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"I thought, if these people are saying they can go to these places, maybe I can too." -- Lawrence Williams

Starting the conference well-prepared and maintaining a proper balance between presentations and coffee breaks can make your conference experience a source of inspiration.

It's worthwhile to throw a party every now and then. Apart from the fun involved, it is a great way to celebrate your success and acknowledge your co-workers.

“Used properly, this tool will encourage you, and your lab mates, to operate outside your normal mode of thinking.”

"I sometimes think of it as doing a little 'armchair anthropology,' asking what it's like in this lab, and can I thrive here?" --Chris Golde

"A mentor has many characteristics but must first and foremost care about your professional development and have an interest in guiding younger scientists as they move through their careers."

Value these moments of interaction with your supervisor. … If you are well-prepared, progress-review meetings will make a magnificent contribution to achieving your main goal, the completion of your research projects.

Lenggenhager helped develop an experimental concept aimed at recreating out-of-body experiences in healthy subjects as a way to study distorted self-consciousness.

You may discover that lab technicians or the person ordering supplies can profoundly affect the course of your research and the quality of your experience, so be sure to give everyone the respect that they deserve.

The last year of your Ph.D. is distinctly different from the ones that have come before it, because you'll focus primarily on transforming your hard work into thesis chapters.

Like any big undertaking, writing a thesis is easier if you break it down into smaller steps.

Whatever your working style, planning and time management have a definite place in your daily life in the lab.

"No doubt, over the long term, this can only favor cooperation at the scientific level." --Nicolas Boulanger

I won't be confined by other people's notions of who I am and what I should do. I'm starting to feel free.

Tallying every offense, every problem, every worry--and keeping them in mind-- creates crazy, ugly people with ulcers and bad attitudes.

"This way we cross barriers--something [that is] very difficult-- and the students benefit from a different way of doing science, from a broader perspective," says group leader Moya.

To choose a career path without first examining all the options--in detail--would be to sell myself short. I intend to be as mindful as possible about the steps I take once I leave graduate school.

Peering in from the outside, the research lab I visited for about a month provided a completely different research experience than what I was used to in the United States.

Most Ph.D. students manage to support themselves, however modestly, with a combination of TAs, RAs, and fellowships.