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Being pregnant and having a cold at the same time made it very obvious how little attention I used to pay to my health during graduate school. Like me, I understand that…
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  • May 29, 2019
In winter 2015, I broke out in hives. When I went to the university health center, they asked me about any lifestyle changes that could have triggered my full-on…
If I could distil 4.5 years of a PhD into a 4.5 minute song, it would be a tune I half-heard one morning at the gym. I hadn’t heard it before, and I was sufficiently…
Acyl fluorides have recently gained much attention in transition-metal catalysis due to their stability and selective reactivity. However, their commercial production…
It took quite some time for me to get used to my role as a mother and then merge my scientist/professional-me with my mother-me. So, this made it kind of uncomfortable…
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  • June 7, 2019
I often get the “I don’t know how you do it all” comment from people. And the truth is, I really don’t either. I am exhausted.
Few academics realize how much of their time is claimed by writing and yet, they would rather do anything else other than write. If that sounds like you, here are some…
In this blog post, we will explore practical tips and strategies tailored specifically for mid-career researchers in life sciences to maximize the impact of their work…
I was supposed to give a talk at a seminar, but I’d decided that I couldn’t because of my speaking-anxiety. I could either convince my advisor to excuse me from the talk…
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  • May 20, 2019
I had the viva part of my Early Stage Assessment yesterday and I’m relieved to say that I passed. Everyone was telling me that no one fails and it’d be fine, that I’d…