Building a Successful Career in Scientific Research : A Guide for Ph.D. Students and Post-docs

Foreword ix Preface xi PART I The first couple of years Choosing and handling your Ph.D. adviser 3(7) Motivation, time management, and multitasking 10(7) Handling the literature 17(6) Report writing 23(3) Powerful presentations 26(5) PART II The end of the beginning Writing papers and abstracts 31(12) Conferences and poster presentations 43(9) Writing and defending your thesis 52(7) Coping with pressure and stress 59(8) PART III The transition to post-doctoral research From graduate student to post-doc 67(8) Collaboration and visiting other labs 75(10) Supervising students in the lab 85(6) Teaching 91(6) Writing grant proposals and fellowship applications 97(6) PART IV Making it in science Culturing your image 103(6) You and your big ideas 109(5) Planning for a permanent job 114(6) Do you have principal investigator (PI) potential? 120(4) Epilogue 124(1) Web-links 125(2) Index 127