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Issues and Perspectives

Issue for March 15, 2002

Issues and Perspectives

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Postdoc Issues and Solutions: A Report From the AAAS Meeting

By:

Laure Haak

A look at successful organizations suggests that encouraging postdoc involvement is critical. Orkin put it bluntly: "There is only so much that can be brought about by trickle down from the top."

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Your First "First-Author" Paper, Part 2--The Act of Submission and Peering at the Review Process

By:

Phil Dee

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.

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Take Your Worst Estimate and Double It: Project Management for Postdocs

By:

Rich Price

Others are more likely to grab a pipettor with one hand and start sketching on a piece of paper towel with the other. ...

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Optics Sees the Light

By:

Eick von Ruschkowski

Nearly all of today's telecommunication is based on optical networks.

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