Index
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academia, 181–194; support for leaving, 106–107, 174. See also postdoctoral fellow, principal investigator
addiction, 23, 26
admissions, PhD programs, 69–79
advancing to candidacy, 64
advisors, 82–84, 87–92, 102, 265. See also mentors
Allen Institute for Brain Science, 38, 134, 188
authorship, 144–148
Barres, Ben, 28
basic research, 21
bats, 127
behavioral neuroscience, 20
Bliss, Tim, 132–133
big data, 34–36, 41–43, 253, 276n4
birds, 127
brain, 1–2, 13–15, 18, 20, 21–24, 27–29, 34–36
BRAIN Initiative, 33
Bullock, Ted, 144
Caenorhabditis elegans, 129, 134, 265
careers, 171–219; decisions about, 5–9
Churchland, Anne, 75, 120, 289n2
classes. See coursework
clinical research, 20–21, 221–224
coding, 40–43, 139–143
cognitive science, 20
collaboration, 37–40, 85, 137–138
consulting, 203–206, 239; freelance, 203–204; government, 204–205; private, 203–204
committees. See thesis committee
communication; 149–158; as storytelling, 153–156; with faculty, 78–79, 97–98; with other researchers, 137–138, 151–153, to the public, 243–244, 255–256
competition, 90, 136–137, 150–151, 283n6
computational neuroscience, 20, 42–43
computational models, 20, 42
coursework; as a PhD student, 63–64; 86
curriculum vitae, 71–72, 265
Darwin, Charles, 93–94
data, 33–43
data science, 43, 207–212, 224–227, 238–239, 265
decision-making, 38
Deisseroth, Karl, 91
development, 28, 127–128
dissertation, 108–115; formatting, 110–114
diversity and inclusion in neuroscience, 28–31, 274n8–12
disease, 22
doctorate degree
dopamine, 21–23
Drosophila melanogaster, 128–129, 265
dual degree programs, 60–61
Dweck, Carol, 142
editing, 216–217, 258–261
electrophysiology, 14, 34–37, 121, 126, 265
Engert, Florian, 40–41, 120
email, to faculty 97–98, to other scientists 161–163. See also communication
faculty. See principal investigator
Fernandez, Vindia, 220–224
Frankovich, Kyle, 211–212, 224–227
funding, 21, 65–66, 85–86, 88–89, 137, 153, 168
Golgi, Camillo, 11
genetics, 128, 207
glia, 11, 13, 29, 264
graduate programs, 45–79, 266; admissions, 69–79; history of, 45; motivation for, 50–53; outside of the United States, 58–59; types of, 56–61
graduate school, 45–79. See also graduate programs
growth mindset, 142
Hernandez, Daniela, 227–231
history of neuroscience, 11–15, 32–33, 35, 45, 132–133
hubble Space Telescope, 37–38
human research, 123–124
imaging, 14, 37, 39, 121, 123, 126, 155; calcium, 155; functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), 225; magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), 123, 221
industry, 195–202, 242–243, 249–251; compared to academia, 195–196; transitioning into, 199–202, 243; types of, 197–199
interviews; for graduate school, 83–87
imposter syndrome, 55, 279n7
International Brain Laboratory, 38
invertebrates, 127–128
Johnson, Steven, 26–27, 33
Kanwisher, Nancy, 28, 274n8
Large Hadron Collider, 38
leech, 128
letters of recommendation. See reference letters
Levi-Montalcini, Rita, 28, 274n6
LinkedIn, 159, 164, 176, 178, 246
Lømo, Terje, 132–133
long term potentiation, 132–133
machine learning, 197, 209–211, 239, 266
master’s degree, 46–47, 57–59, 71
MATLAB, 139–140, 225
mathematics, 15, 20, 43, 67, 141–142, 251–252
Matney, Chanel, 231–236
MD/PhD, 60–61
medical writing, 215–216
mental health, 100–107; during graduate school, 54–55
mentors, 165–169, 224
minorities in neuroscience, 28–31
model organisms, 122–129
Naka, Alex, 188, 245–248
National Institutes of Health, 21, 186, 223, 266
National Science Foundation, 21, 172, 183, 266
networking, 159–164; for careers, 178–179. See also communicating, emails
neurological disorders, 22, 198–199, 221–223
neurons, 11–19, 32–37, 266
neurotechnology, 198, 266
Obama, Barack, 33
Odekunle, Esther, 240
Odoememe, Kachi, 204–205, 236–
personal statements, 76–78
pharmaceutical companies, 198–199, 242–243, 247–248
PhD programs, admissions, 69–79; choosing between, 80–87; finances during, 65–66; structure of, 61–65. See also graduate programs
PhD thesis. See dissertation
physics, 38, 148, 248
policy, 217–219, 232–236
postdoctoral fellows, 183–188, 267, 290n3, 291n8; financial considerations, 183–185; government or industry postdocs, 187–188, 238, 247
posters, 157
presentations, 156–158
primate research, 124–125
principal investigator, 188–192, 267; application process, 190–192; competition for jobs, 181–182, 237–238
programming. See coding
psychology, 13, 16, 18–21, 220–223, 225; PhD programs, 56–57, 64, 78–79; undergraduate degrees in 67–69, 225, 254
public relations, 216, 257
publications, 138, 152; finding them, 131
Python, 140, 210, 242
Ramón y Cajal, Santiago, 4–5, 9–12, 32–33, 138, 150, 152
Raposo, David, 248–251
reference letters, 70–73, 77, 190, 267
research; as an undergraduate, 71–75; how to design, 131–136; in humans, 123–124; in primates, 124–125; in rodents, 38; 125–126; summer programs, 73–74; types of, 119–129
research rotations, 64
research statements, 76–78
ResearchGate, 164
Reynolds, John, 159–160
Scanziani, Massimo, 132–133
self-care, 100–107, 255
side hustles, 176–177
science communication, 243–244, 255–256. See also communication
science journals, 130–131
science policy. See policy
science writing, 156, 213–216, 218–219, 229–231
Shepherd, Jason, 136
Sherrington, Charles, 11
staff scientists, 193–194, 267
startups, 197–198, 247, 255
Stringer, Carsen, 251–254
social media, 131, 163–164
Society for Neuroscience, 156–157
Svoboda, Karel, 38, 42, 253
synapse, 11–14, 136, 267
teaching, 192–193
technical writing, 215–216
techniques, 33–35, 97, 120–122, 134, 162
technology, 33–35, 134. See also techniques
thesis committee, 93–99; choosing members, 97–98
thesis defense, 114. See also dissertation
translational research, 20–21
Tye, Kay, 140, 189
Twitter, 130, 163–164, 178, 243
undergraduate degrees, 67–69
Vander Wheele, Caitlin, 216, 254–258
Walter Reed Army Institute of Neuroscience, 45
women in neuroscience, 28–30
work life balance, 103–105
writing, 156; your dissertation, 108–115; your first paper, 156, 289n3. See also science writing
Xenopus laevis, 127
Zarate, Jean Mary, 258–261
zebrafish, 127