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I am not the obvious choice when it comes to labeling someone as an academic – I laugh a lot, I am super chilled, I don’t take much seriously, I look like I spend my…
- Montana Cresswell
- May 10, 2019
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
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
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
I continue to struggle with staying at my desk more often than being in the lab. Often I choose reading over writing and agonize over filling lab books. I also often…
- Fiona Scott
- May 8, 2019