title: The Hitchhiker's Guide to a Neuroscience Career.
abstract: Neuroscience is an exciting and vibrant field, but building an academic career is not always easy. What are critical success indicators? Which tools help talented young neuroscientists conquer the challenges? In this NeuroView, we discuss instruments and steps that can help people progress through the ranks.
authors.affiliation: Department of Translational Neuroscience, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CG Utrecht, the Netherlands. Electronic address: m.joels@umcutrecht.nl.
authors.forename: Marian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Joëls
authors.affiliation: Division of Cell Biology, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, 3584 CH Utrecht, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Casper C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Hoogenraad
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB), Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH), 70013 Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
authors.forename: Panayiota
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Poirazi
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Milano, 20133 Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Di Luca
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009488:Neurosciences / Q000193:education; D012108:Research Personnel / Q000193:education