Life in Research
Explore the personal experiences of life in research - from conferences to field work and beyond.
A response to “What makes PhD students happy? Good supervision”
The recent article on PhD scholars satisfaction published by Nature highlights an important aspect of doctoral life. It is the link between supervisor support and student well-being.
Fighting darkness under the Sun: the story of melanoma research (1)
Preface: a journey through dark and sunny days
Rediscovering the Alpha Helix in a World Obsessed with the New: What It Means to Be an Early-Career Researcher Working on a Classic Subject
There’s something poetic about the alpha helix: its repeating pattern and its balance between stability and motion. In some ways, it reflects what life as an early-career researcher feels like: an underlying sense of order even when the path seems uncertain.
Insights into My Work as an Editor at Scientific Reports
I was recently invited for a Q&A where I answered questions about my research and what it is to work as an Editorial Board Member at Scientific Reports. Some of the questions I answered are below:
Differences that make science stronger
Enforcement of national and international laws banning illegal tropical timber trade hinges on independent origin verification, such as with genetic or chemical wood properties. In our recent paper, we combined these methods for the first time and showed their complementarity.
