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17 May 2017 | 13:00 GMT

Meditation on a Caltrain: Understanding where to travel to next

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: Academia, Blog, Business, Career paths, Collaboration, Communication, Industry, Mobility, Perspectives, Scientists on the move, US

Meditation on a Caltrain: Understanding where to travel to next

This piece was one of two winners of the Science Innovation Union writing competition, Oxford.  Read more

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  • author
  • business
  • California
  • caltrain
  • career paths
  • george busby
  • meditation
  • move
  • options
  • papers
  • publishing
  • research
  • science
  • scientific research
  • silicon valley
  • start up company
  • start-up

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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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  • academia
  • company
  • competition
  • idil cazimoglu
  • impact
  • industry
  • move
  • PhD
  • post graduate
  • risk
  • stability
  • start-up

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24 Jan 2017 | 08:00 GMT

Away from home: The two-body problem

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: Academia, Blog, Career paths, Collaboration, Communication, Diversity, Mobility, People Management, Relationships, Research, Scientists on the move

Away from home: The two-body problem

The ‘Away from home‘ blogging series features Indian scientists working in foreign labs recounting their experience of working there, the triumphs and challenges, the cultural differences and what they miss about India. They also offer useful tips for other scientists headed abroad. You can join in the online conversation using the #postdochat hashtag.  Read more

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  • academia
  • academic
  • couple
  • couples
  • India
  • indian
  • indigenus
  • lab mobility
  • labs
  • mobility
  • move
  • naresh bal
  • nature india
  • relationship
  • scientist on the move
  • scientists
  • two-body problem

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18 Jan 2017 | 13:00 GMT

From start-ups to big pharma – how to get into industry

Posted by David Payne | Categories: Business, Career paths, CV, Industry, Mobility, PhD, Research, Scientists on the move, UK

From start-ups to big pharma – how to get into industry

Naturejobs journalism competition winner Rachel Harris reports.  Read more

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  • alternative careers
  • career expo
  • career move
  • entrepreneurship
  • get out of the lab
  • industry
  • leave academia
  • London
  • mobility
  • move
  • Naturejobs blog
  • NJCE
  • other careers
  • out of academia
  • Rachel Harris
  • research
  • science
  • scientists
  • UK

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27 Dec 2016 | 08:00 GMT

Away from home: Making graphene flakes in a kitchen blender

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: Academia, Blog, Business, Career paths, Careers articles, Chemistry, Diversity, Scientists on the move

Away from home: Making graphene flakes in a kitchen blender

The ‘Away from home‘ blogging series features Indian postdocs working in foreign labs recounting their experience of working there, the triumphs and challenges, the cultural differences and what they miss about India. They also offer useful tips for their Indian postdocs headed abroad. You can join in the online conversation using the #postdochat hashtag.  Read more

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  • away from home
  • dublin
  • graphene
  • India
  • indian
  • indigenus
  • ireland
  • Masters
  • move
  • nature india
  • news
  • physics
  • postdoc
  • trinity college
  • varra eswaraiah
  • village

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23 Sep 2016 | 09:00 GMT

On the move

Posted by Karen Kaplan | Categories: #ScientistOnTheMove, Academia, Business, Career paths, Collaboration, Communication, Europe, Faculty, Internship, Mobility, PhD, Postdoc, Postgraduate, Relationships, Research, Scientists on the move, Uncategorized

On the move

Yet researchers move routinely – in the midst of their PhD programme, for a new postdoc or another fellowship, for the next new position. Science is a mobile enterprise and if you haven’t moved lab or country yet, it’s likely to be in your future.  Read more

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  • fellowship
  • mobility
  • move
  • moving country
  • moving lab
  • postdoc
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