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Get out and meet fellow researchers, and never turn down an opportunity to give a talk.

Irrespective of the market science writers aim for, Merlin Goldman stresses doing your homework before sending in your piece: "Get examples, look at them carefully, pitch style correctly, and get it right the first time."

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The French bureaucracy was sometimes a challenge, but, these researchers say, the scientific environment largely made up for it.

Here we present the career twists and turns of six stellar neuroscientists based in North America and Europe.

The mutual interaction of population dynamics and evolutionary processes is a key theme of Hanna Kokko’s work.

Mathematics researchers, Crowdy says, need to "develop [their] own style. Follow your heart. Don't be afraid to go out on your own."

"I found that I didn't need to follow current trends as much. I became a bit more trusting of my own judgments, a bit more trusting that my own curiosity would take me directions that other people might find interesting as well," says Jeremy Baumberg.

Go abroad for some time. That is how I got into a field that I could make a significant contribution to.

"Research methods are fundamental to my work, in everything I do." --Keith Lipman

"You can look at the endpoint and think 'nice path,' … but it was hard." --Javier Palatnik

An excellent doctoral education should not be left to chance.

"I still need to worry about money," says Graham Smith. The difference now is that he does not have to bring in money because of profit targets but "because of my curiosity about how the universe works. That's a very different motivation."

Botanist-turned-teacher Liam Garvey describes his ultimate reward as "when a kid gets it. You see the light of understanding; that's the kick."