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Researchers and Their Stories

Patient management was near to breaking point as residents started demanding necessary PPEs and that COVID019 patients be admitted and accommodated separately, away from…
I sometimes feel it is an unfair game for researchers who are non-native English speakers. People whose native language is English will be in an advantaged since they…
After my last research project, which lasted six and a half years, I started considering science communication as one of my career options. Since research was out of my…
I cannot remember since which spring I was not able to smell the scent of lilac anymore. I guess it was around the time when the smell of acetic acid, which had always…
But then my way of life was disrupted abruptly and terribly — I suffered a stroke while I was at home, eagerly waiting to start my PhD in the US.
Being “better off” than others does not mean “feeling good”. I still needed to make efforts to preserve my mental health. I thus tried to make up for the lack of social…
It shouldn’t be worse than last year’s two-month-long strike. Our students stood by us back then to defend our rights. Now we should do the same...
These quotidian goals are also a way to challenge myself to listen to others and to read from different perspectives, and offer a chance to reflect on our complicated…
For a while, I felt demotivated thinking about my previous academic accomplishments. But I also knew that getting a PhD degree would help alleviate the sense of failure…
My advice to anybody who is feeling depressed in their research journey is to try as much as possible to look for a mentor, even among friends or family, to discuss your…