In January 2023, I resigned from my position at the Department of Cell & Developmental Biology at the University of Würzburg. Here are some of the things that I think I should have done differently when I moved there in 2015 to start my junior research group.
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On the day I wrote this, I submitted the grades for my last class in the university. Of the many, many things an academic does, I have to say, teaching has been the most fulfilling for me. I have no idea how many are like me, but it definitely brought me joy when students took something from the class. Be it a new skill, a seed of curiosity, or if I’m lucky, a sense of accomplishment. I’m not sure if I’ll be teaching in a classroom again. But if I find myself teaching again, even in a different setting, I’m all for it!
A long time ago, I didn’t think that teaching was ever in the cards for me. And I never imagined that I would actually enjoy it, or even be remotely good at it. I taught for 2 years during my masters, 1 year in between degrees…
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A Nobel laureate’s insistence that he feels discriminated against as a white man illustrates how far STEM fields still have to go when it comes to gender equality.
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Total Internal Reflection 