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Solving the Rubik's cube

A Lifelong Curiosity

From an early age, Virginija Danylaité Karrenbauer was drawn to medicine. “Žingeidumas”, “nyfikenhet” she says, using the Lithuanian and Swedish words for curiosity. This innate drive to learn led her from her childhood dream of becoming a doctor to an international career spanning clinical practice, research, and academia. Today, as a senior consultant neurologist and researcher, she continues to push boundaries in the field of neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration.

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Researchers are leaving academia. How can academia improve? (Part 1 of 3)

Imagine a talented, enthusiastic postdoctoral life sciences researcher who pushes themselves in their career. They are driven to become the best in their field and to make real scientific progress. They are the all-round exceptional scientist, a good mentor, project manager, has an encyclopaedic knowledge of a field, laser sharp interpretation, mature, and drives their field forward. They love research and want to get a permanent position doing what they love in an academic environment. Despite this, they will leave academic research due to multiple, complex, and interconnected reasons. Let’s explore this in this blog post.

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Man climbing a rock

Climbing the Science Wall

The freedom of being his own boss and managing his own time attracted Carl Johan Hagströmer to continue his research career and pursue a postdoc at Karolinska Institutet. Most importantly he enjoys working with his research group. “Finding a team that you genuinely like is crucial. You can always learn to appreciate a specific project.”

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