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09 Jul 2018 | 13:00 GMT

Done is better than perfect: overcoming PhD perfectionism

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: Academia, People Management, Perspectives, Research

Boy sitting at a table working on a jigsaw puzzle while holding the paper.

I submitted my PhD thesis on the evolution of jumping genes in December 2016, four days before Christmas. It wasn’t perfect — in many ways, it wasn’t even good. By the end of my graduate studies, I had hoped to be a proficient programmer and an established scientist with multiple high impact papers. At the bare minimum, I expected to find evidence to support my hypothesis. Instead, my thesis was largely unpublished, my coding was preliminary, and my results were inconclusive. In my eyes, it was a failure.  Read more

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  • adelaide
  • atma ivancevic
  • Australia
  • completion
  • finishing PhD
  • hand in
  • jumping genes
  • perfect vs done
  • perfectionism
  • PhD
  • PhD submission
  • thesis submission

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12 Mar 2018 | 13:00 GMT

A term at the museum

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: Academia, Career paths, Communication, Perspectives, Scientists on the move

A term at the museum

Earlier last year, I attended the Week of International Scientific Talent in Paris, and found that museums can be excellent platforms for scientists eager to apply scientific knowledge outside of their labs. Curious to learn more about this avenue of science communication, I was pleasantly surprised to discover that there is growing interest in applying scientific concepts to museum settings.  Read more

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  • Andy Tay
  • Australia
  • communicate
  • fellowship
  • museum
  • science communication
  • sydney
  • visiting research fellowship

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22 Sep 2017 | 13:00 GMT

Running blind: Raising awareness of visual impairment

Posted by David Payne | Categories: Communication, PhD

Running blind: Raising awareness of visual impairment

Science communication comes in many shapes and sizes, but running blindfolded for 10km is a novel way of raising awareness of your research area.  Read more

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  • age related macular degeneration
  • Australia
  • PhD
  • science communication

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16 Jun 2017 | 13:00 GMT

Reflections on the L’Oreal-UNESCO For Women in Science program

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: Academia, Ask the expert, Career paths, Diversity, Europe, Events

Reflections on the L’Oreal-UNESCO For Women in Science program

Springtime in Paris seems a fitting backdrop for any awards ceremony but particularly so in the case of the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science program. I recently had the honour of attending the 2017 International Awards along with 14 other early career researchers from around the globe, as part of the L’Oréal-UNESCO International Rising Talents Fellowship.  Read more

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  • Australia
  • biology
  • chemistry
  • diversity
  • engineering
  • fwis
  • initiative
  • L'Oreal
  • muireann irish
  • neuroscience
  • paris
  • physics
  • research concil
  • rising talents
  • unesco
  • united nations
  • women in science

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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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  • Australia
  • catherine carnovale
  • communication
  • competition
  • english
  • genoa
  • italian
  • italy
  • journalism
  • language
  • postdoc
  • scicomm
  • science
  • science communication
  • scientist on the move
  • speaking
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14 Nov 2016 | 13:00 GMT

Thinking of a PhD? This is the Australian story

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: #ScientistOnTheMove, Academia, Business, Career paths, Collaboration, Communication, Diversity, Mobility, People Management, Perspectives, Relationships, Research, Unemployment

Thinking of a PhD? This is the Australian story

Research is fuelled by the energy of post-graduate students. PhD students contribute 57% of total university research output, according to a 2013 discussion paper from The Group of Eight Universities in Australia. In 2011 Nature published “The PhD factory,” which described the ongoing crisis caused by the oversupply of trained researchers and the inability of academia and industry to soak up the overflow.  Read more

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  • Australia
  • budgets
  • ee ling
  • guest contributor
  • labour
  • oecd
  • pacific
  • PhD
  • phd factory
  • postgraduate
  • R&D
  • staff scientists
  • statistics
  • STEM
  • system
  • temporary contracts

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26 Oct 2016 | 13:00 GMT

Finding a place to hang my lab coat

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: #NJCELondon, #ScientistOnTheMove, Academia, Blog, Career paths, Competition, Events, Mobility

Finding a place to hang my lab coat

When now ex-Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbot abolished the role of science minister in September 2013, members of Australia’s scientific community fastened our seat belts. This telling sign signalled the first of many cuts to science and innovation before the new government delivered their knock-out punch to the industry in the form of the 2014-15 budget.  Read more

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  • Australia
  • catherine carnovale
  • compass
  • competition
  • country
  • found
  • genoa
  • governments
  • italy
  • journalism
  • lost
  • mobility
  • moving country
  • nation
  • Naturejobs
  • naturejobs journalism competition
  • science
  • travel

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30 Oct 2015 | 17:00 GMT

Most read on Naturejobs: October 2015

Posted by Julie Gould | Categories: Blog

Most read on Naturejobs: October 2015

Thank you to everyone for reading our posts this month. We’ve been working closely with a lot of new writers, and we’re pleased that you’ve enjoyed what they have to say! Here’s a list of your top ten favourite reads from October.  Read more

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  • academia
  • Australia
  • biology
  • DOI
  • Graduate school
  • industry
  • Nature
  • Nature careers
  • postdoc
  • women in science

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20 Aug 2015 | 12:00 GMT

Naturejobs Career Guide: Asia-Pacific

Posted by Julie Gould | Categories: Career paths, Mobility

Naturejobs Career Guide: Asia-Pacific

For anyone considering a career in science, the Asia-Pacific region might offer some interesting careers. Opportunities for scientific jobseekers in Asia-Pacific abound, especially as research and development (R&D) spending as a proportion of gross domestic product (GDP) has risen in all six countries since 2000. But moving overseas is a big decision. This first Naturejobs Career Guide provides practical advice, first-hand accounts and useful facts and figures for those considering a change.  Read more

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  • academia
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Australia
  • career paths
  • China
  • funding
  • industry
  • mobility
  • Naturejobs Career Guide
  • New Zealand
  • research
  • singapore
  • South Korea

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13 Mar 2015 | 06:00 GMT

#ScientistOnTheMove: February 2015

Posted by Julie Gould | Categories: #ScientistOnTheMove

Claire Haworth and Oliver Davis

Claire Haworth and Oliver Davis, who both work in behavioural and statistical genetics, met whilst they were studying for a PhD at the MRC Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre at King’s College London and “managed to squeeze in getting married between submitting our PhDs and starting fellowships!” After graduating from their PhDs in the summer of 2009, Oliver started a Wellcome Trust funded postdoc in Oxford and Claire, funded by the MRS and ESRC, stayed in London. After her second fellowship Claire moved to the University of Warwick to set up her own lab and Oliver moved to UCL to start his own group in January 2013.  Read more

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  • #ScienistOnTheMove
  • academia
  • Australia
  • freelance
  • genetics
  • immunology
  • marine biology
  • yeast

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