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Commentary: Challenges for PhD students during COVID ‐19 pandemic: Turning crisis into an opportunity
Author(s) -
Aydemir Duygu,
Ulusu Nuriye N.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
biochemistry and molecular biology education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.34
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1539-3429
pISSN - 1470-8175
DOI - 10.1002/bmb.21351
Subject(s) - covid-19 , pandemic , psychology , virology , medicine , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , outbreak
COVID‐19 results in the suspension of life all over the world. Universities suspended their academic activities except for online courses for undergrad and grad students. However, PhD students in both biochemistry and molecular biology fields must hold their experiments at the laboratories. Even under these extreme circumstances, the academic journey of a master's or PhD student should not be stopped; on contrary, they need to use these times to improve their knowledge related to their fields. Therefore, they can turn this COVID‐19 crisis into an opportunity for themselves.