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28 Feb 2018 | 13:30 GMT

Enter the Naturejobs #ScientistAtWork photo competition 2018

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: Blog, Competition, Featured, Picks of the week

Last year, we launched the first Naturejobs #ScientistAtWork photo competition. It was a huge success — we received hundreds of entries from all over the world, and spoke to the five winners here.  Read more

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20 Oct 2017 | 13:00 GMT

Growing the next generation of scientists

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: Blog, Communication, Competition, Diversity, In the news, People Management, Report, Research, UK, Undergraduate

Growing the next generation of scientists

Naturejobs journalism competition winner Jessica Gorrill  … Read more

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11 Oct 2017 | 13:00 GMT

Turning scientific scrutiny on science itself

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: Academia, Blog, Collaboration, Competition, Featured, People Management, Perspectives, Research

Turning scientific scrutiny on science itself

Naturejobs journalism competition winner Jiska van der Reest  … Read more

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12 Jul 2017 | 12:00 GMT

Announcing the Better Science through Better Data 2017 (#scidata17) writing competition

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: Academia, Blog, Career paths, Collaboration, Competition, Data, news, Publishing, Research, Technology

Announcing the Better Science through Better Data 2017 (#scidata17) writing competition

After a very successful event last year, we are again looking for five budding science writers to help with news coverage of this year’s Better Science through Better Data event.  Read more

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14 Jun 2017 | 13:00 GMT

Five rules for starting up in synthetic biology

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: #ScientistOnTheMove, Business, Career paths, Careers articles, Industry, Mobility, Research

Five rules for starting up in synthetic biology

Since the advent of life 3.6 billion years ago, the survival of all species has depended on rapid innovation at the genetic level. As a consequence, our planet has grown rich with evolved technologies.  Read more

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10 May 2017 | 13:00 GMT

Should you join a start-up company after academia?

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: #ScientistOnTheMove, Academia, Blog, Business, Career paths, Industry, Mobility, PhD, Research, Scientists on the move, Technology

Should you join a start-up company after academia?

“Risky.”  … Read more

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03 May 2017 | 18:00 GMT

Announcing the winners of the #ScientistAtWork photo competition

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: Academia, Blog, Career paths, Communication, Competition, Featured, Multimedia, Research

Announcing the winners of the #ScientistAtWork photo competition

This week in Nature, we announce the winners of the Naturejobs #ScientistAtWork photo competition. Here are the photos that won. You can also check out Nature‘s podcast for a further interview with the final winner of the competition, Kseniia Ashastina. You can also check out Nature India‘s own excellent photo competition here.  Read more

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02 Jan 2017 | 13:00 GMT

The way to success in science

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: #ScientistOnTheMove, Academia, Blog, Careers articles, Communication, Competition, Mobility, Perspectives, Relationships, Research

The way to success in science

A degree in science is just one stepping stone on a long path with varied exits, curves and about-turns. Choosing wisely is not always an easy task, but there’s no right way to success: there’s a whole lot out there to choose from.  Read more

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12 Dec 2016 | 13:00 GMT

Lost for words — the language of science communication

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: #NJCELondon, #ScientistOnTheMove, Academia, Communication, Europe, Mobility, Research, Scientists on the move

Lost for words — the language of science communication

Naturejobs journalism competition winner Catherine Carnovale explores this distinction.  Read more

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09 Dec 2016 | 08:00 GMT

Keep the lights on

Posted by Karen Kaplan | Categories: Business, Career paths, Competition, Europe, Events, Funding, Physics, Technology, Uncategorized

Keep the lights on

The Deutsche Energie-Agentur (DEN), or German Energy Agency, has launched ‘Start Up Energy Transition’, a global business competition open to start-ups and early-stage companies in the energy sector.  Read more

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