Welcome to the new Naturejobs blog
You may have noticed we’ve given the Naturejobs homepage a minor spring clean – we’re still making a few tweaks, but the search box is both more prominent and streamlined, news and features are easier...
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As part of our efforts to make naturejobs.com more useful to jobseekers and employers, we’ve expanded our range of Twitter feeds. Our main feed, naturejobs</a>, will now feature the...
View ArticleSexism in science means men more likely to get hired
It is no secret that women are vastly underrepresented in many scientific fields, particularly the further you look up the career ladder. The explanations for this disparity vary, but perhaps one of...
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Young scientists quiz Nobel winners
In July this year, over 27 Nobel laureates and almost 600 young scientists convened at the 62nd Lindau Meeting of Nobel Laureates in the town of Lindau in Germany. This year’s theme was physics, and...
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Challenging the integrity of research
Stories of scientific misconduct, from plagiarism to falsification and fabrication of results are on the rise. What leads scientists to make such poor judgements when it comes to their work? And how...
View ArticleAway from home: Indian postdocs abroad
Cross- posted from the Indigenus blog, a blog from Nature India. Every Wednesday, Indigenus blog takes a peek into the lives of Indian postdocs working in foreign labs. The ‘Away from home’ series will...
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Internships: Time to think small?
For those keen to get an internship, SMEs provide a different kind of experience, and placements may be easier to come by. Personality is key at SMEs Credit: Stockbyte/Thinkstock By Rob Blythe,...
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The Naturejobs blog: A brief backward glance at 2014
In January 2014 I started running the Naturejobs blog; it’s been an interesting journey and I’ve enjoyed working with some great writers (see full list below!) to make the blog what it is today. My...
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Most read on Naturejobs: August 2015
Drug hunters, social media, assessing PhDs and more! With the run up to the Naturejobs Career Expo in London on September 18th 2015, we’ve been busy sharing the articles from the journalism competition...
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Mobilise your creativity
How do you break into the publishing world?.. …That is, media and publishing, not publishing your manuscript. It isn’t the easiest path ever, but there is a breadth of opportunities and creativity, as...
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#scidata16: Publishing Better Science through Better Data: Writing competition
This competition provides the chance to attend the Publishing Better Science through Better Data October 2016 event, work with a Nature editor and have your writing published here on Naturejobs. After...
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Craft your connection
Twitter is the medium du jour, and if you’re like many other early-career researchers, you’re all over it. Fantastic. But digital and social media is about much more, and there’s more to consider than...
View ArticleHow to be a science journalist
Dan Cressey, a reporter at Nature, speaks about getting a job as a science journalist at the Naturejobs Career Expo, London, 2016. Suggested posts Scientific writing: A very short cheat sheet Five ways...
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Make a (sketch)note of Science!
Raise your hand if you doodle while taking notes. Taking notes is a time consuming – and occasionally boring – process, but doodling and using symbols can make it easier, more fun – and could be better...
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Opening doors to open data at #scidata16
Want to embrace open data but don’t know where to start? The tools are out there, says Matthew Edmonds. The Publishing Better Science through Better Data conference, or #scidata16 for short, took place...
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Let’s talk about #SciComm
Science communication is a young field with many voices and few guidelines. Let’s find a way to combine our voices in order to protect the integrity of research endeavors, says Judith Reichel. There...
View ArticleOmnity opens multilingual semantic searches up to academia
When preparing a grant or publication, where can you turn for new ideas? You can bounce ideas off colleagues, search PubMed and Web of Science for related literature, and maybe take a trip down Google...
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Away from home: Why the postdoc phase is crucial
We’re bringing you the best stories in lab mobility from Nature India The ‘Away from home‘ blogging series features Indian postdocs working in foreign labs recounting their experience of working...
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Away from home: Lovelock during postdoc
We’re bringing you the best stories in lab mobility from Nature India The ‘Away from home‘ blogging series features Indian scientists working in foreign labs recounting their experience of working...
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Promoting open science from a pub: the Panton Principles
Follow the Panton Principles to ensure your data is licensed and accessible for immediate reuse, says Atma Ivancevic. In a world where scientific discovery is driven by impact factor and funding, the...
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