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The Academische Jaarprijs!
My next step in a career in science communication?Last year in October, I had a chat with our professors on how we could explain our research to the general public and I suggested participating in the...
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Transferable skills
About being a writer, project coordinator and scientist... During a career as a scientist, you develop a lot of so-called 'transferable skills': not only do you learn how to do labwork, write and read...
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The Academische Jaarprijs – continued
In May, I wrote about how our team, the Genenkrakers (gene code breakers), got selected for the finals of the Academische Jaarprijs. What this would mean for my activities was not really clear to me at...
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The Academische Jaarprijs - The end?
Wednesday 27 October was D-Day for the participants in the Academische Jaarprijs 2010 – a competition for the best translation of science to a broad audience. On this day, the winner would be rewarded...
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New Year resolutions
A new year is approaching rapidly, so it’s time for New Year resolutions. If any of yours sound like 'Finishing my PhD' or 'Finding a new postdoc', then take a minute to think about what kind of career...
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The scientist of the future
What would happen if you ask a dean and a philosopher what the ’Scientist of the Future’ should be like? This was exactly what was done at the forum discussion on the final day of the 2011 PCDI Postdoc...
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Second postdoc retreat - from behind the scenes
Second retreat? Yes, after the great experience of last year, I decided to get involved and joined the organizing committee. When I attended the retreat last year, I had the question that all the...
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Should I stay or should I go?
The past year I have been writing about my doubts of an academic career, my thoughts on what my perfect job would be and the actions I took to find it (http://www.pcdi.nl/eva-teuling/). After the...
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Exit science?
It’s been quite a while since my last blog for PCDI, when I asked myself the question whether or not I could be a part-time scientist. Several months have passed and I have started my new job: no...
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Frequently Asked Question: How did you get to where you are now?
In 2010, I attended the PCDI Postdoc Retreat. Inspired by the many PhD-students and postdocs with questions about career development, I decided to join the postdoc committee for the next year. When...
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