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Though the competition may be stiff, getting into such a high profile field has its own career rewards.

"By going to different labs," says Edvard Moser, "You learn different ways of thinking and you can create bridges between sub-disciplines and find something unexpected."

The interview process, she points out, goes both ways: They are interviewing you and you are interviewing them.

Stephen James: "As a scientist, you must be willing to work toward making a product." Gaining new knowledge for its own sake it not enough.

This is an unusual position; I will have little bureaucracy and limited teaching.