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* [https://www.youtube.com/user/elscvideo/videos ELSC Youtube Channel] Contains archived computational neuroscience seminars and lectures, including Dayan, Abbot, Pouget..., as well as physiology resources.
 
* [https://www.youtube.com/user/elscvideo/videos ELSC Youtube Channel] Contains archived computational neuroscience seminars and lectures, including Dayan, Abbot, Pouget..., as well as physiology resources.
 
* [https://www.coursera.org/learn/computational-neuroscience Coursera Computational Neuroscience] With instructors Rajesh Rao and Adrienne Fairhall.
 
* [https://www.coursera.org/learn/computational-neuroscience Coursera Computational Neuroscience] With instructors Rajesh Rao and Adrienne Fairhall.
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* [http://www.shadmehrlab.org/lectures.html Reza Shadmehr lectures on motor control & learning]
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== How to do science ==
 
== How to do science ==
* [http://klab.smpp.northwestern.edu/wiki/index.php5/Paper_Writing_101 Konrad's paper writing 101]
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* [http://compneurosci.com/wiki/index.php/Paper_Writing_101 Konrad's paper writing 101]
 
* Konrad's [http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/12/14/088278?utm_content=buffer8d04a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer 10 simple rules for structuring papers] advice: read this before you start writing!!!
 
* Konrad's [http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/12/14/088278?utm_content=buffer8d04a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer 10 simple rules for structuring papers] advice: read this before you start writing!!!
 
* [http://collections.plos.org/ten-simple-rules PLoS CB - 10 simple rules collection]: a must read for everyone!
 
* [http://collections.plos.org/ten-simple-rules PLoS CB - 10 simple rules collection]: a must read for everyone!
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* [http://www.cell.com/neuron/pdf/S0896-6273(15)00331-1.pdf Hitchhikers guide to a Career in Neuroscience]
 
* [http://www.cell.com/neuron/pdf/S0896-6273(15)00331-1.pdf Hitchhikers guide to a Career in Neuroscience]
 
* [http://www.programmerfu.com/2017/04/20/fast-is-slow-slow-is-smooth-smooth-is-fast.html Slow is smooth and smooth is fast]
 
* [http://www.programmerfu.com/2017/04/20/fast-is-slow-slow-is-smooth-smooth-is-fast.html Slow is smooth and smooth is fast]
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* [http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.462.8391&rep=rep1&type=pdf Survival Skills for Graduate School and Beyond] (Fischer and Zigmond, 1998; still very applicable)
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* [https://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/transcriptions/EWD06xx/EWD637.html 3 golden rules of scientific success] by Dijkstra
 
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* [https://psychcentral.com/lib/12-tips-for-surviving-and-thriving-in-grad-school/ Grad school survival tips]
 
* [https://psychcentral.com/lib/12-tips-for-surviving-and-thriving-in-grad-school/ Grad school survival tips]
 
* [http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v545/n7654/full/nj7654-375a.html?WT.mc_id=FBK_NatureNews&sf79769979=1 Break or burn out]: a nice article in Nature
 
* [http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v545/n7654/full/nj7654-375a.html?WT.mc_id=FBK_NatureNews&sf79769979=1 Break or burn out]: a nice article in Nature
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*[https://www.psychologytoday.com/files/attachments/1035/arts-foster-scientific-success.pdf Creative outlets and Scientific Success] Scientists are not more likely to have creative outlets, but the most successful ones are

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A list of useful resources on the web.

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General Comp Nsci


How to do science


How to be successful


Work-life balance & mental health

As an undergraduate, graduate student or postdoc, as exciting a time as this is, you will face stress, frustration and deception. Your passion for science can suck up all your time and wack your physical and mental health out of balance. This can lead to a downward spiral out of which comes no good. Yes, grad school / postdoc work is hard, don't let it destroy you. So here are a few tips to avoid that in the first place.