Your best work might be just around the corner
Ever wonder when you’ll publish that big paper that’ll win you the Nobel Prize (or at least a new research grant)? Turns out, it could be your next. Read more
Why should we work so hard to make our work reproducible?
The call for reproducibility has never been stronger in the history of science. Since two major pharmaceutical companies, Amgen and Bayer, reported in 2011/12 that their scientists were unable to replicate 80-90% of the findings in landmark papers, scientific news outlets have caught up on the issue. Their reports have catalyzed conversations among stakeholders (policy makers, funding agencies and scientists) to improve reproducibility in science. Read more
Uncertain Airspace: Changing career paths is disorienting and exhilarating
Sometimes I ask people, “if you weren’t studying biology, what would you do?” … Read more
Highlights from the Comm4Science science communication conference
Guest contributor Virginia Schutte … Read more
Counting all the ways connections matter
Guest contributor Viviane Callier … Read more
Naturejobs Career Expo keynote speaker wins top engineering prize.
Professor Langer, who runs the 100-strong Langer Lab at MIT, told the Financial Times that “it is a great honour to win what is by far the biggest engineering award in the world.” … Read more
Working from home does not make you a slacker
Contrary to popular opinion, people who work from home are not slacking off. In fact, those who work part of the time from home end up working between five and seven hours longer than their peers in the office, according to a study of over 60,000 people in the US. Read more
Welcome to the new Naturejobs blog
Posted by Rachel Bowden | Categories: Admin, Blog
You may have noticed we’ve given the Naturejobs homepage a minor spring clean – we’re still making a few tweaks, but the search box is both more prominent and streamlined, news and features are easier to find and we’ve added this new blog. We’ll be using the blog to post short news items to help keep you up-to-date with the latest developments affecting the job landscape for scientists, and we’ll also be including more provocative pieces to promote discussion and debate. Read more
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