If you’re trying to find a career where you can use your writing skills—this post is for you. Allow me to reintroduce…
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PLOS ECR Community From SciComms to MedComms: An Intro to Medical CommunicationsÂ
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Academia What happens after the party?
As a doctoral student finishing up my thesis work, I suddenly realized that there is an ‘after’ after the PhD studies. What…
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Academia Flipping the classroom to teach climate and health in medical educationÂ
In June 2021, a doctor diagnosed a woman in her 70s with “climate change” after she showed up at an emergency room…
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Early Career Research Community Identifying the Inequities in Refusing Interviews Before Graduate Application Deadlines—And What We Can Do About It
Pre-application interviews involve meetings between supervisors and individuals who intend to submit a graduate application in the upcoming cycle. Though these interviews…
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Academia What I wish someone had told me when starting my PhD project
A finished thesis is a product of four years of intense labor. Therefore, one can easily forget that it is also, and…
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Academia Supporting ECRs in peer reviewÂ
Image by StartUpStockphotos, Pixabay Licence A few weeks ago it was one of the most important week for researchers, despite not always being as…
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Academia Open Access Week: A reminder what research is all about
This year’s International Open Access Week is now officially over. With the theme Community over Commercialization, there is a continued focus on…
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PLOS ECR Community Two PhD students’ journey in organizing the 1st Open Science workshop in Bordeaux
Photo Caption: Organizers and participants posing in front of the Broca building in Bordeaux, at the last day of the Open Science…
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Academia From supervised to supervisor
Bachelor student, Master student, PhD-student. All education within academia rely on supervisors to be able to step in and lead when students…
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Academia The Academic AI Takeover: How To Embrace the AI Revolution
In the ever-evolving landscape of academic research, the role of artificial intelligence has undergone a dramatic transformation. Not too long ago, the…
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Academia Why refraining from academic flying may not be the best career move
My personal opinion of a professional dilemma Calculations show that only 2–4 % of the global population are flying. Academics from all over…
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Academia Behind the Scenes: The Birth, Growth, and Impact of My YouTube Channel on ECRs
Stepping into the world of YouTube was never a calculated career move for me. It was more of a serendipitous stumble into…