postdoc

Definitions

1. A postdoctoral academic research position.
   informal
2. Someone in such a position.
   informal

Equivalents

Examples

“"We have⟳ to sing⟳ for our supper, and that's something the young people are coming to terms with," said Dr. Robin Erbacher, 33, a postdoc at Fermilab.”

“Many of the postdocs are almost 40 before they start⟳ their first permanent positions and begin⟳ saving for retirement.”

“Two successful applications of the CRISPR-Cas9 system in an SCN- and cell-type-specific fashion [5] will all but certainly add⟳ to the common refrain of 'just CRISPR it' (grad students and postdocs, insert⟳ groan here).”

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