Metabolic Disorders: Critical Missteps in Metabolism
When considering metabolism, what may first come to mind is the breaking down of dietary components to make energy for us to perform our daily tasks. However, metabolism is an...
A Brief Introduction to Bacteria, Viruses, and Parasites
With health and infectious disease concerns sweeping the world over the past few years, it might be concerning to learn that causes of disease can be anywhere and everywhere in...
The Life, Death and Afterlife of Lab Hustle
As graduate students, we often hear the admonition, “This PhD can’t be just a 9-to-5!”—sometimes justified with “Science should be your passion!” This “hustle” attitude extends beyond the scientific sphere...
Universal Basic Income
Imagine a world in which you were guaranteed $2,000 per month, regardless of your work status or other income. Where everyone from a working single mother of three to Drake...
Switching Off – The new movement defining the right to disconnect from work
Maintaining a healthy work-life balance has been made harder than ever as the line between workplace and home has started to blur. When you hear a notification ping from your...
Issue 1, 2022 – Cover
Work to live or live to work can be presented as a personal philosophical question – what is it that we prioritize more? Our livelihood? Or the meaningful work that...
Letter from the Editors – Volume 10, Issue 1
With this issue of IMMpress Magazine, we examine the changes and challenges in the modern-day workplace. There have been several recent events—namely the Kellogg’s strike and a global rise in...
Letter from the Chair – Volume 10, Issue 1
As Acting Chair of the Department of Immunology for this academic term, I am pleased to bring you some highlights of this issue of IMMpress. The students have once again...
Our World in Review – Economies
References Women’s employment - Our World in Data This is the state of inequality in 2022, according to Oxfam | World Economic Forum (weforum.org) Income Inequality - Our World in...
Mergers and acquisitions in research: who wins?
If you follow the business section on the news, you may have noticed the frequency of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), particularly in the biotechnology industry. As an example, we have...