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Building a successful career in scientific research : a guide for Ph. D. students and post-docs / Phil Dee ; with cartoons by Chris McLeod.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006Description: xii, 130 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780521851916 (hbk.)
  • 0521851912 (hbk.)
  • 9780521617406 (pbk.)
  • 0521617405 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 507.2 23 D.P.B.
Online resources:
Contents:
Foreword; Introduction; Part I. The First Couple of Years: 1. Choosing and handling your PhD adviser; 2. Motivation, time management and multitasking; 3. Handling the literature; 4. Report writing; 5. Powerful presentations; Part II. The End of the Beginning: 6. Writing papers and abstracts; 7. Conferences and poster presentations; 8. Writing and defending your thesis; 9. Coping with pressure and stress; Part III. The Transition to Postdoctoral Research: 10. The transition from graduate student to post-doc; 11. Collaboration and visiting other labs; 12. Supervising students; 13. Teaching; 14. Writing grant proposals and fellowship applications; Part IV. Making it in Science: 15. Culturing your image; 16. You and your big ideas; 17. Planning for a permanent job; 18. Do you have Principal Investigator (PI) potential?; Epilogue; Web-links; Index.
Summary: Phil Dee's invaluable and entertaining advice, shared with fellow scientists in his acclaimed Science Next Wave column are now available in this compact guide. From getting your science PhD to working as a Post-doc it offers the inside track on what life in the lab is really like, alongside practical advice.
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"Next Wave now part of: ScienceCareers.org."

Includes Web resources and index.

Foreword; Introduction; Part I. The First Couple of Years: 1. Choosing and handling your PhD adviser; 2. Motivation, time management and multitasking; 3. Handling the literature; 4. Report writing; 5. Powerful presentations; Part II. The End of the Beginning: 6. Writing papers and abstracts; 7. Conferences and poster presentations; 8. Writing and defending your thesis; 9. Coping with pressure and stress; Part III. The Transition to Postdoctoral Research: 10. The transition from graduate student to post-doc; 11. Collaboration and visiting other labs; 12. Supervising students; 13. Teaching; 14. Writing grant proposals and fellowship applications; Part IV. Making it in Science: 15. Culturing your image; 16. You and your big ideas; 17. Planning for a permanent job; 18. Do you have Principal Investigator (PI) potential?; Epilogue; Web-links; Index.

Phil Dee's invaluable and entertaining advice, shared with fellow scientists in his acclaimed Science Next Wave column are now available in this compact guide. From getting your science PhD to working as a Post-doc it offers the inside track on what life in the lab is really like, alongside practical advice.

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