Nothing to say... thanks for helping.

Hi everybody.
Just wondering if you can give me a website where I can find postdoc positions in history.
I am finishing a PhD in Pharmacy, but I'm tempted to switch to something completely different, like history of pharmacy or chemistry.
Thanks for your help.
Marco

Officially 4 weeks.
But if you can show to your supervisor that you work hard and produce results, you might take as much days off as you want (at least this happens in my school)

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Ah ah, if I had to put all my extra work/side project in my thesis I would easily reach 2000 pages! ;-)

Just started the 3rd year. Lab work almost done (no more than 2 months, more probably 5 weeks), need to write up.
I'm heading for a 3 years completion, even though I will have to waste 3 months (Oct-Nov-Dec) in supervising the project/master students. :-s

Mine is the best!

Chapter 1: Introduction 0% completed
Chapter 2: Technique overview 0% completed
Chapter 3: Arsonoliposome preparation and characterization --- Experimental: 95% done Written 0%
Chapter 4: Effect of arsonoliposomes on medulloblastomas --- Experimental:90% done Written 0%
Chapter 5: Effect of arsonoliposomes on brain endothelial cells --- Experimental:100% done Written 0%
Chapter 6: Development of an in vitro blood brain barrier model --- Experimental: 100% done Written 0%
Chapter 7: BBB permeability to Tf-R arsonoliposomes --- Experimental:85% done Written 0%
Chapter 8: Discussion 0% completed

As you can see, I haven't started writing. But most of the work has been already published or is on press/acceptance. So I just need to rearrange/rephrase the papers into a more-thesis-like structure.

Writing up hasn't started yet. However, I've got 2 papers out+3 in reviews. Each paper is more or less a chapter of my thesis, so I can say that my thesis is almost ready, even though it looks like a collection of paper. Just need to rewrite/rearrange the ideas in a more-thesis-like structure, plus write the introduction (boring) and the final discussion (boring).
I've written my master thesis (150 pages of organic chemistry) in 2 weeks, one article takes me no more than 3-4 days... so I think I will write up everything in 2-3 months.

Hi all.
Same problems here. I've just finished all the experimental part of my PhD and I'm about to write up. I'm Italian and doing the PhD in UK. So I've been having an experience in a foreign country and I have to say it made me grow up as a person.
I had a look at the PostDoc positions available and most of them are US based. Now, I'm still young (well, 30 by the time I'll finish) and I want to travel the world as much as I can to gain experience and see how people/scientists approach the discipline in different countries, but... I heard and still hear about tragic PostDoc adventures in the US. Professors/bosses that treat you like a slave (I'm not joking, you have to mop the floor as well or drive them home), high pressure on publications (just publish, it doesn't matter whether your results are WOW or just fine), no free time and so on. On the other side, if I want to stay in the academia -and I want to- I can't go back to Italy (MAFIA) and I don't like the UK system either. The alternative would be finding a PostDoc position in Europe. But, the requirements are simply I M P O S S I B L E to meet. They usually ask you 4-5 years of experience... and the only way to have that experience is going to US :-(
It's a vicious circle!