Quarantine Madness
As graduate students, spending a lot of time in a lab alone isn’t anything new. However，with recent social distancing efforts, spending time alone is no longer voluntary. This forced separation...
A New Journey Through Known Space: Alumni Interview with Geneve Awong
Dr. Geneve Awong conducted her doctoral studies in the lab of Dr. Juan Carlos Zúñiga-Pflücker at the Sunnybrook Research Institute and graduated in September 2011. Currently, she is the manager...
The Professional Student: Alumni Interview with Angela Zhang
Department of Immunology alumna (and frequent IMMpress contributor) Dr. Angela Zhang will be the first to tell you that the transition from academia to industry is not easy. For this...
The Case for Reading
[caption id="attachment_2779" align="alignright" width="300"] Image credit: Unsplash.[/caption] As a child, I spent much of my time hiding behind a book until one day my parents, increasingly despondent at my penchant...
Letter to the Editor: In Response to ‘The Many Paths Post-PhD’
I am writing in response to an article published in the Winter 2015 issue of IMMpress Magazine entitled “The Many Paths Post-PhD: Preparing for non-academic careers during a PhD” by...
The Graduate Entrepreneur: How to Start a Startup during your PhD
An infographic article published in the March 2014 issue of IMMpress Magazine unveiled, for the first time, the career trajectories of graduate alumni from the Department of Immunology, showing the...
The Many Paths Post-PhD: Preparing for Non-Academic Careers during a PhD
[caption id="attachment_1503" align="alignright" width="300"] Relativity, M.C. Escher. (1953) All M.C. Escher works © 2015 The M.C. Escher Company - the Netherlands. All rights reserved. Used by permission. www.mcescher.com[/caption] What screws...
The Great Grad Adventure Game!
[caption id="attachment_1577" align="aligncenter" width="622"] Can you win the game? Developed by Eric Gracey; designed by Heather MacGregor and Kieran Manion.[/caption]
(A)nxious, (B)urnt out, (C)oping, or (D)epressed? For many graduate students, the answer is all of the above
[caption id="attachment_1421" align="alignright" width="300"] Image credit: Biały (Flickr / Biały).[/caption] At first, there was just heightened anxiety about grades and dysregulated sleeping and eating habits, all typical behaviours for a...
A Treatise on Scientific Anxiety
Given the high-stress, competitive environment of higher education, many might consider “academia” and “anxiety” to be synonymous. But in fact, 12% of all Canadians experience an anxiety disorder in any...
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