By nature.com Communities Team on 26 Apr 2011
Pondering the PhD This week’s issue of Nature included a special feature on the Seven Ages of the PhD where seven scientists reminisce about their PhDs. To tie in with this theme and continuing our mini-series on science education, we interviewed seven current PhD students from the NPG family of bloggers (who blog on Nature Network, Scitable or SciLogs). We asked each of them the same seven questions about their experiences, hoping to learn more about what a science PhD involves and if it lives up to expectations, as well as some top tips for managing heavy workloads. You can … Read more
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By nature.com Communities Team on 21 Apr 2011
_This week’s issue of Nature includes a special feature on the Seven Ages of the PhD where seven scientists will be reminiscing about their PhDs. To tie in with this theme and continuing our mini-series on science education, we decided to talk to seven current PhD students from the NPG family of bloggers (who blog on Nature Network, Scitable or SciLogs)._ We asked each of them the same seven questions about their experiences. Student 1 (Richard Williams), Student 2 (Paige Brown), Student 3 (MuKa), Student 4 (Rogue), “_Student 5 (Ian Fyfe)”:https://blogs.nature.com/u6e5b2ce1/2011/04/21/phd-5 and Student 6 (Tine Janssens). Read more
Posted in Lab life | Tagged #PhD
By nature.com Communities Team on 21 Apr 2011
_This week’s issue of Nature includes a special feature on the Seven Ages of the PhD where seven scientists will be reminiscing about their PhDs. To tie in with this theme and continuing our mini-series on science education, we decided to talk to seven current PhD students from the NPG family of bloggers (who blog on Nature Network, Scitable or SciLogs)._ We asked each of them the same seven questions about their experiences. Student 1 (Richard Williams), Student 2 (Paige Brown), Student 3 (MuKa), Student 4 (Rogue), Student 5 (Ian Fyfe) and Student 7 (Marcel S. Pawlowski). Read more
Posted in Lab life | Tagged #PhD
By nature.com Communities Team on 21 Apr 2011
_This week’s issue of Nature includes a special feature on the Seven Ages of the PhD where seven scientists will be reminiscing about their PhDs. To tie in with this theme and continuing our mini-series on science education, we decided to talk to seven current PhD students from the NPG family of bloggers (who blog on Nature Network, Scitable or SciLogs)._ We asked each of them the same seven questions about their experiences. Student 1 (Richard Williams), Student 2 (Paige Brown), Student 3 (MuKa), Student 4 (Rogue), Student 6 (Tine Janssens) and Student 7 (Marcel S. Pawlowski). Read more
Posted in Lab life | Tagged #PhD |
By nature.com Communities Team on 21 Apr 2011
_This week’s issue of Nature includes a special feature on the Seven Ages of the PhD where seven scientists will be reminiscing about their PhDs. To tie in with this theme and continuing our mini-series on science education, we decided to talk to seven current PhD students from the NPG family of bloggers (who blog on Nature Network, Scitable or SciLogs)._ We asked each of them the same seven questions about their experiences. Student 1 (Richard Williams), Student 2 (Paige Brown), Student 3 (MuKa), Student 5 (Ian Fyfe), Student 6 (Tine Janssens) and Student 7 (Marcel S. Pawlowski). Read more
Posted in Lab life | Tagged #PhD |
By nature.com Communities Team on 21 Apr 2011
_This week’s issue of Nature includes a special feature on the Seven Ages of the PhD where seven scientists will be reminiscing about their PhDs. To tie in with this theme and continuing our mini-series on science education, we decided to talk to seven current PhD students from the NPG family of bloggers (who blog on Nature Network, Scitable or SciLogs)._ We asked each of them the same seven questions about their experiences. We asked each of them the same seven questions about their experiences. Student 1 (Richard Williams), Student 2 (Paige Brown), Student 4 (Rogue), Student 5 (Ian Fyfe), Student 6 (Tine Janssens) and Student 7 (Marcel S. Pawlowski). Read more
Posted in Lab life | Tagged #PhD
By nature.com Communities Team on 21 Apr 2011
_This week’s issue of Nature includes a special feature on the Seven Ages of the PhD where seven scientists will be reminiscing about their PhDs. To tie in with this theme and continuing our mini-series on science education, we decided to talk to seven current PhD students from the NPG family of bloggers (who blog on Nature Network, Scitable or SciLogs)._ We asked each of them the same seven questions about their experiences. Read more in this and in the other interviews – Student 1 (Richard Williams), Student 3 (MuKa), Student 4 (Rogue), Student 5 (Ian Fyfe), Student 6 (Tine Janssens) and_ Student 7 (Marcel S. Pawlowski). Read more
Posted in Lab life | Tagged #PhD
By nature.com Communities Team on 21 Apr 2011
_This week’s issue of Nature includes a special feature on the Seven Ages of the PhD where seven scientists will be reminiscing about their PhDs. To tie in with this theme and continuing our mini-series on science education, we decided to talk to seven current PhD students from the NPG family of bloggers (who blog on Nature Network, Scitable or SciLogs)._ We asked each of them the same seven questions about their experiences.We asked each of them the same seven questions about their experiences. Read more in this and in the other interviews – Student 2 (Paige Brown), Student 3 (MuKa), Student 4 (Rogue), Student 5 (Ian Fyfe), Student 6 (Tine Janssens) and_ Student 7 (Marcel S. Pawlowski). Read more
Posted in Lab life | Tagged #PhD
By nature.com Communities Team on 20 Apr 2011
For those who are interested in science communication and publishing, we have compiled a public calender of the latest events in New York and the surrounding areas. Read more
Posted in Science calendars | Tagged calendars, NYC
By nature.com Communities Team on 19 Apr 2011
As we announced last month, we’re pleased to be launching Science Online NYC (SoNYC) this Wednesday 20th April in New York. The is the first in a series of regular monthly discussion evenings hosted by nature.com and Ars Technica and held at Rockefeller University. It will begin by discussing how to successfully engage an online audience in complex or controversial topics. Read more
Posted in SpotOn NYC (SoNYC) | Tagged #SoNYC