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The eLife community is working to help address some of the pressures on early-career scientists in a number of ways. Learn more about our work and advisory group, sign up for our monthly news, follow us on Twitter, and explore recent activities below.
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  1. eLife New Model at Six Months: An ICOR analysis

    Explore data from the first six months of the new model and how it aligns with eLife’s goals.
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    Career: Don’t face writer’s block alone

    Bruna Martins Garcia
    Creating a writing club allowed a Brazilian PhD student to confront her fears, improve her English and, ultimately, change the way she sees research.

  3. Ben Barres Spotlight Awards: Announcing the winners for 2023

    A record fourteen researchers, including three Reviewed Preprint authors, have been recognised with awards to catalyse change and unlock new opportunities.
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    Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: Why I cannot return home yet

    Mariano A Molina
    Studying abroad helped a Panamanian student to accept who he is, but it meant him letting go of his dream.

  5. Psychiatric Research Symposium: Unveiling Minds – Genetic Insights and Cellular Mechanisms

  6. A black and white line-drawing of a gloved hand holds a bright yellow spark

    Being a Scientist: In the name of perseverance

    Tanya Espino-Sanchez
    Between honoring her immigrant family and making her children proud, a first-generation PhD student fights for her place in academia.

  7. Early-Career Advisory Group (ECAG) Webinar: Six months of the new model

  8. Research Seminar: c-Myc plays a key role in IFN-γ-induced persistence of 𝘾𝙝𝙡𝙖𝙢𝙮𝙙𝙞𝙖 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙨

  9. Early-Career Advisory Group: Meet our new members for 2023

    We welcome three new members to our Early-Career Advisory Group, working to reform research communication and culture.

  10. African Reproducibility Network (AREN): Ambassadors bridging the gaps in open science adoption and advocacy across Africa

    Led by Emmanuel Boakye, our African Ambassadors and colleagues have created a continent-wide reproducibility network to improve and advocate for open science practices and research reproducibility across Africa.
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Highlights

    1. Neuroscience
    Someone typing at a laptop wearing rings and a smart watch.

    An author from the first revised Reviewed Preprint shares her experience

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    A young group leader reflects on academic culture and working while going through cancer treatments

    Nicole Swann
  3. Hands of people with different skin colours making a circle

    eLife addresses “parachute science” to support meaningful collaborations