Career Column

With thousands of papers being published everyday, it can be a task working out which matter. Here are some tips to help you decide.

How do you convince a teenager that a research career is within their grasp? Madeleine Cheung and her mentor, NASA scientist Charles Miller, explain.

YATSI aims to represent scientists based in academia and in industry, and to build bridges between the two sectors.

The professional-networking platform helped Elena Hoffer to launch a company and sparked a global conversation to re-imagine academia.

How to use a curiosity-led strategy to find the right role.

Voice-to-text tools powered by artificial intelligence can make life easier for academics by replacing the keyboard with dictation and transcription.

Like so much else, this small scientific programme is on the Trump administration’s hit list. This will hurt the United States, says Dan Seaton.

I was worried that ChatGPT was composing my students’ essays. Looking at the writing process step by step can combat this and has other benefits, too.

A dialogue with artificial intelligence has changed how Angela Steinauer thinks through her ideas. The trick is staying sceptical and asking better questions.

Laboratory dynamics can change as the age and experience of the principal investigator increase. But there are ways to combat this.

It took time and rejections to understand what granting agencies look for. This is how I picked up application-writing skills.

Adriana Bankston’s year-long policy fellowship allows her to fight for science and scientists at a crucial time.

Take time to understand who your technician colleagues are, and what they bring to your research, says Kelly Vere.

Hiring a postdoc to take over writing tasks makes good sense, argues Béla Z. Schmidt.

By taking a few technical steps, I’ve made my teaching more accessible to my students — and to biologists around the world.

The scale of funding cuts in the United States means that countless scientists will lose their jobs. It would be naive not to start thinking about alternative career paths.

When researchers cede their scientific judgement to machines, we lose something important.

Julian Kirchherr craved a role with real-world impact. A career that straddles academia and management consultancy helped him to achieve his goal.

Doing a PhD is really hard. Here’s how I’ve learnt to enjoy the process.

Three-month summer holidays as a child in northwest Italy helped Stefano Sandrone to hone his relaxation and holiday-planning skills. Here’s his advice for scientists.