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As a PhD student, I feel like there is always something I should be doing. I should be checking recent literature in my area, writing, analyzing data, or thinking about…
Seven months after finishing my MPhil, I finally attended my graduation ceremony at Cambridge. I had heard it would be weird, involving a lot of Latin and an invasion of…
- Melissa Gatter
- May 22, 2019
This isn’t a story about careers and families and whether it’s possible to have both. This is about careers and other careers and having both. A while ago, a friend of…
Ever wondered what graduate students keep at their desk? Here, a PhD student will attempt to share with you the 20 most essential things he keeps at all times, at his…
Chinese legislators are planning to implement a new set of regulations on gene editing in humans. The main intent behind this move is to ensure that the participants’…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- May 22, 2019
What has your experience been so far with making friends in grad school? Do you have friends outside of your lab? Your department? Your program? My grad program is…
- Queen of the Bench
- May 22, 2019
I went to the first meeting of my graduate student support group yesterday. It’s a themed support group that offers a place for graduate students to discuss their…
- Queen of the Bench
- May 22, 2019
Lately I’ve been getting up really early and heading into lab a few hours before I normally would. Aside from the feeling dead part, it’s been pretty great. Having a few…
- Queen of the Bench
- May 22, 2019
On October 2, 2014, after a 10-hour flight, I landed in the UK for the first time in my life. After another four hours of travelling, I finally reached my room in…
Thousands of researchers flocked to the streets of Brazil to protest a major cut in the public education budget. Education Minister Abraham Weintraub announced a 30% cut…
- Fatima Qureshi
- May 22, 2019