Hi friends, There is a lot of negativity that surrounds us on a daily basis. People who try to put us down, to mold us into people who follow their needs, not our own. It’Read More
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This morning I realized I still feel envious of people in academia. And I started a blog post about that feeling and whether it meant I had made the wrong decision (which I don’t Read More
Today marks one whole week since I handed in my PhD thesis! Happy anniversary to me. It’s a huge milestone for any PhD student and something to be celebrated, to be proud of your Read More
Problem: A supervisor let me down spectacularly, and through their direct impact, my skill set is somewhat lacking. How it occurred: I was ‘steered away’ (discouraged) from attending conferences during the first year of my Read More
I had some time to reflect on my career after the Science Forum South Africa meeting at the CSIR in December last year. Before I began my postgraduate journey, I thought that pursuing a PhD Read More
As motivated as I was last Monday to “get back to the grind,” that sort of fell through. Turns out, sometimes willpower alone isn’t enough when it comes to trying to climb out of Read More
After finishing the first year of my PhD program, I spent all summer trying to reflect on what the heck just happened. I was exhausted, depleted, and thought I would bounce back to being myself Read More
Every now and again, it is good to look up from the absorbing minutiae of everyday life. And at some point, you may be surprised to see that the track ahead is not as long Read More
I really do love what I do. I get to do the most fun things: researching microbiology and tissue engineering, and then bringing them together to look at microbiological infections of cells. Doing a PhD Read More
I was born and raised in Peshawar, a small city in the north of Pakistan. It is heartbreaking that Peshawar, once known as “the city of flowers,” has been torn apart in the name of Read More
