year, the program brings together about 60 female undergraduates, graduate students, and postdocs for 2 weeks of lectures, panels, and informal interactions. Founder of geometric analysis honored with Abel Prize 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z As a postdoc, he studied a form of cellular self-destruction called apoptosis. Treatments for childhood cancer can devastate lives years later. Scientists are trying to change that 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Twenty-five more institutions are set to release their data by the end of next year, with data on postdocs’ career outcomes to follow. In a first, U.S. private sector employs nearly as many Ph.D.s as schools do 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z Five career advisers with scientific backgrounds explore how they help PhD students and postdocs, and share their best tips, books and online tools. Daily briefing: Global teams shy away from risky science 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z Graduate students are allowed to spend time on courses and learning, but a postdoc is hired to do full-time research. The professional advisers who can help you to move from academia to industry 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z Then, I helped to lead the postdoc association, arranging for employers to visit us on campus. My move from postdoc to career adviser 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z The new Penn State center would hire faculty and postdocs and introduce undergraduate and graduate courses. University research center will search for extraterrestrial intelligence 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z Last year, I moved from Adelaide, Australia, to Boulder, Colorado, for a postdoc position. Dispatch: South Australia to Colorado 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z “I realized that I enjoyed helping to develop programmes for graduate students and postdocs more than I did my laboratory work,” she says about the move. Daily briefing: Global teams shy away from risky science 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z Graduate students and postdocs hear this and struggle with it. The professional advisers who can help you to move from academia to industry 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z I realized that I enjoyed helping to develop programmes for graduate students and postdocs more than I did my laboratory work. My move from postdoc to career adviser 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z She and a trio of Harvard postdocs are working on a similar idea that she says works as well and is mathematically consistent. Have Dark Forces Been Messing With the Cosmos? 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z The European report finds that the lowest postdoc salaries are largely in Eastern European countries, such as the Czech Republic and Poland; in this region, the annual median salary is €15,600. Low pay, exclusivity requirements and lack of support plague postdocs across Europe 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z To retain under-represented graduate students, the report calls for robust mentoring relationships to be developed between faculty members and students or postdocs, and for departmental cultures to be made more accessible, welcoming and family-friendly. Astronomy society pushes for diversity in US PhD programmes 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z I think that postdocs face a more urgent situation. The professional advisers who can help you to move from academia to industry 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z Graduate students are starting new programmes, late-stage PhD students and postdocs are applying for faculty positions and employers are hosting recruitment sessions on campus. My move from postdoc to career adviser 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z Female postdocs earn less than their male counterparts across much of the United States.Credit: Huge variations in US postdoc salaries point to undervalued workforce 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z “I hope our survey will shine some light on the very different working conditions for postdocs across Europe.” Low pay, exclusivity requirements and lack of support plague postdocs across Europe 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z It’s unusual here in the United States for a young postdoc to have children, probably because of the need to be highly mobile and the lack of paid-leave programmes. One couple, two cities: How to handle an international career move 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z Others, often PhD students or postdocs, become full-time entrepreneurs. How business-savvy scientists can find success in the risky start-up world 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z She “was intense … and intellectually deep,” recalls her postdoc adviser Elias Aizenman of the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania. This neuroscientist is fighting sexual harassment in science—but her own job is in peril 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z The study represents one of few such efforts to quantify postdoc compensation in a meaningful way. Huge variations in US postdoc salaries point to undervalued workforce 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z The survey results underscore the need for more career guidance for postdocs, says Berit Hyllseth, an adviser for the Research Council of Norway, a government funding agency in Lysaker. Low pay, exclusivity requirements and lack of support plague postdocs across Europe 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z But “it was what grad students and postdocs do nowadays”. Daily briefing: Meet the ‘hidden figures’ of genetics uncovered in the footnotes 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z I went from postdoc to postdoc, four in all, working on research questions that interested me and that were relevant to human disease. What 50 principal investigators taught me about my failure to land tenure 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z Science is a complex ecosystem of funders, journals, academic administrators, scientific societies and researchers — the latter group including principal investigators, staff scientists, postdocs and graduate students. Overdue: a US advisory board for research integrity 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z The data also suggest that female postdocs are relatively underpaid, at least in some parts of the country. Huge variations in US postdoc salaries point to undervalued workforce 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z The findings also revealed that postdocs on both full- and part-time schemes reported working longer than the hours stipulated by their contracts. Low pay, exclusivity requirements and lack of support plague postdocs across Europe 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z The study also found a strong trend towards an increased number of “supporting authorships” — postdocs, staff scientists and other non-senior researchers who provide specialized skills but do not lead publications. Rise of the temporary workforce 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z I became “too expensive” to stay in academia as a postdoc. What 50 principal investigators taught me about my failure to land tenure 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z But it’s harder to hire good postdocs there than in the United States, where she trained, she says. Responding to the call of home 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z The results suggest that female postdocs in the south were paid about $1,940 less per year than were male postdocs, on average. Huge variations in US postdoc salaries point to undervalued workforce 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z Contracts also ban 60% of postdocs across Europe from taking extra jobs. Low pay, exclusivity requirements and lack of support plague postdocs across Europe 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z The odds of securing tenure drop with each additional postdoc, especially if the researcher is not a lead author, says Milojević. Rise of the temporary workforce 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z Then I moved back to Europe to start a new family, and I took another postdoc. What 50 principal investigators taught me about my failure to land tenure 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z She moved back to Panama after graduate studies in France and a postdoc in the United States — mainly, she says, to be closer to family and to the country’s immense tropical ecosystems. Responding to the call of home 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z In the northeast, home to some of the largest and most prestigious universities in the country, female postdocs received, on average, about $1,710 less than their male equivalents. Huge variations in US postdoc salaries point to undervalued workforce 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z “To have lost all of this is a big step back,” says the postdoc, who is not authorized to speak with the press. Dead bees, dusty offices: US scientists face post-shutdown malaise 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z Most last only one year — short-term even for funding a PhD student or postdoc — and there’s no guarantee of renewal. How scientists can team up with big tech 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z Another PI echoed this thought when she told me that postdocs should work on important questions, instead of sticking to the questions put in front of them. What 50 principal investigators taught me about my failure to land tenure 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z Also breathing easier: graduate students and postdocs waiting to be put on federally funded grants awarded to their mentors. End of U.S. shutdown won’t mean return to business as usual for research agencies 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z “It’s still too low, considering what postdocs are expected to do and the hours they are expected to put in,” he says. Huge variations in US postdoc salaries point to undervalued workforce 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z “It’s hard to plan to move forward when the worry in our minds is that this shutdown will happen again,” the postdoc says. Dead bees, dusty offices: US scientists face post-shutdown malaise 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z For example, the most successful scientists transferred concepts they learnt in graduate school to their postdoctoral work, suggesting that prospective postdocs should try to join labs that lack their particular skill set. Postdoctoral mentorship key to career success 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z When they started their PhDs, they were already thinking about where they would do their postdocs. What 50 principal investigators taught me about my failure to land tenure 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z This personal contact left an indelible impression, in particular, on many of his students and postdocs. Shoucheng Zhang (1963–2018) 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z “At most universities, postdoc pay isn’t very well centrally controlled,” she says. Huge variations in US postdoc salaries point to undervalued workforce 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z His flourishing international lab includes more than a dozen PhD students and postdocs, of seven nationalities. How Estonia blazed a trail in science 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z After abandoning medical school at Harvard for a postdoc at M.I.T., Is Ancient DNA Research Revealing New Truths — or Falling Into Old Traps? 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z When they started their postdocs, they already knew where they would apply for assistant professorships. What 50 principal investigators taught me about my failure to land tenure 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z Unlike civil servants, the postdocs aren’t guaranteed back pay when the government reopens. A day in shutdown life: Free mac and cheese, clean closets, empty bank accounts 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z If more institutions started paying attention to their postdocs and if more postdocs advocated for their worth, wages would probably rise and many inequities would shrink, McDowell says. Huge variations in US postdoc salaries point to undervalued workforce 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z “We recognized that we needed to help out, and that postdocs don’t have a lot of money,” says White. Surprise! Shutdown also disrupting U.S. science agencies that aren’t closed 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z He led me swiftly past a confab of postdocs and into his windowed office. Is Ancient DNA Research Revealing New Truths — or Falling Into Old Traps? 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z Recently the National Academies convened a meeting aimed at addressing these and other Decadal-related concerns of graduate students, postdocs and pre-tenure faculty. U.S. Astronomers Ponder Science Priorities for the 2020s and Beyond 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z I’m now two years into my postdoc in data-driven business development at Copenhagen Business School, and have started to realize that academic life rarely provides you with enough time to stimulate your curiosity and motivation. How to use ‘20% time’ to manage pet projects 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z This shift in recruitment policy should encourage more postdocs to return home, particularly as China is now established as an important contributor to international research. Chinese universities lure postdocs back home 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z After finishing my PhD in England in 1987, I was offered a position as a postdoc at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg. Ultima Thule, the Cold War and Trump's Wall 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z Another postdoc was persistent in encouraging and working with me on a tricky experiment until we got it optimized. Scientific progress is built on failure 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z As a postdoc from Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, I was at the American Chemical Society meeting in Las Vegas in 1982 to present my research. Milestone meetings 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z Robin Padilla earned a PhD in chemistry in 2010 and worked as a postdoc and scientific editor before assuming his current role as a product manager with Springer Nature. Meet the scientific-database developer 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z But in the letter, Matthew Brown, a postdoc in the lab of James Thomson at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, rejected that notion. NIH chief defends use of human fetal tissue as opponents decry it before Congress 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z On Zhang’s new team are four postdocs, two from China, and two from the UK and Germany. Small science grows large in new hands 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z I find I now talk more openly with other postdocs and early-career researchers about the struggles of science, and how to deal so frequently with rejection. Scientific progress is built on failure 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z In 2011, the programme was extended to young scholars, mostly targeting highly productive postdocs. Strong spending compounds chemistry prowess 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z After my PhD at the University of California, Berkeley, I did a postdoc at the Catalysis Research Laboratory at the University of Heidelberg in Germany. Meet the scientific-database developer 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z Many postdocs find it hard to compete for non-academic jobs, two studies reveal.Credit: Why a postdoc might not advance your career 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z Tsao, who is tall, long-haired, and soft-spoken, is now a postdoc at Stanford. The Neurons That Tell Time 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z To facilitate this, I encourage continuous discussion between lab technicians, graduate students and postdocs. Seven steps towards health and happiness in the lab 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z A handful of foreign postdocs reported salary cuts, 100-hour work weeks, and a fear of repercussions if they complain. Daily briefing: Decolonizing Mars 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z During my postdoc, the financial crisis finally hit the chemical industry. Meet the scientific-database developer 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z Postdoctoral training often leaves researchers ill-prepared for future careers, according to two studies that explored the realities of postdoc life at major research institutions. Why a postdoc might not advance your career 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z Most estimates agree that about half of the postdocs working in the United States are overseas visitors who rely on short-term visas. Stop exploitation of foreign postdocs in the United States 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z The project for Revolutionizing Prosthetics involved a large team, including postdocs, a neurosurgeon, and experts on assistive technology. How to Control a Machine with Your Brain 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z An estimated half of all postdocs working in the US are reliant on short-term visas, so these anecdotes should raise an alarm, argues a Nature editorial. Daily briefing: Decolonizing Mars 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z One step at a time, she is moving towards her goal “to become a postdoc, to become a professor — if not in Palestine, then anywhere”. In the Palestinian territories, science struggles against all odds 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z “It’s shocking when a postdoc at a top research institution can’t find a job in academia,” he says, “but that’s par for the course.” Why a postdoc might not advance your career 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z Future assessments and surveys of postdocs should probe this issue further. Stop exploitation of foreign postdocs in the United States 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z When Schwartz was preparing to begin his postdoc, the neuroscience of volitional movement was still in its infancy. How to Control a Machine with Your Brain 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z Somehow “their brain develops differently than if their dad hadn’t experienced that stress,” says Chris Morgan, a postdoc in Bale’s lab who helped create the mouse model. How Dad's Stresses Get Passed Along to Offspring 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z The recruitment of trainees, postdocs and temporary research staff at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre and EU agencies is organized by the individual agencies. Why a European agency post can be an excellent destination for researchers 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z We encourage graduate students and postdocs to design a path that will complement their previous training and help to propel them towards their next career stage. How to design a winning fellowship proposal 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z “This was a qualitative study, so it’s important to recognize that our findings are not generalizable to broader populations of postdocs,” the study authors told Nature. Stop exploitation of foreign postdocs in the United States 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z Pan started a postdoc at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, after earning a PhD in palaeobotany, and was planning to continue on the academic path until another option opened up. Satisfaction in science 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z Graduate students, postdocs, early career and seasoned scientists alike—all who decide to actively engage in science communication need to be rewarded. Scientists Are Learning the Power of Outreach 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z Students and postdocs should recognize that becoming a scientist offers the great privilege of maintaining their childhood integrity and questioning unjustified notions. Making the Church Taller 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z Biochemist Molly Sheehan is finishing her postdoc at the University of Pennsylvania. Life after a ballot loss 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z Survey results show some senior scientists exploit the visa requirements of foreign postdocs.Credit: Stop exploitation of foreign postdocs in the United States 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z In Africa, he says, postdoc posts tend to be short — around two years. Paths to success for African scientists 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z He wanted to go home to Zimbabwe, however, but his postdoc supervisor urged him to avoid the country, which was experiencing a general strike, political turmoil and a severe economic crash. How building trust has proved central to overcoming malaria 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z In 2017, while I was a postdoc at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, I started getting e-mails that claimed that my research was cruel and pointless. Real-life stories of online harassment — and how scientists got through it 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z The person told me I should leave jobs available for US postdocs. Cancer researcher defends immigrant scientists 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z Many of the issues these postdocs report are familiar: chiefly, how hard it is to land a tenured full-time position in academia. Stop exploitation of foreign postdocs in the United States 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z What helped Setshedi in the end was further training, specifically a postdoc in an immunology lab at the University of Oxford, UK. Paths to success for African scientists 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z She was listed as second author, after the postdoc. Was cancer scientist fired for challenging lab chief over authorship? 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z Being an international postdoc in a new city also means you get to meet many different people, from many different walks of life, without even leaving the institute. Dispatch: a move from London to New York City 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z Columbia representatives did not immediately return emails seeking comment about the postdocs’ vote. Columbia postdoctoral researchers vote to unionize 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z The responses suggest that senior scientists are using this reliance to force postdocs to work longer hours and endure unacceptable conditions. Stop exploitation of foreign postdocs in the United States 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z Bediako followed his first postdoc in Kenya with a second at the Francis Crick Institute in London. Paths to success for African scientists 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z "It was still dark, and raining," says Bonaca, a Harvard University postdoc. Streams of stars reveal the galaxy’s violent history—and perhaps its unseen dark matter 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z Pick a postdoc position that aligns with that professional goal. Beating the odds to secure a permanent contract 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z Visa and immigration requirements in Canada needlessly complicate the lives of international postdocs and probably prevent some of them from staying in the country. Daily briefing: A new wave of Indigenous genetic scientists 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z For postdocs, establishing an identity and track record separate from that of their principal investigator is a key challenge on the path to a science career. Daily briefing: The fingerprints that carcinogens leave behind 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z It provides support to scientists ranging from high-school graduates to those pursuing postdocs. Paths to success for African scientists 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z "It was a radical way to release the data," says Adrian Price-Whelan, a Princeton University postdoc who also arrived early at the Flatiron Institute. Streams of stars reveal the galaxy’s violent history—and perhaps its unseen dark matter 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z More than 40% of postdocs from other countries listed “visa and work permit issues” as a major challenge. Why Canada’s immigration regulations may be pushing postdocs out 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z Mentoring junior scientists helps postdocs to demonstrate their independence and build transferable skills. The quest for postdoctoral independence 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z For one project in the Straits of Florida, when Robinson was a postdoc, she generated 340 million pictures; a colleague working in the Gulf of Mexico generated billions. Machine learning gets to grips with plankton challenge 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z “That way they retain their affiliation with us regardless of where they do their postdoc,” says Kinyanjui. Paths to success for African scientists 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z In this week's issue of Science, Harvard University vertebrate paleontologist Stephanie Pierce and postdoc Katrina Jones report an investigation of fossils from the dawn of mammals that shows how evolution built our versatile spine. The evolution of the spine fueled the rise of mammals—and human back problems 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z “For a postdoc, it’s pretty insulting when you work 60 hours a week doing research at a Canadian university but the government tells you that is not Canadian work experience,” he says. Why Canada’s immigration regulations may be pushing postdocs out 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z To help more postdocs to transition to independence, the academies recommend significantly increasing the number of available training grants and individual fellowships. The quest for postdoctoral independence 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z Graduate students and postdocs are limitedto pursue only those questions that are related to their advisor’s work, if not directly handed experimental designs without room for debate. Leaving Academic Science Doesn't Make You a Failure 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z Mankgopo Kgatle, a South African virologist who is doing a postdoc at the University of Oxford, is keen to avoid specializing in the wrong field and making life difficult for herself on her return. Paths to success for African scientists 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z As a postdoc at the University of Michigan, Garfinkel studied memory recall among veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars who were suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. The world at their feet 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z Whatever the cause, any reduction in the number of international postdocs is bad for Canadian science, Sparling says. Why Canada’s immigration regulations may be pushing postdocs out 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z She says that she pursued multiple affiliations because she wanted opportunities for research and collaboration outside her specific postdoc duties, which mostly involve tracking behaviours and hormones of zoo animals. The quest for postdoctoral independence 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z It works best if a PhD student or postdoc develops the primary research question for the undergraduates to tackle, drafts a ‘bare-bones’ study protocol and manages the study. Reboot undergraduate courses for reproducibility 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z My husband, who was a postdoc at that time, also attended. How female scientists can confront gender bias in the workplace 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z The postdoc at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is using his expertise in the properties of promising materials called perovskites to make it happen. The world at their feet 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z Within a few years he was on the starting blocks, as a postdoc in Moore’s laboratory at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Ribosome reader to Royal Society leader: a biologist’s road to the Nobel 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z “It’s so hard for a postdoc to say no to a PI,” he says. The quest for postdoctoral independence 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z Baker's postdoc studies had focused on cellular senescence, the cellular version of aging, which had not yet been linked to Alzheimer's. The Alzheimer’s gamble: NIH tries to turn billions in new funding into treatment for deadly brain disease 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z If a postdoc or student had a good idea, he would support it; if he disagreed with a high-status scientist, he made it clear. Burton Richter (1931–2018) 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z PhD students and postdocs depend on supervisors for publications, funds and letters of recommendation. Research is set up for bullies to thrive 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z Jeff, the postdoc, was already there with a raft of paperwork and screens spread across the table. Breakthrough 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z |
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