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Systems Biology "is one of the areas as a postdoc that you have a chance to become a group leader early," Nicolas Le Novère, European Bioinformatics Institute, U.K.

The mutual interaction of population dynamics and evolutionary processes is a key theme of Hanna Kokko’s work.

Science editors, says Jonathan Wood, need to be able "to spot a good story and find the right way of getting it across."

[H]er team currently consists of an impressively diverse group including computer scientists, physicists, biochemists, and chemists.

People don't need advice, they need opportunities. It's a long struggle, but if I can help establish a lab, start a graduate course, or find fellowships [for students], I will be happy.

"University programs that allow medical graduates to undertake an official PhD are slowly appearing on the German scene."

Making courageous career choices, says Linda Ko-Ferrigno, is a lot easier when "you have someone cheering you on."

"You can look at the endpoint and think 'nice path,' … but it was hard." --Javier Palatnik

This is an unusual position; I will have little bureaucracy and limited teaching.

Here we present the career twists and turns of six stellar neuroscientists based in North America and Europe.

"By going to different labs," says Edvard Moser, "You learn different ways of thinking and you can create bridges between sub-disciplines and find something unexpected."

"The best thing about it [CASE award] is it gives you a feel for what industry wants." –Robert Phillips

Botanist-turned-teacher Liam Garvey describes his ultimate reward as "when a kid gets it. You see the light of understanding; that's the kick."

"I always tell young people to get a solid basis in their subject, whether it is chemistry, physics, or biology, and to specialise afterward."

The interview process, she points out, goes both ways: They are interviewing you and you are interviewing them.

"Scientists are always focused on experiments, gaining knowledge, but there is the human side that you need to be exposed to early on." -Anton Wutz