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News@SIOP – April 2017 – PROS
News from the Paediatric Radiation Oncology Society (PROS) PROS-ESTRO Teaching Course Bangkok, Thailand, December 3rd – 5th, 2016. The course war designed for trainees and specialists in radiation oncology. The three day course aimed at communicating knowledge in the pathobiological behaviour of different paediatric malignancies, multidisciplinary management concepts of specific radiation oncology issues including planning […]
Apr
03
A Guide to Twitter for Young Investigators
Hi Everyone! I’m Vicky and today I’ve written a rough guide for anyone thinking of using Twitter.
LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook – the list of platforms by which we as young investigators can share our research continues to grow, but which one should you use? Much like learning to write scientifically and limit our natural tendency to waffle and digress, social media is also a unique vocation. Personally as a lab-based postdoctoral fellow, Twitter is by far my favourite medium for sharing my work and discussing issues more widely related to science, such as policy and politics.
Mar
27
How to deal with writer’s anxiety?
Hi everyone! My name is Rene Marke, and I am a board member of the SIOP-YI network. Today I would like to share some thoughts on writer’s anxiety with you. As a third year PhD student at Radboudumc Nijmegen in the Netherlands, my daily life is often dominated by one overwhelming feeling: I feel guilty [...]
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Mar
20
First time at a conference
Hi everyone. Today I would like to give some advice for attending your first conference a.k.a how to manage 2-3 very intense days
Mar
13
My First Peer Review
Submitting a research paper to a well-respected journal is not an easy task and all of us know about that. Getting published is a tough process.
Mar
06
Time Management as a PhD student
Time management in general is a topic of special interest to me. In my personal life, I have always found it a bit of a challenge. Often due to my unrealistic time plans that have sometimes got me into trouble with friends and family! But this has also helped me to spend time reflecting on [...]
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Feb
20
Great Apps for PhD Students
Hello everyone, I am posting on behalf of previous SIOP YI-NET member Marissa den Hoed (the Netherlands), check out her post about apps:
