title: From challenges to perspectives: Reflections of young scientists on the current state of academic research.
authors.affiliation: VIB Department of Medical Protein Research, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium kevin.titeca@vib-ugent.be.
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Titeca
authors.affiliation: VIB Center for the Biology of Disease, Leuven, Belgium Center for Human Genetics, Leuven Institute for Neurodegenerative Disorders KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Liesbeth
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Aerts
authors.affiliation: Peripheral Neuropathy Group, VIB Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
authors.forename: Michiel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Krols
authors.affiliation: Unit Immunoregulation and Mucosal Immunology, GROUP-ID Consortium, VIB Inflammation Research Center, Ghent, Belgium Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Lana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vandersarren
authors.affiliation: Unit of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, VIB Inflammation Research Center, Ghent, Belgium Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium Laboratory for Molecular Cancer Biology, VIB Center for the Biology of Disease Laboratory for Molecular Cancer Biology, Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Ozden
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Akay
authors.affiliation: VIB Department of Medical Protein Research, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium Department of Biochemistry, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Sule
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yılmaz
authors.affiliation: VIB Structural Biology Research Center, Brussels, Belgium Structural Biology Department, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Nevena
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hristozova
authors.affiliation: VIB Department of Molecular Microbiology, Leuven, Belgium Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology Institute of Botany and Microbiology KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium Department of Biosystems, Division of Crop Biotechnics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Michal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Janiak
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes; D002321:Career Choice; D006801:Humans; D012106:Research / Q000193:education*