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One very important aspect of my job is my roughly bi-weekly lab meetings. And after years of these meetings, I noticed last summer that they were becoming a bit stale…
- Daniel Gillis
- May 10, 2019
Have you heard of Plan S? It has been one of the hottest topics of discussion among academics over the past few months. Most of you might be aware of what it is. If you…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- May 9, 2019
Despite the fact that my to-do list for the year isn’t quite finished, I can’t help but look back on the semester and year and feel extremely satisfied with what I was…
- Daniel Gillis
- May 9, 2019
Anxiety ebbs and flows. One week you can feel super chilled, and the next, you suddenly start feeling on edge all of the time. This week, I am on the edge.
- Erica Hawkins
- May 9, 2019
In this interesting story, the author shares the experience of losing a job after being fired by the PI and how this led them to the path of self-discovery.
If I were to use a metaphor in which I'm a fish, and the labs that I've worked at are water bodies, then I'd have to say that I've been a variably sized fish in various…
Dr. Erica Hawkins, a postdoctoral scientist working on starch synthesis in plants, shares her story of battling mental health issues such as anxiety and OCD as an…
- Erica Hawkins
- May 8, 2019
How does the general population perceive science and scientists? This post summarizes 3M's report State of Science Index: 2019 Global Findings on what people think about…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- May 8, 2019
When I was in grad school, I felt like I wasn’t good enough and at the same time that I deserved to have it all – perfect grades, grants, awards, fantastic publications,…
I don’t know exactly when I started to change my mind about academia. Actually, I think it was a mix of things that lead me out of it. This past weekend, I finally…
- Cleyde Helena
- May 8, 2019