{"id":520,"date":"2016-06-07T11:15:47","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T11:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/labmosphere.com\/?p=520"},"modified":"2016-06-07T11:21:42","modified_gmt":"2016-06-07T11:21:42","slug":"postdoc-mysteries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/labmosphere.com\/index.php\/2016\/06\/07\/postdoc-mysteries\/","title":{"rendered":"Postdoc Mysteries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencemag.org\/careers\/2016\/06\/postdoc-mysteries?utm_source=sciencemagazine&amp;utm_medium=facebook&amp;utm_campaign=postdocmysteries-4841\">interesting article<\/a> came out in Science recently detailing the &#8220;mysteries,&#8221; and uncertainties of the Postdoc career track. The comments section of the article is also generating an interesting discussion as to how Postdocs view themselves and their future careers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An interesting article came out in Science recently detailing the &#8220;mysteries,&#8221; and uncertainties of the Postdoc career track. The comments section of the article is also generating an interesting discussion as to how Postdocs view themselves and their future careers. &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"coauthors":[38],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7z5Ki-8o","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":710,"url":"https:\/\/labmosphere.com\/index.php\/2016\/11\/05\/redefining-success-stories-introduction\/","url_meta":{"origin":520,"position":0},"title":"Redefining Success Stories &#8211; Introduction","date":"November 5, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"As scientists and academics, we are all familiar with the talks given by respected group heads, both men and women, about balancing work and life, and what paths they took to get to their successful careers. 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