YSSC’s article: “Dangerous sentence: I will do that next week!”
Since you are reading this, we are assuming you have made it through the January blues. Good! The facial expression of everyone having lots of things to do that had been postponed from last year did not exactly enlighten the overall mindset either, probably. So what...
YSSC’s article: “Welcome to 2019! – How to get a good start”
We do hope you had a lovely holiday season! Some of you have probably spent it working, whether it’s writing up thesis/paper or at the bench. Yes, that’s theoretically not expected in most cases and it is defiantly not healthy (not taking holidays is not healthy!),...
End of the year. Congratulations; you made it! (published on ISN “What’s on December” 2018)
End of the year. Congratulations: you made it! You might have achieved a lot of things, executed plans or you might just be very relieved that 2018 will be over soon, as it was “one of those” years. In line with all those other emails telling you to do stuff: ISN...
A closer look on neuroscience in: Nigeria (published on ISN “What’s on November” 2018)
A closer look on neuroscience in: Nigeria Everyone knows the “I” in ISN stands for “International”, and we try to put this in focus whenever we can. It is reflected in the way how ISN picks locations for our biannual meetings, as well as in the diverse geographic...
2018 ISN-JNC Flagship School (published on ISN “What’s on October” 2018)
September was marked by the 2nd edition of the ISN/JNC Flagship School in Alpbach, Austria. This edition gathered 40 young scientists, i.e., some of you, to learn and discuss trending topics in brain development and plasticity. Of course, if you were not there, your...
Finding your direction in science – part 2: The choice of PhD and PostDoc jobs (published on ISN “What`s on September” 2018)
Finding your direction in science – part 2: The choice of PhD and PostDoc jobs In the last “What´s on”, we discussed how to continue with your career/studies by bringing up tips and tricks to choose courses or PhD programs. Most of these tips also apply to later...