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As a researcher, you must be familiar with feelings such as anxiety, depression, self-doubt, failure, rejection, struggle, fatigue. Haven’t you wished you had someone to…
- Kakoli Majumder
- March 26, 2020
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We asked four researchers how they dealt with life as an international/overseas researcher and asked them to talk about their relationship to self-care.
- Alyssa Lobo
- March 2, 2020
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Whether working in a wet-lab or a dry-lab, scientists need to be aware about the risk of Repititive Strain Injury (RSI). Sabrina Pei Qin discusses the ways that…
- Sabrina Pei Qin
- February 28, 2020
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Scientific laboratories expose researchers to a potentially hazardous environment. Along with safety measures undertaken by laboratories, individual researchers also…
- Kakoli Majumder
- February 27, 2020
- 9.3k views
If you’ve not practiced self-care from an early age, you may find it difficult to practice. After all, it is more than just a checklist with boxes to be ticked off. Here…
- Aayati Sengupta
- February 19, 2020
- 2.7k views
Self-care is a rather broad concept and if you’ve never consciously focused on yourself, it might be difficult for you to know how to practice it. Did you know that…
- Jayashree Rajagopalan
- February 16, 2020
- 4.6k views
We may get so accustomed to the presence of stress, anxiety, and self-doubt that some subtle, yet telling, changes in our thought patterns and daily routines may go…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- February 12, 2020
- 4.7k views
Who do you have the longest, actually a lifelong, relationship with? Yourself! This Valentine’s Day, we would like you to be your own valentine and take care of yourself…
- Jayashree Rajagopalan
- February 11, 2020
- 2.9k views
Here is a short and quick roundup of what was on academics’ minds on Twitter this month.
- Sneha Kulkarni
- January 31, 2020
- 715 views
If you ever feel so depressed that you start questioning yourself and your place in academia, and worry about failure, these priceless positive nuggets will cheer you up…
- Jayashree Rajagopalan
- January 17, 2020
- 1.5k views