PART I The first couple of years 开始的年月
1 Choosing and handling your Ph.D. adviser 博导的选择与相处/ 3
Rule 1: the ground rule: communicate with your boss / 6
Rule 2: keep your boss informed / 7
Rule 3: discover what makes your boss tick / 8
Rule 4: earn your boss’s respect / 9
Rule 5: assert yourself / 9
Rule 6: the golden rule: write for your boss / 10
2 Motivation, time management, and multitasking
做博士的动机、时间管理和多任务应对/ 12
The daily grind / 13
The long view / 15
Stepping up a gear / 16
3 Handling the literature 文献处理 / 22
Ruthless reading / 23
Breaking the code of scientific writing / 26
4 Report writing 报告写作/ 30
5 Powerful presentations 有效演讲/ 34
PART II The end of the beginning 结束开始年月
6 Writing papers and abstracts 撰写论文和摘要 / 41
Making rapid writing-up possible / 44
Creating your paper / 46
Getting feedback on your paper / 48
Getting your paper published / 51
Abstract writing / 54
7 Conferences and poster presentations 会议与讲演 / 58
Conferences: a typical scenario / 59
Poster presentations / 63
8 Writing and defending your thesis 撰写学术论文与答辩/ 69
Writing your thesis / 70
The final thesis defence or viva voce examination / 73
9 Coping with pressure and stress 如何面对压力/ 78
PART III The transition to post-doctoral research
做博士后研究
10 From graduate student to post-doc 从研究生到博士后的过渡/ 87
How I found my first post-doc job / 88
Starting out / 92
Get yourself let in on science’s secrets / 95
11 Collaboration and visiting other labs 实验室合作与交流 / 98
Networking brought closer to you / 107
12 Supervising students in the lab 指导进入实验室的学生 / 111
13 Teaching 教学 / 119
A TYPICAL UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING SCENARIO / 124
14 Writing grant proposals and fellowship applications
基金计划写作及申请 / 127
PART IV Making it in science 走向科研之路
15 Culturing your image 培养你的形象 / 133
16 You and your big ideas 你的目的 / 142
17 Planning for a permanent job 设计长期工作/ 149
Planning your independent research / 151
Preparing for the interview / 154
18 Do you have principal investigator (PI) potential?
你有做项目负责人的潜力吗? / 158
Epilogue 结语 / 164
Web-links / 165
Index 索引 / 166