Tag: PhD life
With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility
The hiring and firing of PhD students is not unusual in a graduate school. However, the power balance is skewed more towards the PhD...
Mind your Mind: Mental health During Your PGR Journey
"Mens sana in corpore sano" ("a healthy mind in a healthy body") is a quote from the poet Juvenal which highlights the importance of...
My Ph.D. adviser fired me. Here’s how I moved on
By Anurag Srivastava
My Ph.D. adviser called me into his office, saying I needn’t bring my notebook. Puzzled, I followed him and sat down. We’d met...
Gujarati, Academic, Woman: Navigating different cultures and identities
By Diviya Gorsia
I count myself incredibly privileged to have had the support and insistence of my parents in educating their own only daughter as...
Researchers of Novosanis: My unexpected path to a PhD in collaboration...
I was always fascinated by the human body, and how it works; that is how I ended up pursuing my professional bachelor's degree in...
A Belgian PhD Student’s London Lockdown
Over three months ago, I left the lab and my home became my new work environment. In our shared house, our rooms became offices...
How I’ve Stayed Productive as a 1st Year PhD Student During...
The cancer research community is reacting and adapting to the restrictions placed on us by the COVID-19 outbreak. We’ve asked EACR members to contribute articles...
“I was really at the frontline” – Experiences of 7 Travel...
EACR Travel Fellowships are co-sponsored by Worldwide Cancer Research and provide funds up to €3,000 to early-career cancer researchers. For more information on how...
How and Where to Write a Thesis
To paraphrase Jane Austen, it is a truth universally acknowledged that a Ph.D. student in possession of data must be in want of a...
Time management tips for PhD students
"Tempus Fugit, Time Matters"
Every time I meet PhD students at the beginning of their career, I’m always asking them: Are you seriously taking into...
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