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"Research in Singapore will expand, with an ever-increasing number of new companies and institutes. Coupled with the expansion of many existing employers, this provides real opportunities for top-quality research and career advancement."

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The Emmy Noether Programme is generous and prestigious, and very likely boosts the short-to-medium-term career perspectives of its awardees, although by just how much remains to be determined.

Doing a Ph.D. on visual interfaces and usability is particularly useful, he believes, because it allows him to understand what the consumers would like to use and to guess whether a new product would succeed or fail.

As in blackjack, learning a basic strategy is the first step toward shifting the odds in your favor.

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Irrespective of the market science writers aim for, Merlin Goldman stresses doing your homework before sending in your piece: "Get examples, look at them carefully, pitch style correctly, and get it right the first time."

"This partnering of students with successful scientists is the foundation of the WES program; the students work alongside their mentors and supervisors in order to learn about the scientific process and develop research skills."

"The standards-based and technology-enabled single-source process proposed here can reduce transcription errors, increase efficiency, and facilitate information flow and timeliness of data, thus improving data quality and patient safety."

"My postdoc training made me understand that I was done with the bench and it was time for me to start looking for alternatives."

The loss of these highly educated professionals from developing countries to developed nations has been termed "brain drain" or reverse transfer of technology.

"You don't have to like or admire your boss, nor do you have to hate him. You do have to manage him, however, so that he becomes your resource for achievement, accomplishment, and personal success." –Peter Drucker

"I'm fortunate in that the leading researchers in my field are with the institute, so not only do I get to know them, but they get to know me. That can only be beneficial when I seek future employment."

"Business success is often defined by comfort with ambiguity and risk--personal, organizational, and financial." --Don Haut

"Go for it--it's great fun and there are lots of career openings for properly trained clinical researchers," says David Edwards, professor of neonatal medicine.

If former postdocs are tending to remain in academia and are successful, do the long-term benefits outweigh the short-term stress of working for a difficult person?

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"CNIC-funded fellows will work for 3 years in Madrid, having previously spent 3 years in a leading international centre."