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Graduate school was a large immediate trigger for resurfacing my depression and anxiety which I had been able to manage for a few years in undergrad. I felt very alone,…
- TL Jordan
- November 13, 2018
As an academic, I split my time between three major activities – research, teaching, and administration. Trying to keep these balanced and striving to excel, across…
- Dr. Ben Britton
- November 12, 2018
Most of our research challenges are hard work and they require tenacity. We rarely solve problems with a single “lightbulb” moment. We might fictionalise the story…
- Dr. Ben Britton
- November 12, 2018
It’s 2008 and there I was, standing on a subway platform, in downtown Manhattan waiting for my train, not to board it… but to jump in front of it. Fresh out of family…
- Rose Ferreira
- November 9, 2018
At the beginning of my grad school career, I would relax the entire Saturday and save all my work for Sunday. But this did not work for me. I would spend too much time…
- Amanda Coletti
- November 6, 2018
Looking back on my very short career so far in science I have realized that above all, one key to success is mentorship. This is especially true as a woman in science,…
- Jackie Howells
- November 6, 2018
Being a grad student is hard work, being a post-doc is hard work, being a professor is hard work. I remember the constant state of stress, lack of sleep, concerns about…
- Amanda Glaze
- October 31, 2018
My own road to PhD proved circuitous, rocky, and unpredictable. At many times, I felt utterly alone. I set my desktop background to a photo of my then 3-month old…
- Lorie Owens
- October 30, 2018
I dropped out of my first PhD and, after a short break, enrolled for a PhD in malaria vector control. This was a really tough phase when I had to deal with a lot of…
- Elodie Ekoka
- October 29, 2018
Of course, I’ve had my manuscripts rejected! It’s very rare, almost unheard of, to get a letter from the editor saying, “We love your paper! We’ll publish it without any…
- Tim Hunt
- October 29, 2018