"We have to sing for our supper, and that's something the young people are coming to terms with," said Dr. Robin Erbacher, 33, a postdoc at Fermilab.
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Postdoc
//ˈpoʊstˌdɒk//
Synonyms for "postdoc" (5 found)
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Noun(2 words)
Related words (2)
Noun(2 words)
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4 entriesTranslations
12 translations across 7 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 博士後 /博士后 noun (a postdoctoral academic research position)
Finnish
4 entries- postdokki noun (a postdoctoral academic research position)
- postdokki noun (a postdoctoral researcher)
- tutkijatohtori noun (a postdoctoral researcher)
- tutkijatohtorin tehtävä noun (a postdoctoral academic research position)
Georgian
2 entries- პოსტ-დოქტორანტურა noun (a postdoctoral academic research position)
- პოსტდოქტორანტურა noun (a postdoctoral academic research position)
Icelandic
1 entries- nýdoktor noun (a postdoctoral academic research position)
Japanese
2 entries- ポスドク noun (a postdoctoral academic research position)
- 博士研究員 noun (a postdoctoral academic research position)
Korean
1 entries- 박사후연구원 noun (a postdoctoral academic research position)
Russian
1 entries- нау́чный сотру́дник с учёной степенью noun (a postdoctoral academic research position)
Sample sentences
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Many of the postdocs are almost 40 before they start their first permanent positions and begin saving for retirement.
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Two successful applications of the CRISPR-Cas9 system in an SCN- and cell-type-specific fashion [5] will all but certainly add to the common refrain of 'just CRISPR it' (grad students and postdocs, insert groan here).
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