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Tackling Graduate School as a First-Generation Student

By: Sabine Rannio Being the first person in your family to attend graduate school, or even university in general can be a very proud feeling. As a ‘first-generation’ (FirstGen) student, you chose to attend university and through hard work and determination, you succeeded. You achieved many things on your own, from getting good grades and finding the university and program that […]

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Tips and Tricks to Reduce Your Lab’s Environmental Impact

Uncategorized / Hannah Swick

To quote the Green Labs Initiative, “the benefits of scientific research should not be outweighed by its heavy environmental cost” – and many of us couldn’t agree more.

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Grad life: A long flight

Grad Student's life / Hannah Swick

Grad life: A long flight It can be hard for many days, you might feel like, An imposter, a grad student who isn’t bright, Grad life, mad vibes, Hold on to your peers and sit tight, it is a long flight. Failures and disappointment may continue to strike, Remember, it is a training and not

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Grad Scientists and Where to Find Them

Uncategorized / Melissa McSweeney

-Mael Mauchand Grad students. For the past 6 months I’ve been talking with McGill graduate research students in my podcast, Grad Scientists and Where to Find Them. The concept is simple: a casual discussion where students can freely talk about their research and their life. You can check it out here: https://gswft.podbean.com/. Listening to them

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Health and Wellness Resources

Grad Student's life, Mental Health / Melissa McSweeney

-Zahraa Chorghay Whether you’re a new or returning graduate student dealing with a health issue or simply trying to flourish despite the stress of research (and whatever else you’ve boldly heaped onto your plate!), it is helpful to know what health and wellness resources are available to you on campus. The Graduate Association of Neuroscience

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“Piece of Mind” Project

NeuroBlog, Neuroscience Research / Melissa McSweeney

Piece of Mind is a multidisciplinary collective of neuroscientists, musicians, dancers and circus artists collaborating with the goal of presenting scientific concepts through performance arts. The majority of scientific advances are only communicated in writing, and remain within the academic realm. While art-science projects have been picking up steam as a means of engaging the

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An ode to a neuron

Neuroscience Research / Melissa McSweeney

I start growing, even before you are born I grow in various sizes, Sometimes short and stout, Or long and strong, As I grow I talk with others around me, But only with the ones I trust, For if I fail to speak with them, I might as well turn to dust, With them I

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Panel Discussion: Coping with Academic Challenges and Impostor Phenomenon

Grad Student's life / Melissa McSweeney

“Impostor phenomenon” is a pattern of thoughts in which an individual feels like a fraud and doesn’t deserve the success, position, and/or accolades one has achieved, even though one’s objective skills and competence would suggest the opposite. Impostor phenomenon can warp admirable traits, such as humility and respect for others’ hard work, into weapons against

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Being an effective co-author: how to write collaboratively

Research tools / Anastasia Sares

In the sciences, our work is rarely done alone. We stand on the shoulders of giants, but in addition to that, there are often many authors contributing to a single document. Whether you are writing a book chapter, a journal article, or a dissertation, it is important to work efficiently with your collaborators and avoid

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Hackers and Chasers for Numbers: a Short Article about p-hacking

Neuroscience Research, Research tools / Clément Bourguignon

Growing up as scientists in a “publish or perish” culture, most of us think that publication (“the proof” of productivity) is the only thing that matters. This general pressure weighs heavily on graduate students’ daily lives as we prepare for a future as independent researcher. Number of publications and the accumulating sum of impact factors

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