Science hackathons can help academics, particularly those in the early stage of their careers, to build collaborations and write research proposals.

Following a career in science involves long hours and hard work, but as Eve Marder explains in the first of a series of columns, it can also be extremely rewarding.

When a scientist dies too early in their career we miss them as a colleague and as a person and, as Eve Marder explains, we also lose the science they would have done.

There are many reasons for submitting your best work to eLife, especially if you are an early career researcher.

eLife deputy editor Fiona M Watt recounts some of her personal experiences as a senior female academic in a male-dominated environment.

There may be as many ways to think about the experience of women in science as there are women in science.

What can institutions and funding agencies do to address an array of issues facing the biomedical research community in the United States?.

Responsible agricultural practices provide a useful lens through which to consider the lives and careers of researchers.

Reading and discussing classic papers can be an effective way of teaching graduate students how to learn the skills they will need for a career in research.

A systems-level analysis of the biomedical workforce in the US shows that current strategies to enhance faculty diversity are unlikely to have a significant impact, and that there is a need to increase the number of PhDs from underrepresented minority backgrounds who move on to postdoctoral positions.