Building a Successful Career in Scientific Research: A Guide for PhD Students and Postdocs - Brossura

Dee, Phil

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ISBN 10: 0521617405 ISBN 13: 9780521617406

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2006

Riassunto

An entertaining and practical guide to getting your science PhD and working as a post-doc.

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Descrizione del libro

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.

Contenuti

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.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0521617405
• ISBN 13: 9780521617406
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 142
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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