Tag: phd
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Save your PhD/PostDoc Before Stepping Foot in the Lab: Visit PubPeer
Here you are, ready to start a PhD or a postdoc. Maybe you are weighing your options, asking yourself questions – which lab should I join? How fast will I publish? Are my papers gonna land in journals with a high impact factor? – whose answers may very well steer your life in one direction…
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How I Conned Myself in the Pursuit of a PhD
I’m proud of my PhD in neuroscience, but, in hindsight, it conned me for 4 years. Or, maybe, did I con myself? No, I didn’t believe that once I had earned a doctorate, professorship would follow in two, three years. No, I wasn’t deceived into thinking that it would have opened all the doors. No,…
