Maintaining long-term links with people in science

Long-term scientific links and collaborations -- basically your circle of science friends -- are incredibly important, for your productivity, your career, and your professional happiness. Here some thoughts on what I have learned....
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Matthias Rillig, professor of ecology at Freie Universität Berlin, talks about life in academia.
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[@mrillig]

Your circle of science friends is so important. It's worth investing the time to maintain such links in the long-term. Here are some general thoughts on this topic that I hope you find interesting.

[@pankajamthyagarajan4052]

Thank you again for sharing your experience through this video. I am going to enter the postdoc phase, and I would really appreciate any tips on how to make such collaborations.

[@weifu9241]

Dear Prof. Rillig, I have greatly benefited from your videos, but many of your friends and students in China do not have the opportunity to see them. With your permission, I would like to upload your videos to Bilibili, the Chinese version of TH-cam. I think this could help maintain connections with your audience in China.

[@mrillig]

We will need to talk about this. I think it might be a good option.

[@weifu9241]

​@@mrillig Thank you, I will send you an email.