Blog – When to Find Funding as a Post-Doc
Navigating post-doc funding? Dr Yvonne Couch’s blog is your essential guide! From small grants to junior fellowships, get insider tips to secure your future.
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Blog – The Role of Luck in Academic Success
Dr Yvonne Couch explores the role of luck in academia, highlighting that success is often a blend of skill, preparation & serendipity. A must-read for academics
Blog – Organ-On-Chip and Organoid Technologies
Dr Yvonne Couch’s blog emphasises the importance of mentoring in academia for mental health and academic success, advocating for compulsory mentoring programmes
Blog – Isolation in Academia
Dr Yvonne Couch’s blog emphasises the importance of mentoring in academia for mental health and academic success, advocating for compulsory mentoring programmes
Blog – How to Make a Female Professor
How do you get more female Professors? Feed the system with more female ECRs? Address the leaky pipeline? Or a big rethink? Dr Yvonne Couch explores
Blog – Developing a Plan B
Unlock Your Potential: Plan B with Dr Yvonne Couch. Discover new career paths beyond academia. Embrace your skills, network, seize opportunities!
Blog – The Impact of a Paper
Does the number of papers you write = promotion? Yvonne looks at the journal industry, impact and connections to your career – it may influence your next paper
Blog – How Being Seen Might Matter in Science
In this blog Dr Yvonne Couch talks about the importance of having a reputation in science, and how it might be possible to build one.
Blog – Procrastination the Thief of Time
Dr Yvonne Couch is a big procrastinator. In this blog she talks about why, if it’s a bad thing… and if anything can be done about it.
Blog – Prioritising
Dr Yvonne Couch breaks down the challenge of career prioitise and how they can (can will need to) change throughout your career.
Blog – Stem Cells
Stem Cells, or specifically induced pluripotent stem cells. what they are, why people use them & what’s their use in dementia research, Dr Yvonne Couch explores
Blog – BIG Data
Dr Yvonne Couch looks at BIG Data, its potential to improve provide insights into the causes and outcomes of disease, and enhanced prediction & prevention