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Curiosity killed the cat, but fuels academia
Posted On March 11, 2021

While curiosity killed the cat, curiosity fuels academia. Academia is an incredible profession where amongst the administration, the student complaints, the tedious grant writing, and the journal rejections, you get …

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Work Update
March 2, 2021

It has been a long time since I have provided an update post on the blog, and you have potentially noticed that my posts are less frequent, so I thought …


Academia
Early Career Academic Crisis?
February 14, 2021

Is there such a thing as an Early Career Academic Crisis? Because if so I think I may be in it. Crisis is perhaps too extreme of a word, adjustment is …


Academia
Reflections from 2020; Is employment ever permenant?
December 19, 2020

I find reflecting on the year that was beneficial and I have three reflections from 2020 that I want to share in three different posts. These are in no particular …


PhD
PhD Survival Guide: What is a PhD like?
October 3, 2020

During my final year of PhD, my honours student asked to meet to discuss her options for next year. She wanted to know more about what a PhD entails and …


Academia
Academia: The Ultramarathon
October 1, 2020

When you start a PhD, you are warned that a PhD is a marathon and not a sprint. But if we thought a PhD was a marathon, then academia is …


PhD
PhD Survival Guide: What I have learnt while doing a PhD & Working full time.
September 21, 2020

You can actually get a lot done in a short period of time- Before I started working full time, I would be in my office for 9+ hours a day. …


day in life of
Featured Day in the Life of: Sidhartha, PhD student researching cancer biology.
September 20, 2020

I am working on establishing or rather finding if there is a correlation between development of lung cancer and age, smoking, dietary habits, other environmental factors. We are looking for SNPs …


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The types of lists Early Career Researchers should be keeping
September 17, 2020

Early Career Researchers often have a lot going on, between researching, teaching, and administration. There are a few lists ECRs should be keeping and continually adding too. Keeping the lists …