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Be nice – to yourself

Do you have a list of things to be done before your well-deserved and needed Christmas break? You are probably not alone. In this post, the bloggers share their thoughts and tips on how to cope with the sometimes crazy Christmas time.

Posted by natalievonderlehr

17 December, 2023

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Christmas tree with presents and two cats

The joy of giving

Presents, presents, presents. Surely a dominant feature of Christmas. In the last post, our bloggers wrote a wish list, this time they give some tips how to bring joy to others.

Posted by natalievonderlehr

10 December, 2023

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Dear Santa,

the bloggers have been good PhD students and postdocs this year. They all wish to spend with their family and friends, maybe you can help some of them. Comfy clothes, books, and a bit of magic will also be appreciated.

Posted by natalievonderlehr

3 December, 2023

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Meet the blogger – Tracer Yong

Hi there, my name is Tracer Yong, I am a second-year PhD student studying tumour immunology at KI. It is truly an honour to meet you, and I will tell you a short story of mine.

Posted by tracery

30 November, 2023

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Meet the blogger – Luca Love

Hello! I’m Luca Love (yes this is my real surname) and I’m a 4th year British/Italian PhD student. I research HIV-1 latency from an epigenetics perspective at the NEO building […]

Posted by lucaloveki

23 November, 2023

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Science and Law: The Path to Becoming a Patent Attorney

It is a Friday afternoon at Norens’ patent office in central Stockholm. The employees exude a calm yet unwavering focus. This is where Anders Bratt works as a patent attorney […]

Posted by Zerina Kurtovic

23 October, 2023

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Money, money, money, must be funny, in the rich grant’s world

Money is the answer to everything. Want to add fancy new experiments to your research project? Money. Want to attend that Conference is an exotic looking place? Money.

Posted by libevilela

17 October, 2023

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Nobel Prize Medal held by hands in gloves

Stockholm calling

The first week in October is special to anyone with an interest in science – this is when the new Nobel Prize Laureates are announced. In this blog post, some of our bloggers speculate who might get a call this year.

Posted by natalievonderlehr

29 September, 2023

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The Journey of Grieving

KI postdoc and blogger Oksana Goroshchuk is mourning the loss of her friends in the Ukrainian war and lets us in on her thoughts about dealing with grief. Even though […]

Posted by Oksana Goroshchuk

Undefined

13 September, 2023

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Meet the blogger – Libe Vilela

Never knew that writing my first blog ever would feel like stage fright, but here I am. Am I a little intimidated? Yes. Am I also excited to start a new chapter? Also Yes.

Posted by libevilela

7 June, 2023

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Science for Sale – Commercialization of Scientific Innovations & Technology

There is secret to any trade, including science. To thrive in this highly competitive environment and capitalistic society, we, as scientists, feel compelled to keep our trade secrets. It has been normalized to intrinsically think that we have to protect and possess our knowledge and discoveries all to ourselves.

Posted by queerioushazel

6 June, 2023

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Scientists are unsupported and let down by bad management

Researchers are hired because they are proven researchers, publishers and grant winners. People who can lead research projects and make breakthroughs. However they quickly find themselves with several extra tasks. […]

Posted by lucaloveki

6 May, 2023

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Fundamental and translational research are interdependent

Both fundamental and translational science is needed for progress.

Posted by lucaloveki

6 May, 2023

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Heart Disease in Women: We need to talk…

Men develop heart disease 5 to 10 years earlier than women. However, when women do develop heart disease, they are more likely to die in the year after a heart attack compared to men. Over the recent years, younger women between 30 and 50 years are developing heart disease due to an increased prevalence of hypertriglyceridemia (high triglycerides levels), diabetes, and metabolic syndrome. There are many reasons explaining the gender differences in heart disease development.

Posted by melodychemaly

8 March, 2023

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Data not shown – Scientific publishing is broken

Experiment X “failed”. It “didn’t work”, therefore (data not shown). Why is it culturally accepted to hide our negative data? How has it been normalized that neglecting negative results is good practice? What is it that led us to cherry-pick our data?

Posted by queerioushazel

5 March, 2023

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Creative destruction of scientific funding – a DeSci approach

The concept of money can be very complex. To some, it’s just means of commerce, or an association with social status and identities, or simply how we live and survive in this world. To me, most of the time, I see my dollars as voting rights.

Posted by queerioushazel

27 February, 2023

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Decentralized Science – should Science be crypto-fied?

The sharing economy and crowdsourcing has already penetrated our real world, say Uber, Airbnb, GoFundMe, etc. Sharing properties such as cars, houses, cash may have been normalized in our modern society. How about sharing responsibilities, governance, and other assets such as intellectual property (IP) rights and even scientific knowledge?

Posted by queerioushazel

13 February, 2023

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A new year – fresh start or social construct?

January is here. For many a fresh start, maybe with new year resolutions or plans for the next 12 months ahead. In this post, some of the bloggers let you know their thoughts about the first month of the year.

Posted by natalievonderlehr

18 January, 2023

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Have yourself a merry little Christmas

Cancelled flights, living far-far away from your home and dear people, financial or health-related issues, studies/work obligations, coming from a culture where the celebration of Christmas is not typical, and so on… Sometimes, due to different circumstances, we need to make a plan and have a holiday on our own.

Posted by natalievonderlehr

20 December, 2022

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Public engagement is essential for science

Public engagement is vital for both the public and scientists.

Posted by lucaloveki

14 December, 2022

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Researcher blogs

An inside perspective on being a researcher

Be nice – to yourself

The joy of giving

Dear Santa,

Meet the blogger – Tracer Yong

Meet the blogger – Luca Love

Science and Law: The Path to Becoming a Patent Attorney

Money, money, money, must be funny, in the rich grant’s world

Stockholm calling

The Journey of Grieving

Meet the blogger – Libe Vilela

Science for Sale – Commercialization of Scientific Innovations & Technology

Scientists are unsupported and let down by bad management

Fundamental and translational research are interdependent

Heart Disease in Women: We need to talk…

Data not shown – Scientific publishing is broken

Creative destruction of scientific funding – a DeSci approach

Decentralized Science – should Science be crypto-fied?

Public engagement is essential for science

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