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In this blogpost, we’ll explore the magic of Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) and how to leverage its potential in biomedical research, starting with a quick explanation…
This week is the culmination of almost 5 years hard graft, some very long days, long stretches without days off, and blood, sweat, and tears. It's graduation week! I was…
I knew a PhD would be hard, and I knew that poor mental health was rife in the graduate community. This is probably why it took me so long to realize that I was…
This year was especially hard for me, because it was my first International Women’s Day since I left physics. The hashtag #PassOnMyWisdom has been bouncing around…
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  • June 28, 2019
In a recent study published in Nature, researchers caution that over the next 50 years, climate and land use change will lead to new encounters between mammals,…
A year ago, I thought I knew what I wanted to do with my life. I had it all planned out. For years I knew what I wanted was to get my PhD, become a professor of…
I created the @ProfessorJaded account for a series of different reasons. But initially, it primarily served as role-play for a fictional character. I considered writing…
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  • October 29, 2018
Last week, I participated in the Ecology Across Borders conference, where I was uber excited to do my first real conference talk! When I spied an opportunity to come to…
When I am feeling my most discouraged and whipped by this PhD I tend to start listing mentally, everything that has happened in my life over the past 2.5 years that have…
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  • July 8, 2019
One of the most difficult things after the excavation was probably the dissolution of my support network. The archaeological team went through a lot together. After…
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  • May 16, 2019