Contents
Special for this issue
The Graduate Training Centre of Neuroscience | International Max Planck Research School for Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience
Prof. Dr. Horst Herbert provides us with a closer look at the past, present, and future of the GTC
Career advice
Top questions to ask a potential PhD supervisor
Sarah Ayyash makes sure to be prepared before walking through the interview door
Research tools
Reference management tools and how to use them
Pooja Viswanathan takes a look at the various tools to archive that pesky research you tend to lose track of
Research tools
Learning to code as a neuroscientist
Ryan Price points out the ever-growing necessity of programming in neuroscience
Science Snapshot
Science Snapshot
Anne Thaler takes us behind the curtain
Science perspectives
Bar graphs, anyone?
Michael Paolillo discusses how we represent our data in a clandestine manner
Creative
Finches
Vinay Jayaram artistically contemplates the day to day life of a researcher
Science perspectives
Why science is broken and how we can help to fix it
Jens Klinzing boldly explains that science is not perfect, far from it
Career advice
How to obtain and entry-level position in the biotech industry with a master’ s degree
Sabina Vejzovic reminds us that the PhD path isn’ t for everyone and that many opportunities exist without one
Creative
Floating
Eric James McDermott enchants along the Neckar River
Neuroscience in Tübingen
Interviews with three of Tübingen’ s fantastic neuroscientists
Celia Foster meets up with three local grad students and gives us the inside scoop
Creative
Outside the lab
A compliation of tips on where to go in Tübingen when not cooped up in the lab
Creative
A book review
Johanna Salu convinces us to pick up a book and reflect on the scientific pursuit
Neuroscience in Tübingen
NeNa 2015
Renée Hartig recounts the 2015 Tübingen graduate school conference held in Schramberg
Hike- Bike- Train- Plane
Eric James McDermott offers some outdoorsy activities around Tübingen and abroad
Neuromag contributors
Read some more about the people who made the Neuromag a reality
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