How I learned to redefine academic success as a senior postdoc

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Abstract

After many professional twists and turns, a researcher in his forties reconsiders what it means to ‘make it’ in science.

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John J Tukker:

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4394-199X

Journal

Journal ID (nlm-ta): eLife

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Elife

Journal ID (publisher-id): eLife

Title: eLife

Publisher: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd

ISSN (Electronic): 2050-084X

Publication date (Electronic, pub): 12 October 2022

Publication date Collection: 2022

Volume: 11

Electronic Location Identifier: e83251

Affiliations

[1 ] German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE Berlin) ( https://ror.org/043j0f473) Berlin Germany

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John J Tukker https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4394-199X

Article

Publisher ID: 83251

DOI: 10.7554/eLife.83251

PMC ID: 9555857

PubMed ID: 36222301

SO-VID: 567aa37b-a5ab-457c-a584-24e8f7f9ac4f

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This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited.

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Date received : 09 September 2022

Date accepted : 09 September 2022

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Author impact statement After many professional twists and turns, a researcher reconsiders what it means to ‘make it’ in academia.

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ScienceOpen disciplines: Life sciences

Keywords: sparks of change,career,postdoc

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ScienceOpen disciplines: Life sciences

Keywords: sparks of change, career, postdoc

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