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We'd only been given a few weeks to respond with our amended ms. If we missed the window, we'd have to start the submission process all over again.

Part of becoming a successful scientist is building up your own portfolio of ideas: experiments you'd love to do if you ever get the time (and money).

"Start to negotiate with your boss about your project aims, your workload, anything."

Most other scientists will be far more interested in what
they think your results mean than in what you think they mean.

"I've decided to break all the rules. I'm tackling the whole thing in one go."

You too can have a crack at controlling your own fate.

"It's amazing how presenting your paper in a nutshell makes the real worth of your discovery shine."

"You may end up in a place that you can't, or won't let yourself, escape from ... 'the laboratory of never-ending 'last' experiments.' "