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24.01.2022 My 10 top tips for surviving (and maybe even enjoying) your PhD in science. Tip 8: Keep your focus until the very end. In my experience, the most common reason people fail to get their PhD is because they take on a full time job. This most often occurs once the immediate demands of a PhD are over; the end of data collection. The end of data collection is a risky time for students. They no longer have urgent commitments and, more importantly, they often have the whole thesis t...o write (this is why tips 2 and 3 are so important). Writing a thesis may seem insurmountable. I have seen so many students take jobs at the end of data collection and never finish their PhD. This is an enormous waste of everyones time. You need to plan, from the beginning, how you will manage your time and finances. But thinking that you can work full time and write a PhD at the same time, simply will not work. See more

23.01.2022 My 10 top tips for surviving (and maybe even enjoying) your PhD in science. Tip 6: Accept feedback graciously. Some of the best advice I was given by my PhD supervisor was that receiving detailed, critical feedback on my work was a compliment. It means that someone (i.e. your supervisor) has found the time to sit down and really think about your work. It means that your supervisor thinks that your work is worthy of this effort. The more comments your get, the better your wor...k will become. Remember, your supervisor is paid the same irrespective of whether their PhD student knocks it out of the ball park or if they just scrape by. Giving critical feedback is a lot of work for a supervisor. They often do this in their own time. Be grateful. Always. How do you feel when you get lots of critical feedback?

23.01.2022 Science writing is more creative than you think drjkyl-la: I had a nice chat with a writer last week. Me being a research scientist and him being a writer, I didnt realize how much we actually have in common. Science writing, much like creative...

22.01.2022 My 10 top tips for surviving (and maybe even enjoying) your PhD in science. Tip 7: Forget the Nobel Prize. You are working towards a PhD, not a Nobel Prize. Understand what you need to do to get your PhD and resist the urge to do a lot more than this. You have your whole life to work towards a Nobel Prize! For now, just finish your PhD.

22.01.2022 No time to get fit? Think again -- just 1 minute of intense exercise produces health benefits healthresearchreport: No time to get fit? Think again just 1 minute of intense exercise produces health benefits Public Release: 27-Apr-2016 McMaster...

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21.01.2022 My 10 top tips for surviving (and maybe even enjoying) your PhD in science. Tip 3: Present your data as you go. Remember, for you to pass your PhD, your work will need to be reviewed by experienced people outside your institution. For this reason, it is much safer to have presented your data before you submit your PhD. Presenting data along the way also means you need to do some analyses and think about how you will present your results. You also need to think about the inte...rpretation of your data. Opportunities to present your data during your PhD exist at scientific conferences and often within your university at events that showcase research. Take these opportunities whenever you can. After all, wouldnt you rather get critical feedback in these forums, which then gives you the opportunity to make changes to your thesis before you submit, instead of having these problems described, in great detail, by your examiners. See more

17.01.2022 Art of the abstract, clarity is key drjkyl-la: Weird thing writing an abstract for a scientific conference. A concise writing exercise. In 2000 characters or less (difference conferences have slightly different rules), you need to clearly, with as...

15.01.2022 We Aren't Winning the Fight Against Obesity us-takepart-yahoopartner: The news in early 2014 was heartening, a rare bright spot in the steady, dismal drumbeat of statistics surrounding what seemed to be a nation increasingly on the losing side of...

15.01.2022 My 10 top tips for surviving (and maybe even enjoying) your PhD in science. Tip 5: Show independence, perseverance and resilience. PhD graduates are expected to be independent thinkers and to be good at problem solving. So you need to develop these skills. I was once told by a researcher, who is probably the best at what he does, that he defines success in scientific research as 1 in 3. In other words, for everything 3 grants he writes, he expects to get 1. For every 3 manus...cripts he submits for publication, he expects 1 will be accepted. And he is the best in his area! The rates will be much lower for us mere mortals. A career in science means you need to get comfortable with rejection. This starts during your PhD and is a difficult reality for the type of people who choose to do a PhD (who have probably never failed at anything). How do you define success in research?

14.01.2022 Determining the likelihood of developing ovarian and breast cancer The BRCA test (REVISED) danarbab: Photo Courtesy of Tulane Publications June 13, 2013 marked a glorious day for many, as the Supreme court ruled that human genes are not...

14.01.2022 My 10 top tips for surviving (and maybe even enjoying) your PhD in science. Tip 9: Be kind to you supervisors. I put this one in because I have a long history of supervising PhD students. Supervisors are just people. We are likely to have a partner, many have children (sometimes lots of children, sometimes very young children who wake us up though the night), some have elderly parents who need help and some even have friends (crazy, I know). Supervisors also have household c...hores to do, dinner to cook and we get sick from time to time. Most supervisors have multiple Masters and PhD students to supervise, teaching and service commitments and are under incredible pressure to win big grants. Academia is unrelenting. Most of us do 55+ hours of week every week. Many work in the evening, on weekends and during periods of annual leave / vacation time. Of course, this does not mean that you shouldnt expect anything from them. But I am always grateful when a student understands that their request is just one in a long, long list of things I need to do. So if you think, I will give this work to my supervisor on Friday and we can discuss his/her feedback on Monday or I do not have time to proof read this before I give it to my supervisor perhaps consider that this really is not fair on your supervisor. Also, the word thank-you and will take you a long way. Of course most students are great with this, but for some, there is most definitely room for improvement. See more

11.01.2022 ruralarchaeologist: 5 simple tips for surviving your first academic conference 1. Its ok to be nervous: Everyone is nervous at their first conference! Try going with a friend or group of friends to ease some of that nervous energy. 2. Take...

08.01.2022 My 10 top tips for surviving (and maybe even enjoying) your PhD in science. Tip 4: Demonstrate attention to detail. A PhD is about (amongst other things) excellence. This means that the quality of your work needs to be outstanding. Although most people understand that excellence means your work needs to be of a high standard, many think this relates mainly to the science. Of course, the science needs to be excellent. But you also need to demonstrate excellence in the present...ation of your work. This means, get the formatting right and proof read your work carefully to make sure that it is free of typos. Making sure that the presentation of your work is excellent is very, very time consuming. But, if you do not spend the time getting it right, your examiners are likely to think that perhaps you also didnt spend the time getting the science right either. Not awesome! Any formatting tips to share?

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07.01.2022 My 10 top tips for surviving (and maybe even enjoying) your PhD in science I have written these tips based on my own experiences as a PhD student and also as a PhD supervisor. I hope that you find them helpful....Please let me know your thoughts / experiences! Tip 1: Find supervisors who you love, and a research topic that doesnt repulse you. ... Your supervisors will matter more than your research topic. Before enrolling in a PhD, many people feel passionately about the area that they want to research. This might be because they have worked for a while and, based on their experience, they have a burning question that they would like to answer. Some have lofty ambitions of answering the big questions. Of course, it is ideal if your research topic interests you. After all, you will be studying this topic for several years. However, it is my experience that the research topic is much less important than carefully selecting your supervisors. Your supervisors can make or break your PhD experience. Ask around. Some supervisors are very hands on. They want to meet weekly, and will provide lots of feedback. Others are very hands off and are in favour of you finding your own way. Speak with other PhD students, and recent graduates, and select people who have a supervisory style that suits you

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04.01.2022 My 10 top tips for surviving (and maybe even enjoying) your PhD in science. Tip 2: Write early, and often. Scientific writing is hard. Really hard. But it is a skill, and just like any other skill, it takes practice to improve. Leaving all the writing to the end of your PhD is a recipe for disaster. So, ask your supervisors for opportunities to write early. For example, you might be able to co-author a review. You might be able to co-author an editorial, a letter to the edit...or or a commentary with your supervisors. These experiences are extremely valuable. They allow you to work closely with your supervisor and to improve your writing, but also they result in a publication, which is a way of starting to build your track record. But even if these publishable opportunities do not arise, you can still write early. You can start to draft your methods as soon as your start your project. You can start to draft your literature review the day your start your PhD. See more