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Early Career Research Community Civic Engagement in the STEM ClassroomRead more
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Conferences are a crucial part of scientific research; a chance to network, see what work is going on in your field and…
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If you’ve been diligently looking for jobs like me, then perhaps you’ve landed an interview, or two, or three. Maybe you have…
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Early Career Research Community Diversity and equity in society and academia: An after-lab-hours chatRead more
This article is different since it is not about sharing my personal experience. This time I did what I should have done…
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Early Career Research Community Why lockdown feels like the second year of a PhDRead more
During the COVID-19 lockdown there were an increasing number of people not abiding to the rules, and in some cases disregarding them altogether. As time…
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Academia Moving for science – from UK to Vietnam (via Singapore)Read more
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Early Career Research Community Lessons I Have Learned as a MentorRead more
I spent my adolescent years immersed in a suburban hometown teeming with engineers. They were all working tirelessly on designing omnipresent mobile…
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Early Career Research Community Eureka? How to Maximize Your Ability to Make Scientific IdeasRead more
Eureka! It’s a timeless expression. Okay, it’s cliché. But we’ve all had an, “aha!” moment. Depending on your enthusiasm and the difficulty…
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Early Career Research Community A novel approach to COVID-19: A Q&A With Charit NarayananRead more
Last month, a PLOS ONE paper was added to PLOS’ COVID-19 Collection. What makes this paper a bit more noteworthy is its author. Charit Narayanan is a…
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Early Career Research Community Planning for future job-hunting during COVID-19Read more
The COVID-19 pandemic found me at the end of my PhD, and even though my graduation plans will be delayed, I will…
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Early Career Research Community Ph.D. Job Hunting in the Era of Covid-19, A PerspectiveRead more
Congratulations! If you’ve successfully defended your Ph.D. dissertation recently, you’ve probably heard this exclamation many times throughout the last couple of months…
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Early Career Research Community Absence makes the lab grow fonder: self-schooled graduate studies in the midst of Covid-19.Read more
Frozen samples, interrupted experiments, and forgotten GANTT charts. The sweeping coronavirus pandemic has rippled through education timelines and has left students uncertain…