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...
Finding your direction in science – part 1: The choice of courses and supervisors (published on ISN “What`s on August” 2018)
Finding your direction in science – part 1: The choice of courses and supervisors What comes up after holidays? Yes, reality, serious and inevitable. For many of us this means also facing the questions of how to continue with your career/studies. As discussed many...
Taking breaks – The underestimated effects or re-charging (published on ISN “What`s on July” 2018)
Taking breaks – The underestimated effects or re-charging Welcome to this month YSSC What’s on contribution! You might have noticed that we talked a lot about applications, CVs, posters and presentations in the past few editions. All about work and science. We are...
Letter of Motivation – your personal stage (published on ISN “What’s on June” 2018)
Letter of Motivation – your personal stage Welcome to another “how to” section from your YSSC. We all may reach a point where we have to write an application, be it for a grant, a conference, a travel award or a job. Apart from CV, certificates, marks and letters of...
Short but highly important! – Things to consider when preparing an abstract (published on ISN “What’s on May” 2018)
The YSSC “What’s on?” contributions have talked about how to make an oral presentation or how to present and design a good poster. To keep in line with useful tips and tricks for young scientists, we are going to take a closer look at abstracts this time. No matter...