You’re managing your research programme, trying to publish, writing grants, and, depending on your career stage, looking for a postdoc or permanent position or supervising and mentoring junior lab members. Plus you likely have teaching obligations, are serving on a committee or three and have to give a big talk soon. Read more
We ask academics at the Naturejobs career expo, San Francisco, to name one moment that almost derailed their career. Read more
Guest contributor Chenggang Yan … Read more
Most PhD students and postdocs working today will not go on to head their own labs. With little infrastructure to guide them to the next stage, young scientists are inventing it themselves. Read more
Rip’s had an interesting life; he started his career as a researcher at the US army’s Walter Reed Institute of Research, where he once exposed himself to malarial mosquitoes in a bid to see if his malarial vaccine worked. It didn’t, and that experience has motivated him in his career ever since. He’s now the head of US vaccines at GSK. Read more
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First up this month is our ever-popular post on the value of Liebeth Aerts’ PhD, where she takes a look back one year after graduating. Read more
Guest contributor Sarah-Jane Lonsdale … Read more
Answering the most-feared interview question is high on everyone’s mind. Our guide to expressing your greatest weakness in a positive way is on the leader board as the most read piece on Naturejobs this month. Glad you liked it! Read more