Kakoli Majumder

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has halted an innovative coronavirus testing program by a Seattle research team that first detected the spread of COVID-19 in the US.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Emergency Use Authorization for the first CRISPR-based diagnostic test kit to detect coronavirus in the country.

With universities closed, no lab work, and conferences cancelled, many researchers are unable to make headway with their research. This article provides  some tips on how you can be productive even…

As a researcher, you must be familiar with feelings such as anxiety, depression, self-doubt, failure, rejection, struggle, fatigue. Haven’t you wished you had someone to share your journey with, to…

A recent study shows that the Publons database hosts over 6000 peer reviews for over 1000 predatory journals. Most of these reviews were listed by early career researchers who have few reviews and…

Scientific laboratories expose researchers to a potentially hazardous environment. Along with safety measures undertaken by laboratories, individual researchers also have the responsibility to abide…

Scientific writing requires the use of many symbols. It is important to understand the standard style conventions associated with using symbols to avoid misinterpretation and convey the intended…

Many preprint servers are struggling to survive due to financial constraints, and some might have to close down soon. This is an aftermath of a move by the platform that hosts preprint repositories …

With a definitive shift towards open access in the academic publishing landscape, journals and publishers are providing more avenues for open access publishing. Mirror journals are one of the recent…

The PhD program is extremely long and the path is anxiety-ridden, often painful and frustrating, and can take a toll on you physically and emotionally. Therefore, it is important is to pace it well,…