Biomedical research : an insider's guide /: an insider's guide. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Seward B. Rutkove.
• Authors: Rutkove, Seward B
• Contents: Part I: Basic considerations. So do you really want to pursue research? ; What's in store: The brighter side of medical research ; What's in store: The darker side of medical research ; One degree of separation ; Choosing and working with a mentor ; Identifying a research niche you can call your own ; Useful definitions -- Part II: Research foundations and structures. The institutional review board: do's, don'ts, and nevers ; Animal care and use committees ; Research beyond humans and vertebrates ; Hiring research staff ; Strategy and tactics: running a successful laboratory ; Everything you ever wanted to know about collaboration -- Part III: Successful paper and grant writing. Writing a successful research paper. I: Up to the point of submission ; Writing a successful research paper. II: Revising, resubmitting, and post-acceptance tasks ; Funding: An overview ; Where to apply for funding: making the right choices ; Writing a winning grant application ; Grant budgeting ; Grant writing: pearls and lumps of coal ; Research training, fellowship, and career grants ; Grant review from the inside ; Interpreting your reviews ; To resubmit or not resubmit and how to do it -- Part IV: Good presentations, conferencing, networking, and other useful tools. The art of good presentation ; Effective conferencing ; Networking in the 21st century ; Conflicts of interest ; Scientific conduct and misconduct: what is right and proper, what is not, and what is somewhere in the middle ; Article review and reading: being efficient and as thorough as you need to be ; Patents ; Working with industry -- Part V: Career choices and life lessons. Jobs in biomedical science: seeking, landing, and changing ; Academic promotion and titles ; On being a mentor ; Yardsticks of success ; Research life lesson #1: Everything takes longer than you think, so plan for it ; Research life lesson #2: A person's research is endlessly important to them ; Research life lesson #3: Balance, timing, cycles and seeing the big picture ; Research life lesson #4: Your career is an ultramarathon, not a sprint ; Conclusion: Nothing satisfies like meaningful work.
• Publisher Details: New York : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 299 pages)
• Subjects: 570.72; Medicine; Biology -- Research -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Medicine -- Research -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Biomedical Research -- methods; Research Design; NATURE -- Reference; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biology; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- General; Biology -- Research; Medicine -- Research; Neurology; Medical -- Neurology; Neurology & clinical neurophysiology; Electronic books; Handbooks and manuals
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781493936557; 1493936557; 1493936530; 9781493936533
• Related ISBNs: 9781493936533
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed June 17, 2016).
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