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- Resources
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Trainee Resources
Whether you are getting ready to defend your thesis or just joined a lab, here are some helpful resources for your graduate and postdoctoral career development!
Writing tips
- RTI's Fellowship Application Tips
- The 10 simple rules for structuring your papers
- Transition your workflow of writing a paper to plain text
- Writing your abstract, according to Nature
- Whether writing your 1st or 10th paper, these tips are helpful to all writers
- Tips from MIT on writing everything from CVs to discussion sections
Data analytics
click here to download R, or here to download R Studio
- A guide for using R in Data Science - add statistics to your research
- How to visualize data in R plain text
- Keeping your codes in order using Git and GitHub
See these other software programs for integrating your writing process:
MiKTeX - open source plain text editor with a variety of add-ons
Pandoc - universal document converter (eg: PDF to Word Doc)
Git - open source version control system, easily manage drafts and edits
What can I do with my Ph.D.?
- GSBS Career Development Portal
- The Professor Is In - advice for moving your Ph.D. to a job
- Starting your academic career
- What to do with your Ph.D.
- Independent Development Plan developed by our own Cynthia Fuhrmann
- Valuable life advice from a former biologist
Career Opportunities
- Getting ready to defend? Take a look at these helpful links for postdoc and industry opportunities:
- Tips on effective interviewing skills
- Resources for effective lab management: