Navigating the gray areas to do Neuroscience

M. VALERIA CANTO-SOLER; M. FLORENCIA CORONEL; M. SOLEDAD ESPOSITO; TOMÁS FALZONE; EMILIO KROPFF; NARA MURARO; GABRIELA SALVADOR; NICOLAS UNSAIN

Mesa redonda; e-SOCIAL - XXXVI Congreso Reunión Anual ? Sociedad Argentina de Investigación en Neurociencia. Modalidad Virtual; 2021

Argentine Society for Research in Neuroscience

The transition from postdoc to establishing and running your own lab is a crucial step in academia.This process, which is critical everywhere in the world, presents additional difficulties in our country.Which are the main challenges we face to academic independence? Is it easier to settle and doneuroscience abroad? What does it mean to return to the country through repatriation? How toachieve a balance between family and work roles? How to access grants and/or internationalcollaboration networks?. These are just some of the questions and doubts that emerge at the momentof starting an independent career. In this roundtable, early- career scientists who are at this criticalstage, together with established researchers who have already gone through it will share theirexperiences and discuss with the audience the challenges, pitfalls and different opportunities thatexist in our country for junior PIs.