Nature Communications has been striving to support Early Career Researchers (ECRs) through different pilot schemes including the peer review mentoring programs and co-review mentoring initiative . The 2nd Rising Stars workshop, held at the Henry Royce Institute on the 9th of February, 2024, aims to celebrate and support rising stars within underrepresented groups in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects and this greatly aligns with the aspirations in our journal. In this conversation, the experiences and advice shared by representatives from various disciplines in the workshop are translated to a wider audience in Nature Communications. Dr Alex Ramadan (Lecturer at the University of Sheffield), Dr Lucy Whalley (Assistant Professor at Northumbria University), Dr Maddison Coke (Senior Experimental Officer at the University of Manchester), and Dr Yi Liu (Lecturer at Loughborough University) discuss the opportunities and challenges they face towards their career with work-life balance, family and caring responsibility, and diversity and inclusion in their workplace, and share their experiences on how mentorship supports their personal and professional growth.

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庆祝和支持材料科学领域代表性不足群体中的早期职业研究人员

《自然通讯》一直致力于通过不同的试点计划（包括同行评审指导计划和共同评审指导计划）来支持早期职业研究人员（ECR）。第二届新星研讨会于 2024 年 2 月 9 日在亨利·莱斯研究所举行，旨在庆祝和支持科学、技术、工程和数学 (STEM) 学科中代表性不足群体中的新星，这与我们的日记。在这次对话中，来自不同学科的代表在研讨会上分享的经验和建议将被转化为《自然通讯》中更广泛的受众。 Alex Ramadan 博士（谢菲尔德大学讲师）、Lucy Whalley 博士（诺森比亚大学助理教授）、Maddison Coke 博士（曼彻斯特大学高级实验官员）和 Yi Liu 博士（拉夫堡大学讲师）讨论了这些机会以及他们在工作与生活平衡、家庭和照顾责任、工作场所的多样性和包容性等方面面临的职业挑战，并分享他们的指导如何支持他们的个人和职业成长的经验。