双语|如何寻找、申请和选择博士后职位-实验室列表篇
如果去做博士后?如何寻找、申请及选择博士后职位,这位美国神经科学家给出了建议。知识人网小编采用双语对照的形式分别叙述。本篇为实验室列表篇。
II. The Lab List
二、实验室列表
Okay, now you have a bunch of ideas and have probably started to get a sense of the labs you're interested in. I highly recommend making a spreadsheet where you list the labs you're interested in and suggest making it at least 15 groups. I actually had 36 on my spreadsheet, spanning at least five fields/sub-fields. But I have broad interests and so I wanted broad reach, hence the high number.
好了,现在你已有了一堆想法,可能也已经开始了解感兴趣的实验室了。我强烈建议你制作一个表格,列出你感兴趣的实验室,并建议列表中至少有15个实验室。实际上,我的列表上有36个,涉及至少五个领域/子领域。但我有广泛的兴趣,所以我想要广泛的影响,因此这个数字很高。
What gets you on my list? Interest. That's it. That interest can stem from their scientific scope, their technical skills, something I heard about their culture that appealed to me, I talked to a postdoc by their poster at a conference and they seemed really happy with the lab, vibes, whatever. If I had a general interest in the lab it made the list.
是什么条件让你进入我的列表?兴趣。只有兴趣。这种兴趣可能源于他们的科学范围、技术技能,我听说过的他们的文化吸引了我,我通过他们的海报在一次会议上与一名博士后交谈,他们似乎对实验室、氛围等任何事情都非常满意。如果我对这个实验室有普遍的兴趣,它就会上榜。
The reason I suggest having at least ten labs on your list is because the goal should be to interview with 3-5 when the time comes. From my list of 36, I emailed a shortlisted 5 and interviewed with 3 of them. Having a few labs on your starting list that represent a big field shift for you is a good thing because maybe you have a chat with the PI in that field that is just so exciting that now you all of the sudden see yourself doing that work. It happens.
我建议在列表中至少有10个实验室的原因是,目标应该是在时机成熟时与3-5个实验室进行面试。从我的36个实验室中,我给入围的5个实验室发了邮件,并面试了其中3个。在你的起始名单上有几个实验室,对你来说代表着一个巨大领域转变,这是一件好事,因为也许你与那个领域的PI聊过天,现在你突然想从事那项工作,这太人兴奋了。它竟然发生了。
I made a template spreadsheet which you can feel free to modify and use in whatever way works best for you. It really doesn't have to be fancy.
我制作了一个表格模板,你可以随意修改以任何最适合你的方式使用。它真的不必太花哨。
请下载潜在博士后列表模板(.xlsx)
https://ubadahsabbagh.com/media/prospective%20postdoc%20labs.xlsx