Life in Science How I learned to approach my research with love in the midst of a pandemic It was in mid-March that I last held a pipette in my hands. I miss hearing it squeak as I turn the knob and the satisfactory click as I Shravanti Suresh 6 Aug 2020 • 4 min read
Life in Science Making science more inclusive for trans scientists Many scientists who identify as trans suffer from discrimination. Nearly 50% of trans people in physics have experienced exclusionary behavior in their workplace, according to a 2016 report from the Dori Grijseels 18 May 2020 • 4 min read
Life in Science Here's how COVID-19 is affecting my first year in graduate school The rapidly and constantly evolving COVID-19 situation has dramatically affected career plans for both early-career faculty [https://www.chronicle.com/article/Covid-19-Crisis-Widens-Divide/248276] and Zach Zeisler 27 Apr 2020 • 5 min read
Careers Safety vs freedom: the landscape of post-PhD careers Like so many others, we faced a huge dilemma at the end of our respective PhD programs: after many long years of working in the lab: where do we go Natalia Bielczyk, Elisenda Bonet-Carne 23 Apr 2020 • 6 min read
Mentoring "My PhD broke me"—bullying in academia and a call to action Workplace bullying [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042813017965]—repetitive abusive, threatening, humiliating and intimidating behaviour—is on the rise globally. And matters are worse in academia. In the ecrLife 5 Nov 2019 • 8 min read
Life in Science Why scientists need to explore our vulnerability The light of my phone glares at me as I go through my morning routine of checking emails on my phone from bed. > “Dear Mr. Tan, Thank you for Shawn ZK Tan 20 Jul 2019 • 4 min read
